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Executive Director's Message

The new year has been dominated by several of the same areas of focus as was the last. The continuum of care reform effort brought about by AB 403 and AB 1997 has remained a primary focus for Boys and Girls Republic this fiscal year and has proven to be a far more complicated endeavor for our State and County partners than they had initially anticipated. Boys Republic and all similar youth serving agencies were instructed to be ready for implementation as of January 1st of 2017, however the review and approval process for the changes being required from all of these organizations has been incredibly time consuming and thus far only a handful have completed the entire process. Boys Republic is very close to completing this process having already obtained nationwide accreditation and County mental health certification and is using the delay to enhance the training of newly acquired direct care staff and clinicians so that the full implementation will occur as seamlessly as possible. The Board of Directors has been incredibly supportive in allowing the endowment to support the enhanced operational costs in the form of staff salaries during this delay, so that an experienced and well-trained professional staff will be in place and already delivering services when the State grants approval.