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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #962 |
| Family Emergency Treatment Center |
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| Requester: |
Janet W. Eustis, President & C |
Organization: |
Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care |
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| Project Title: |
Family Emergency Treatment Center |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2003 5:17:25 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Saunders |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The goal is to link consumers with appropriate services when in a crisis. This service also makes urgent outpatient services available to uninsured and underinsured people, a service that has been lost due to lack of funding. |
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| Recipient: |
Ruth Cooper Center |
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Contact: |
Janet W. Eustis |
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2789 Ortiz Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(239) 791-1530 |
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Fort Myers 33905 |
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| Counties: |
Lee |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| 24-hour walk-in crisis support for individuals and families with mental health and substance abuse problems. Through early intervention and short-term treatment the goal is to access needs and link people with appropriate services rather than costly inpatient services, hospital emergency rooms and jail. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| In Manatee County, where this model was piloted, there was a savings the first year of $697,000 in publicly funded inpatient psychiatric services alone. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$850,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$850,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2001-2002 |
Amount: |
$187,500 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$850,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
The FET center in Manatee County has an annual report documenting the service results. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Lee County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/16/2002 |
