2008 Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

Health & Human Services
Purpose:
The Personnel and Human Services Department performs two distinct functions for the County. First, it
provides personnel, labor relations, and benefits services for 21 County offices and departments
employing over 1250 employees. Secondly, it plans and develops human services programs, secures
funding, and either provides direct services or contracts with local agencies t provide essential services
which directly impact the lives of over 20,000 residents each year. Following are the main human
services provided:
• Staff over 12 Executive Boards, Advisory Boards, Commissions and related committees made up
of community volunteers, business representatives and elected officials.
• Operations of Kitsap Recovery Center, a 43-bed inpatient and outpatient substance abuse
treatment facility serving over 1,800 clients each year.
• Administration of Area Agency on Aging which provides a comprehensive system of services to
enable our aging citizens and adults needing long term care to live as independently and with as
much dignity as possible. Over 5,100 clients are served directly by department employees or
through contracts with local agencies.
• Regional planning, contracting and administration to deliver a comprehensive system of
community mental health services in Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap Counties, serving over 8,000
children, adults and elderly persons with chronic and serious mental illness.
• Regional planning, program development, contracting, and administration of programs funded
under the federal Workforce Investment Act and the state Community Jobs in Kitsap, Clallam and
Jefferson Counties. Over 25,000 visits were recorded by job seekers accessing job search
services of the One-Stop Centers and affiliates. Over 950 low income youth and adults received
intensive and training services.
• Program planning, development, contracting, and administration of developmental disabilities
programs providing a mix of essential services to infants, adults and family members seeking
information, education and training. Over 500 infants and adults with developmental disabilities
receive services through contracts with local agencies.
• Program and resource development, community education and advocacy involving special
citizens’ councils, commissions and boards (Council for Human Rights, Commission on Children
and Youth, Substance Abuse Prevention), appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to
address specific community needs.
• Substance abuse prevention, intervention, and outpatient treatment services to over 2,800 clients
and family members through contracts with local agencies.
• Program and resource development, technical and professional support for 11 independent
citizen commissions, boards, and councils, including the Council for Human Rights, Commission
on Children and Youth and Substance Abuse Prevention, that have been established by the
Kitsap County Board of Commissioners or are required by state or federal law. In turn, these
groups provide thousands of volunteer hours in services to county citizens.
2007 Accomplishments:
• Obtained over $44,135,208 by securing over 70 State and Federal grants and amendments to
provide essential human services to over 20,000 persons in Kitsap, Clallam and Jefferson
Counties. These grants provided funding for over 1,000 jobs resulting in a significant impact to
our local economy.
• Funded over 50 community based organizations, 13 local governments and schools and 6 tribal
authorities through over 200 contracts for the planning and delivery of a multitude of human
service programs.
• Completed and successfully submitted the six year (2007 through 2013) strategic plan for
substance abuse prevention, intervention, treatment and aftercare services with input from over
550 agency partners and community members.
• Increased the number of family members from 17 in 2006 to 87 in 2007 participating in the
Strengthening Families Program, an evidence-based substance abuse prevention program for
families with children ages 10-14.
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