Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #828FY0001

C.O.U.R.T. Project/Cottages in the Pines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Steve Ronik

Organization:

Henderson Mental Health Center, Inc..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

C.O.U.R.T. Project/Cottages in the Pines

Date Submitted:

2/16/01 11:59:20 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Debby Sanderson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

Decreased recidivism rate for re-arrests and time spent in jail for severly mentally ill persons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Henderson Mental Health Center/C.O.U.R.T. Project

Contact:

Pamela Galan

 

1461 SW 81 Avenue

Contact Phone:

(954) 730-7284 232

 

 

Pembroke Pines 33025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Broward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Private Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The focus of the COURT Project is to provide individuals with alternative "recovery" that will provide a structured short-term living environment with supportive and rehabilitative services.  Residential Services, Intensive Case Management Serivces, Rehabilitative Services, Treatment Services, Peer Support and Self Help, Crisis Intervention and Respite Services, Transportation, and community Housing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Increased time spent in community for offenders.  Decreased rate of arrests.  Support for a substance free lifestyle.  Increased satisfaction of services received by offenders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,237,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Local

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Cash Amount:

$250,000

Total In-Kind Amount:

$20,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

2000-2001

Amount:

$100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Broward County Mental Health Court Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Broward County Board of Commissioners, House & Senate Appropriation Committees

 

Meeting Date:

1/10/01