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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #538 |
| Regional Short-term Residential Treatment Program "SRT" |
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| Requester: |
Margarita Labarta, PhD |
Organization: |
Meridian Behavorial Healthcare, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Regional Short-term Residential Treatment Program "SRT" |
Date Submitted |
12/31/2007 10:54:58 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Oelrich |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Statewide initiative to "close service gap" for mentally ill adults. Provides 24-hour acute residential care program designed to promote long-term stabilization to residents in Meridian's service region which includes 11 counties in DCF District 3, which is the lowest funded in the State. It decreases dependence on psychiatric impatient beds, CSUs, jails, ERs, and NEFSH. |
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| Recipient: |
Merdian Behavorial Healthcare, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Margarita Labata PhD |
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4300 SW 13th Street 32608 |
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Contact Phone: |
(352) 374-5600 |
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Gainesville 32608 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, Union |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| This program will continue to provide post CSU residential treatment, for a period of two to three months, and facilitate stabilization sufficient to find transitional housing. It is a critical component for individuals with serious mental illness and a co-occuring substance abuse problems who often end up homeless or in the criminal justice system without proper treatment. These individuals frequently have significant functional deficits that make a short-term residential treatment program necessary before they can achieve long-term stability. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Approximately 60 people a year with severe mental illness that are unable to be treated in a CSU or on an outpatient basis will be benefit from this project. Without continued support at least 60 people who could reside in the community would be forced into an institution at a higher cost to the state. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$903,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$903,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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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: |
2007-2008 |
Amount: |
$903,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$903,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations, Construction |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Children And Family Services, Department Of |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
DCF determined our region highest in need and lowest in funds in the state for mental health funding |
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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: |
Has been heard in front of Alachua Delegation Hearing for past three years with no opposition |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
