| Tobacco Settlement Advisory Committee
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors created the Tobacco Settlement Advisory Committee (TSAC) to make recommendations to the Board regarding the use of Tobacco Settlement monies.
The Board of Supervisors directed that the membership of TSAC consist of the following representatives:
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- Director of Public Health Department
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- Elliot Schulman M.D. |
- Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Director
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- Doug Barton
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- County Executive Office Representative
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- Terri Maus-Nisich |
- Board of Supervisors
Representative
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- Salud Carbajal |
- Representative from the Coalition Engaged in a Smoke Free Effort
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- Sharon Bifano |
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- Monty Clark |
- Representative from the Santa Barbara County Medical Society
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- Myron Liebhaber M.D. |
- Representative from American Lung Association
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- Jose Nichols |
- Mental Health Representative
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- Margie Lopez |
- Community Clinics Representative
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- Student & Youth Representative
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To determine the funding recommendations, the Tobacco Settlement Advisory Committee asks local experts to present data on County health needs at a TSAC meeting. TSAC members consider this data, their own expertise, as well as input from the public to develop funding recommendations. The funding cycle usually begins during the month of October, with recommendations presented to the Board of Supervisors in December.
In determining the allocations to recommend for Tobacco Settlement funds each year, the Tobacco Settlement Advisory Committee is guided by the Board's priority of health-related programs. Almost 25% of tobacco settlement program funding is dedicated to tobacco cessation,
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