Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Adopted Budget - County of Sonoma

MISSION STATEMENT
Working with individuals and communities to achieve and preserve health
and well being.
DEPARTMENTAL DESCRIPTION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
Rita Scardaci, Director
Total Net Cost $13,379,319
The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is charged with
protecting the health of the public. The department administers state and Total Staff 466.39
federal programs, as well as local priorities. The department receives
funding from various sources, including state and federal allocations, state % Funded by Local Discretionary Funds 3.3%
realignment revenues, grants, fees, and the General Fund. The department
promotes recovery and wellness through development of health policy, services, advocacy and education in accordance with federal,
state and local statutes.
The Department of Health Services accomplishes its mission through an Administrative Services unit and two operating divisions:
Public and Behavioral Health Services.
The Public Health division protects the health of the public in accordance with federal, state and local statutes. Services are provided
through six sections, Support and Planning, Early Childhood Development, Healthy Communities, Environmental Health, Family
Health, and Animal Care and Control (transferred from the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office in FY 10-11). The Public Health
division is responsible for the county’s Regional Public Health Laboratory, Coastal Valleys Emergency Medical Services Agency, and a
variety of commissions and committees including Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board, Emergency Medical
Coordinating Council, Sonoma First 5 Commission and Health Action. Service goals include improving access to integrated preventionfocused
health, strengthening focus on chronic disease prevention, healthy growth and aging, fostering cross program collaboration, and
multi-sector shared outcomes for a healthy Sonoma County.
The Behavioral Health division encompasses the functions consolidated in an integrated Mental Health/Substance Use division.
Behavioral Health services are provided in partnership with clients, families, agencies and community providers through three sections:
Youth and Family Services, Acute Forensics, and Community Health and Recovery Services. The division is responsible for a variety of
Commissions including the Mental Health Board and the Sonoma County Advisory Board on Alcohol and Drug Problems. Service goals
include improving access to service for communities of color, in places and in ways that best respond to the needs of clients and their
families. Adult, youth and family services provide consumer programs and services, family treatment and support programs for high-risk
youth, a mobile crisis response team and prevention and early intervention programs. The division provides 24-hour psychiatric
emergency, forensic and adult rehabilitation services, substance use treatment and recovery programs primarily through communitybased
contracts; case management, and technical assistance, quality assurance and compliance monitoring of the network of treatment
provider agencies.
Administrative Services unit provides support including personnel, facilities and fleet, fiscal and accounting, compliance, risk and
safety and information technology services to the operating divisions.
Funding Sources
County of Sonoma
FY 2011-2012 Adopted Budget
Federal & State
Realignment
Inter-County
Reimbursement
Charges for Services
County General Fund
109
Budget at a Glance:
Total Expenditures $216,823,207
Total Revenues $203,443,888
Funding Uses Adult Services
Children & Family Services
Community Health & Safety
Services
Disease Control & Clinical
Sevices
Emergency Medical &
Preparedness Services
Health & Human Services