Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #708FY0102

Short-term Residential (SRT) Bed Renewal

Requester:

Jerry Kassab

Organization:

Lakeside Alternatives, Inc.

Project Title:

Short-term Residential (SRT) Bed Renewal

Date Submitted:

1/17/2002 3:55:23 PM

Sponsors:

Buddy Dyer

Statewide Interest:

This project supports the Governor's Goal of protecting the state's most vulnerable by providing treatment and care to those suffering from mental disorders, and his committment to quality care in the most appropriated environment.� It will provide continued residential treatment services to persons with mental disorders throughout Orange County, which currently has a total of only 30, or 50% of the 60 beds needed for a population the size of the county based on accepted professional standards.� It will produce measureable outcomes consistent with the Department of Children & Families for mental health services and demonstrate effectiveness in lowering the state hospital utilization and an increase in the number of days in the community reductions inappropriate and expensive incarceration: a lower utilization of more expensive deep-end medical services and uncompensated care in acute care facilities (an SRT is� $300 less a day than hospital care).� The support for this type of care is found in the community, the DCF continuum of care and the Governor's� Budget for 2002-03 which proposed 100 SRT beds in the G. Pierce Wood catchment area.

Recipient:

Lakeside Alternatives, Inc

Contact:

Stephen Hill

434 W. Kennedy Boulevard

Contact Phone:

(850) 668-3900

Orlando 32810

Counties:

Orange

Gov't Entity:

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Yes

Project Description:

This project seeks to renew three beds to an existing SRT unit at Lakeside Alternatives.� With renewal of these beds, a more traditional model of short-term residential treatment consisting of length of stays up to 90 days rather than 10 days can be utilized.� This longer stay can provide continued stabilization and transition to the community beyond crisis stabilization.� This project will serve approximately 35 people per year with an average lenght of stay of 30 days.

The servies provided are individual, group and chemo therapeutic intervention in a secure 30 bed residential setting as an alternative to civil state hospitalization.� The unit operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week and provides therapeutic environment designed to enhance individual coping skills, communication, problem solving, self-awareness, mental illness management, health, hygiene and medication management.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

It will produce measurable outcomes consistent with the Department of Children & Families for mental health services, and demonstrate effectiveness in lowering state hospital utilization (90% of clients admitte4d to an SRT will not be admitted to a state hospital) and an increase in the number of days in the community, reduction in inappropriate and expensive incarceration; a lower utilization of more esxpensive deep-end medical services and uncompensated care in acute care facilities (an SRT is $300 less a day than hospital care).

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$150,000

Total cost of the project:

$195,000

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

What type of match exists for this project?

Private

In-Kind Amount:

$45,000

Was this project previously funded by the State?

Yes

Fiscal Year:

2001-2002

Amount:

$150,000

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

Unknown

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

Yes

Agency:

Children And Families, Department Of

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

Yes

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

The Department of Children and Families Legislative Budget Request addresses the need.

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

Yes

Hearing Body:

Orange County Legislative Delegation

Meeting Date:

9/17/2001