House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #654 Charlotte Community Mental Health Services, Inc
Requester:	Dr. Gerald Ross		Organization:		Charlotte Community Mental Health Services
Project Title:	Charlotte Community Mental Health Services, Inc		Date Submitted:		01/25/2000 9:14:23 AM
District Member:	Lindsay Harrington		Service Area:		Regional
Counties Affected:	Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee, Sarasota
Recipient:	Dr. Gerald Ross		Contact:		Bill James
	1700 Education Avenue		Contact Phone:		(941) 639-8300
	Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Project Description:
Mental health need for indigent individuals are unmet in most communities, including this one. Of particular need & considered critical to this community are: (1) medical administration services to indigent consumers who are conronically mentally ill; (2) Mental Health Counseling services to indigent families; (3) Support for costs of psychotropic drugs for indigent consumers; (4) Support for costs of dental needs for chronically mentally ill residential consumers which is not otherwise covered by Medicaid or other State of Florida funding (there are no Medicaid dental providers in this community); (5) vision care for chronically mentally ill residential consumers where consumers are not otherwise covered by Medicaid or other State of Florida funding.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Psychiatic, mental health & contributing support to indigent outpatient & residentail consumers (medications, dental, vision) represent services provided.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Chronic mentally ill consumers would experience a decrease in jail incarceretions. Level of care would be contained, reducing expensive inpatient care. Consumers & consumer families would experience an enhanced family quality of life. Essential dental care will meet unmet needs in a residential population, enhancing general health of a dependent population. Vision care will provide necessary tests & glasses to the same dependent population
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$200,000
Total cost of the project:		$200,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					No
Was this project previously funded by the State?					Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1999-2000		Amount:	$200,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					No
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					No
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	Agency Needs' Assessment
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Yes
	Hearing Body:	Charlotte County Delegation
	Meeting Date:	09/24/1999