| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #475 | |||||||||
| Here's Help - Emergency Waiting List Reduction Project | |||||||||
| Requester: | John Kross | Organization: | Here's Help, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | Here's Help - Emergency Waiting List Reduction Project | Date Submitted | 1/9/2003 6:15:16 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Gottlieb | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| To reduce substance abuse in Florida among adolescents. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Here's Help, Inc. | Contact: | Steve Safron/Sam Zocco | ||||||
| 15100 NW 27th Avenue | Contact Phone: | (305) 685-8201 | |||||||
| Opa Locka 33054 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Broward, Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| This project will provide cost and clinically effective substance abuse outpatient treatment to individuals who are currently on our 2 to 3 months waiting list. While on the waiting list for treatment, these clients pose a great risk to society. They often are sentenced to county jail or state prison for drug related crimes, spend time in long-term residential treatment or use taxpayer dollars via social services (food stamps, TANF, AFDC benefits, etc,), because their dependence on drugs and alcohol renders them dysfunctional and unable to work. We will hire additional outpatient substance abuse counselors to provide additional substance abuse services to adolescents and adults currently on our waiting list for outpatient treatment. These actions will reduce or eliminate the backlog of clients presently on our waiting list. Services include providing outpatient chemical dependency and substance abuse treatment services for people living in south Florida, but not limited to any particular area. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| 1. To Have a minimum of 75% of clients that enter outpatient treatment successfully complete the program. 2. To have 80% of the adult clients employed upon completion of treatment. 3. To have 85% of the juvenile clients be attending school upon completion of treatment. 4. Comparing the period 30 days prior to intake to a 30-day period 90 days after completion of treatment , there will be a 75% reduction in arrests. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $171,812 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation #: | 3059 | ||||||||
| Specific Appropriation Title: | Office of the Seceratary, Executive Direction and Support Services, Expenses | ||||||||
| Amount to be reduced: | $171,812 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $214,766 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $14,954 | In-kind Amount | $28,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $171,812 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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: | Letter from Eve Sakran, Program Director, Juvenile Addictions Recieving Facility, Jackson Memorial H | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||