Contracts for direct services are awarded through a request for proposal process, with advice from the Substance Abuse Advisory Board. Mental Health Programs , with the department serving as the administrative unit of the Peninsula Regional Support Network , a consortium of Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap Counties. This consortium provides planning, contracting and administration to deliver a comprehensive system of community mental health services in the three-county area. The nine County Commissioners form the Peninsula Regional Support Network Executive Board, which sets policy and has oversight responsibilities of the consortium. Approximately 5,600 children, adults, and elderly people with chronic and serious mental illness are served annually throughout the three counties.
Many more clients receive assistance through information and referrals.
The department provides these administrative services to the Olympic Consortium, a partnership of Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap Counties. Program services include individual training plans job training programs for low-income unskilled adults, youth, and dislocated workers and welfare recipients academic remediation job placement for program participants summer youth employment and training programs. Services are provided to over 1,300 economically disadvantaged teens and adults and dislocated workers each year. Funds are contracted through the request for proposal process to five agencies which provide services. Prevention Services work with community members and organizations to enhance the coordination of and strengthen the many elements that contribute to the health and well-being of all of our citizens.