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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #372 |
| Family Emergency Treatment Center/Mobile Crisis Response Unit |
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| Requester: |
Dr. Christine Cauffield |
Organization: |
Coastal Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Family Emergency Treatment Center/Mobile Crisis Response Unit |
Date Submitted |
1/7/2005 11:50:57 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bennett |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Sarasota Family Emergency Treatment Center offers less costly behavioral healthcare evaluation, diagnosis and treatment, and patients received immediate care and placement into the most effective and least expensive setting which is cost effective for the state. Development of a Mobile Crisis Response Unit as a diversionary service in addition to expanding current hours at the FETC will reduce the reliance on Crisis Stabilization Unit (acute care) services and inappropriate incarceration. Locally and statewide, there are not enough publicly-funded CSU beds to meet the need. Due to the current lack of diversionary services, individuals in psychiatric crisis are routinely held in emergency room due to the lack of bed availability or arrested and jailed on minor offenses in lieu of treatment. |
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| Recipient: |
Coastal Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Colleen Thayer, APR |
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1565 State St. |
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Contact Phone: |
(941) 927-8900 |
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Sarasota 34236 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Charlotte, DeSoto, Hendry, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota |
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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 Sarasota Family Emergency Treatment Center (FETC) offers an immediate service to individuals and families in need of intervention, treatment, and referral to behavioral health services, diverting individuals from deep-end services including incarceration and crisis stabilization. Since July 2002, more tha 4,000 individuals and families have been served with a 96.88% satisfaction rate. However, with current funding, the FETC is only open Monday thru Thursday from 8:00am-8:00pm and Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm. This proposal seeks to expand the hours of the FETC to enable the program to be operational seven days a week as well as institute a Mobile Crisis Response Unit. This Unit is comprised of a team of trained mental health providers who travel and respond on-site to clients in crisis. The goals of the Mobile Crisis Unit are to provide community-based services to stabilize persons experiencing psychiatric emergencies in the least restrictive environment, reduce arrests of mentally ill people in crisis, reduce police officers' handling psychiatric emergency situations, and provide much-needed services to south Sarasota County, which has seen an increase in crisis stabilization unit admissions, espeially among children. The Mobile Crisis Response Unit in Sarasota County will be operated in conjunction with the Family Emergency Treatment Center. Co-location will offer a seamless delivery of service 24 hours per day, seven days a week as well as a reduction in overhead costs. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Increased availability of immediate intervention, treatment, and referrals to persons and families in need of mental health and substance abuse services through the FETC, diversion from Baker Act admissions and/or community inpatient detoxification facilities, and diversion from inpatient psychiatric care or emergency room admissions. A comparison of the first three months of each fiscal year demonstrates that the number of services provided at the FETC continues to rise. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$417,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$555,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$103,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$35,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2003-2004 |
Amount: |
$500,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$417,000 |
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: |
FETC Review, July 2002-November 2004. SCOPE Mental Health Study Group Report, 2003. |
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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: |
Sarasota County Legislative Delegation meeting |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/04/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
