Members Sought for Community Services Board

The Loudoun County Community Services Board (CSB) is seeking applicants to serve as representatives from all Loudoun County voting districts.

The CSB is appointed by and accountable to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to set policy for, and to administer the provision of, community-based services for people experiencing mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and substance use disorders. That responsibility includes oversight of the Loudoun County Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services (MH/SA/DS).

CSB members are drawn from the greater Loudoun community and may represent a variety of backgrounds and interests that may give them insight into the issues that concern the CSB.  Each new appointee would be eligible to serve up to three, three-year terms.

By law, one third of the members of a CSB must be active consumers of a mental health, substance abuse, or developmental service, or be the family member of someone actively receiving a service. No member of a CSB may be anyone who is employed by a CSB or by any agency that receives funding from a CSB.

CSB members are responsible for attending monthly meetings and each member is expected to serve on one or more committees and to attend the meetings monthly of the groups on which they serve. This will require at least three hours per month of time commitment.

The Community Services Board will be recruiting and interviewing for prospective members beginning in March 2012 and will recommend qualified applicants to the Board of Supervisors for terms beginning July 1, 2012.

Interested applicants should visit www.loudoun.gov/csb and click on the link under “Members” for an application and a summary of CSB roles and responsibilities. The deadline to apply is February 28, 2012.