HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1977-07._
CITY OF KENAI
RESOLUTION NO. 77-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA., URGING
THE STATE OF ALASKA TO MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE CONTINUATION
OF THE KENAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER .
WHEREAS. the Central Peninsula Mental Health Association, Inc. has initiated
a Mental Health Program for the Kenai Peninsula, and
WHEREAS, the Central ?eninsula 114ental Health Association, Inc. as anon-profit
organization has adopted a sliding fee scale to ensure availability to all who are
in need of such services, and
WHEREAS, such fees are insufficient to meet the Central Peninsula Mental Health
Association's budget needs .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
ALASKA, that the Governor of the State of Alaska, Jay S. Hammond, the Kenai
Peninsula Legislative Delegation and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly be
hereby petitioned in behalf of the Central Peninsula Mental Health Association , Inc .
to encourage funding for this very worthwhile activity .
PASSED by the Council of the City of Kenai , Alaska , this 19th day of January, 1977 .
ATTEST:
S C. Peter, City Clerk
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entra! Peninsula Mental Health Association, Inc.
P. O Box 397 --- Kenai, Alaska 99611 ---- (907) 283-7301
A Request for Support for our 1977-1978 Budget
From Helen Fisher, president
Representatives from the Central Peninsula Mental Health Association, Inc. have been
invited to Juneau this week of January 17, 1977 to work with the Legislature on funding
for our local Mental Health Center. We need your help and support in the form of a
letter to Governor Jay Hamrond, Pouch AA, Juneau Alaska, with copies to our Legislators:
Senator Clan Tillion, Representative Hugh Malone, and RepLesentative Leo Rhodes, all of
Pouch V, Juneau, Alaska. We would like these ]etters to arrive in Juneau during the
week of Januar,• 17, if pwsible.
If you, your agency or business uses our services in any way, we would appreciate you
telling the governor of this, not personal pervices, but those which tell him of our
expanding population and the accompanying problems in the mental health field.
In October of 1976 the Central Peninsula NMaztal Health Association, Inc officially
opened a Mental Health Center in two offices donated by the Kenai Native Association.
We received a $30,000 grant fran the State; we made nearly $2,000 on an Arts and Trade
Fair which was used to pay for malpractice and liability insurance, and many people
have donated their time, efforts and money for the Center. By December we had out
gmHm the donated offices, and we have entered into a lease agreement for the building
next door wHirh was the old Air Force Library at Wildwood. It is exactly suited for our
needs with a variety of offices and a large roan for meetings, workshops, and counseling
groups. The rent is very reasonable, but the rent was not included in our gr~ar-t for this
year so we are using our funds very carefully to manage this.
A clinical-psychologist, Dr. Lee Maxwell, has been hired to be the director and
c].ini.cian. Another full-time employee, Marcia Ward, is our executive assistant who
keeps track of eeople, their appoinfat~ents, does miles of red tape, typing, filing and
sore incidental counseling. She also maintains a vigilance on the budget. We have
been using the services of Dr. Hal Sexton, the psychiatrist fran HontPx. In addition,
one counselor, Jean McDowell, is paid both by the center and by the University of
Alaska on a Year for Action stipend. She has also donated a considerable amount of
time. As president of the association I have done some adninistrative duties as
needed, ith the I.R.S to achieve tax exempt status, and in addition, I pan the
Center's representat ve to the s oo , an
donated time.
We extend services to the following agencies, either in testing, counseling or other
services: The ten schools that make up the Central Peninsula a.~-ea, Division of Corrections,
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Public Defender, Division of Faanily and Children
Services, Kenai Peninsula Cam~unity Care CentAx, Kenai Health Center, Cook Inlet Council
on Alcoholism, K.N.A., Cook Inlet Native Association, and Alaska Native Health Services.
We are able to provide services for sane of these agencies that has previously been done
in Anchorage. We are capable of serving these agencies in this area, but wP need
the funding to provide the testing materials, office equipment, and secretarial
assistance to sustain and improve these services. We operate on a sliding fee scale
of payment for our services, which makes them available to everyone who needs them.
For additional inforniation, contact Marcia Ward at the Center at 283-7501 or
Helen Fisher at 283-7785.
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