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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2785 |
| Family Emergency Treatment Center |
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| Requester: |
Julian I. Rice, Executive Director |
Organization: |
Mental Health Care Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Family Emergency Treatment Center |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2005 3:33:19 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Miller |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Family Emergency Treatment Center is a by-product of work done by the Florida Partners in Crisis, which is a statewide group of persons representing law enforcement, the judiciary, college & university faculty from mental health and substance abuse specialties, the Department of Children & Families, private providers of mental health & substance abuse services, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and hospitals, among other interests. The Family Emergency Treatment Center serves as a model for the state in the provision of mental health and substance abuse services and law enforcement training. By the provision of standardized training to law enforcement based on a set of criteria developed by the stakeholders, law enforcement officers can effectively deal with persons in need of specialized services because officers typically make the initial contact with such persons. A higher level of standardized training of law enforcement is needed statewide.
Additionally, the model that the Family Emergency Treatment Center has effectively established in Hillsborough County can be replicated at the county, judicial circuit, or DCF region level to better deal with persons who otherwise get caught up in the court and correctional systems at a much higher cost to the state and local governments. |
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| Recipient: |
Mental Health Care, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Edi Erb, Director of Community Development |
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5707 North 22nd Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(813) 272-2244 |
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Tampa 33610 |
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Contact email: |
eerb@mhcinc.org |
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| Counties: |
Hillsborough, {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: |
| The Family Emergency Treatment Center (FETC) is an emergency walk-in clinic operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for persons with mental health and substance abuse problems, which was funded for 9 months by the Legislature in 2004. The "urgent care" clinic provides short-term, intensive outpatient treatment consisting of an immediate evaluation and assessment, medication, crisis counseling, case management, and referral to community resources. The FETC offers a place for people to go who are in urgent need of assistance but do not meet criteria for in-patient care. It is intended to decrease use of costly emergency services and provide an alternative to jail and ultimately the court system for those who can be better served through the mental health system.
A large portion of the FETC's work involves law enforcement training. Law enforcement training is a key element of the program to support jail diversion efforts and implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams. The FETC has been able to set criteria for standards in training. The training of the officers "equips" them to be a part of the response teams to better respond to a "scene."
The FETC, because of its success, is also available to other similar types of intervention and alternative programs for technical assistance to improve and expand their programs. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| There would be a positive fiscal result on several governmental sectors, both state and local. At the local level, there would be a decrease in the use of costly emergency services and a cheaper, more cost-efficient alternative to jail incarceration would be provided for those who can be better served through the mental health system.
Specifically, in Hillsborough County, there would be the provision of 2,400 evaluations along with case management and counseling services. The FETC would provide at least 650-hours of training for law enforcement. Law enforcement time and resources would be reduced, resulting in a cost savings by reducing the number of bookings of those with mental illness, and decrease in law enforcement transportation and processing time for persons with mental illness, thereby increasing patrol time and time spent on other law enforcement matters.
The state, as well as many county governments, would also experience a cost-savings in the court system as well as the correctional system. Court hearings related to criminal cases and Baker Act proceedings would likely be reduced as many of these persons would be alternatively served in the mental health system. Furthermore, there would also be a reduction in the impact on the state prison system as the number of chronic offenders reduces because they are more effectively served through the mental health system. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,445,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,675,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$50,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$180,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2004-2005 |
Amount: |
$1,100,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$1,445,000 |
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: |
State & Regional Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Plan; county jail & FETC data |
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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: |
Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation Meeting |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
01/19/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
