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that describes program goals for the coming year, the steps and resources necessary to implement the goals, the projected means by which these resources will be secured, and the procedures necessary to evaluate the program; (7) to furnish the department with confidential and other information about recipients of services paid for, in whole or part, under AS 47.30.520 — 47.30.620 and comply with regulations of the department regarding the submission of this information; and (8) to notify the department immediately of emergency situations involving recipients of services paid for, in whole or in part, under AS 47.30.520 — 47.30.620 and comply with regulations of the department regarding this notification; for purposes of this paragraph, “emergency situations” include the disappearance, injury, or death of a recipient. (c) Members of local governing boards may be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the organization and operation of local programs as may be determined by the department. Sec. 47.30.545. Populations to be served. The entities designated by the department to receive money under AS 47.30.540(b) shall provide one or more of the services that are set out in AS 44.25.290(i) to persons identified in AS 44.25.290. Sec. 47.30.546. Services for mentally and emotionally disturbed. [Repealed, § 49 ch 66 SLA 1991.] Sec. 47.30.547. Standards for community mental health services. An entity that provides community mental health services shall (1) make services available at times and locations that enable residents of the entity's service area to obtain services readily; (2) ensure each client's right to confidentiality and treatment with dignity; (3) establish staffing patterns of qualified and trained personnel that reflect the cultural, linguistic, and other social characteristics of the community and that incorporate multidisciplinary professional staff to meet client functional levels and diagnostic and treatment needs; (4) promote client and family participation in formulating, delivering, and evaluating treatment and rehabilitation; (5) design screening, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation services to maximize individual potential and to minimize institutionalization; and (6) provide services in the least restrictive setting, enabling the person receiving the services to live as normally as possible. Sec. 47.30.550. Cost sharing formulas; use of income. (a) In a district designated by the department as a poverty area, the department may fund not more than 90 percent of the eligible costs of the community mental health services to be