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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1998 |
| Long Term Treatment for Chronically Addicted |
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| Requester: |
Finn Kavanagh |
Organization: |
Phoenix House |
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| Project Title: |
Long Term Treatment for Chronically Addicted |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 4:25:48 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
King |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project will provide low cost long-term substance abuse treatment for addicted adults statewide and reduce the cost of substance abuse treatment currently paid for by the Department of Children and Families. |
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| Recipient: |
Phoenix House |
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Contact: |
Finn Kavanagh |
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6604 Harney Rd., Suite B |
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Contact Phone: |
(813) 627-0137 |
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Tampa 33610 |
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Contact email: |
fkavanagh@phoenixhouse.org |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Long-term, cost efficient substance abuse treatment for adults in all Florida's counties. Phoenix House has demonstrated substantial success in reducing criminal recidivism through cost effective substance abuse treatment. One corrections study indicated that only 11.9% of Phoenix House completers recidivated two years after treatment. Phoenix House proposes to provide low cost substance abuse treatment for chronic substance abusers statewide - a treatment gap that is acknowledged by DCF, the Governor's Drug Control strategy and the largest federal study of drug use behavior. Effective substance abuse treatment preserves scarce resources within the health care, criminal justice, and child-welfare fields by preventing the inevidable penetration of these adults into these more costly service corridors. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Addition of 25 residential treatment beds for statewide access to chronic substance abuse care. |
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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: |
$500,000 |
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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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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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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: |
Florida's Drug Control Strategy; National Drug Use & Health Survey |
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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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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
