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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #244 |
| Treatment Services for Chronic Misdemeanor Offenders with Mental Illness and /or Substance Abuse |
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| Requester: |
Derya Williams |
Organization: |
River Region Human Services, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Treatment Services for Chronic Misdemeanor Offenders with Mental Illness and /or Substance Abuse |
Date Submitted |
12/22/2005 1:35:40 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wise |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Governor of Florida signed legislation in June 2004 to stop the revolving door for habitual misdemeanor offenders (HMOs). This legislation compounded the need for treatment services targeted at this population. Funding is needed to provide substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment programming for habitual misdemeanor offenders. |
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| Recipient: |
River Region Human Services, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Steven Hill |
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660 Park Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 668-3900 |
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Jacksonville 32204 |
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Contact email: |
ash001@comcast.net |
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| Counties: |
Duval |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| River Region Human Services has a long, successful history of working with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and the Criminal Justice System to serve individuals involved with the criminal justice system. River Region is requesting operational funding to provide substance abuse and mental health prevention, intervention, and treatment programming tailored to this population. The program will be extremely structured and provide intense overlay services for 14 hours each day. Specialized groups will also address issues of families, youthful offenders, and women's needs. Services will be provided to the children and guardians of participants and those individuals who are functionallly illiterate will participate in GED classes. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 300 HMOs will be screened and appropriately placed in intervention and/or treatment programming. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$641,250 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$141,250 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$500,000 |
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: |
City of Jacksonville, Office of the Sheriff. See Attachment |
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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: |
Duval Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/17/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
