Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1831FY0102

Focused Outreach - Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health

Requester:

Barbara Daire

Organization:

Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health, Inc.

Project Title:

Focused Outreach - Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health

Date Submitted:

1/18/2002 3:49:26 PM

Sponsors:

Jim Sebesta

Statewide Interest:

This Focused Outreach program provides an alternative to incarceration.� It helps to reduce recidivism by engaging clients in treatment that promotes their stability and ability to follow-up with criminal justice requirements, and allows them to achieve optimal functioning in the community.

Recipient:

Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health, Inc.

Contact:

Barbara Daire

4024 Central Avenue

Contact Phone:

(727) 327-7656 244

St. Petersburg 33711

Counties:

Pasco, Pinellas

Gov't Entity:

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Yes

Project Description:

This program is a collaborative effort by 5 local mental health agencies that provide comprehensive mental health services to adults who have had difficulty engaging in treatment or have recently been released from incarceration.� The partners include Directions for Mental Health, Inc.; Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services, Inc.; Gulf Coast Community Care; The Harbor Behavioral Healthcare Institute, Inc.; and Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health, Inc., as the lead agency.� This program assists clients by linking them directly with services and teaches the clients how to access and follow-up with traditional outpatient programs.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

The effectiveness of the program will be gauged by evaluating the clients' improvement in functioning and by reducing recidivism.� There should be a decrease in the need to pursue services through more expensive providers.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,270,000

Total cost of the project:

$1,693,000

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

What type of match exists for this project?

Private

Cash Amount:

$333,000

In-Kind Amount:

$90,000

Was this project previously funded by the State?

Yes

Fiscal Year:

2000-2001

Amount:

$500,000

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

Yes

Amount:

$1,270,000

Purpose for future year funding:

Recurring Operations

Will this be an annual request?

Yes

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

Unknown

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Unknown

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

Jan 19,2000 conference which included Pinellas County Public Defender, State Attorney 7 Sheriff

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

Hearing Body:

Pinellas County Legislative Delegation

Meeting Date:

10/2/2001