House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2261 Florida Partners in Crisis Funding Proposal
Requester:	Sally Wolfe		Organization:		Florida Partners in Crisis
Project Title:	Florida Partners in Crisis Funding Proposal		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 5:57:10 PM
District Member:	Bill Sublette		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	Florida Department of Children and Families, ADM Division		Contact:		Sally Wolfe
	1317 Winewood Boulevard		Contact Phone:		(407) 836-2074
	Tallahassee 32399-0700
Project Description:
Florida Partners in Crisis is a group of non-traditional advocates seeking an increase for the ADM offices in the Department of Children and Families. A block grant for each of the target populations for ADM services: i.e., Adult Mental Health ($70 million), Adult Substance Abuse ($25 million), Children's Mental Health ($30 million), and Children's Substance Abuse ($25 million). These funds will be utilized by the ADM Districts to contract with their communities to increase critical services in each of the target populations, thus helping to achieve one of the Governor's priorities of empowering community problem-solving thus making more effective and more efficient use of limited resources. (from the Governor's FY2000/2001 budget on smaller, more efficient government). This is a request for an additional $103,500,000 in the General Revenue not in the Governor's Budget.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Specific services will vary due to the needs within each ADM District and the given target population. Among the needs to be addressed are: Additional residential beds, case management services, medication, assertive community treatment teams, jail diversion alternatives, capitol outlay expenses; increase in detoxification services, drug courts, and increased outpatient programs. Benefits to the state will include: reduced recidivism; decreased jail, detention admissions, and emergency room visits related to mental illness and substance abuse; decreased waiting time for court ordered treatment and placement; decreased law enforcement transportation and processing time for mentally ill and substance abuse defendants; increased benefits for children and families not eligible for medicaid or KIDCARE. Among the benefits, the community based services will help meet the governor's stated priorities of achieving "a state with safe cities and towns, where children can grow up without fear, where young people can resist the lure of crime and drugs and where all of us can pursue our dreams...", (Governor Jeb Bush Governor?s FY2000/2001 budget comments on Public Protection) and reducing the higher costs to taxpayers which result when these services are not provided.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
There will be an overall increase from 316,476 to 437,032 clients served which translates into 22 percent of the needs being met for the four targeted populations. While falling well short of meeting the needs, this request will increase the number of mentally ill adults and children served; will result in increased days spent in the community for the severe and persistently mentally ill; increase days worked for pay, and increase monthly average income for adults. The proposed increase in funding for adult and children's substance abuse will result in an increased number of clients receiving treatment; an increased number of adults employed; an increase in the number of babies born drug free; and an increase in the number of days in school attendance by juvenile clients. Other outcomes will be evident in expanded bedspace, new programs and services, new and/or expanded facilities, and others which can be identified via the contracts with the individual ADM District offices.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$150,000,000
Total cost of the project:		$150,000,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations and Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Unknown
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Yes
	Amount:	$150,000,000
	Purpose for future year funding:			Recurring Operations and Non-recurring Construction
	Will this be an annual request?				Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					Yes
	Agency:	Children And Families, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	US Surgeon General's report on mental health, Florida Supreme Court Commission on Fairness (Dec 99)
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Yes
	Hearing Body:	Florida House of Representatives
	Meeting Date:	02/08/2000