Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1426FY0001 Residential Level 2 Housing
Requester:		Colleen Thayer			Organization:		Coastal Recovery Centers, Inc.
Project Title:		Residential Level 2 Housing			Date Submitted:		2/13/01 4:24:14 PM
Sponsors:		Lisa Carlton
Statewide Interest:		Meets housing need due to closure of G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital
Recipient:		Coastal Recovery Centers, Inc.			Contact:		Dr. Christine Cauffield
		3830 Bee Ridge Road			Contact Phone:		(941) 927-8900 327
		Sarasota 34233
Counties:		Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
We are proposing to add 15 additional Residential Level 2 beds to the Audubon program in Sarasota, Florida, operated by Coastal Recovery Centers, Inc. The Audubon program offers its participants supervised housing units within a community apartment complex. This distinct set-up provides participants with opportunities for interaction with successful program graduates and other independent community residents. Services include assessment, case management, nursing services, adult day treatment, structured activities, crisis intervention, milieu therapy, vocational services, and service integration. Staff work together with the providers psychiatric team, case management, and mental health and rehabilitation day programs to develop and/or augment basic independent living skills which assist chronically mentally ill persons in living successfully within their communities. The facility is staffed 24 hours per day/seven days a week. Case managers and psychiatrists also serve clients.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Reintegration into the community by as many group home residents as possible.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$600,000
Total cost of the project:			$800,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Private
					Total In-Kind Amount:		$200,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Unknown
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:		Need for community based services due to the closure of G. Pierce Wood Hospital.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Sarasota County Legislative Delegation; Desoto County Legislative Delegation (02/01/01)
	Meeting Date:		1/16/01