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