| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #555 | |||||||||
| Wrap Around Services for Children in Crisis | |||||||||
| Requester: | Janet W. Eustis, President & CEO | Organization: | Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care | ||||||
| Project Title: | Wrap Around Services for Children in Crisis | Date Submitted | 1/13/2003 4:53:19 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Green | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Creation of 2 teams to provide community-based services to extremely disturbed children and their families, upon discharge from the Children's Crisis Stabilization Unit. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Ruth Cooper Center | Contact: | Janet W. Eustis | ||||||
| 2789 Ortiz Avenue | Contact Phone: | (239) 791-1530 | |||||||
| Fort Myers 33905 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Lee | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Intensive support services for children and their families after a crsis. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| (1) 48 families will be served by teams trained to work with the schools, provide one-on-one time with the child and provide respite and guidance for the parents in how to handle the child in crisis. The program is designed to allow timely discharge from the Children's Crisis Stabilization Unit, avoid expensive hospitalization and out of home placement. (2) Some of the children will not be able to immediately return to their home from the Crisis Unit, either because their illness is so severe or because the family needs to develop the skills to work with them. We will recruit four foster families trained to work with our most severely ill children. This is based on a model of service the Center already provides. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $592,420 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation #: | Unknown | ||||||||
| Specific Appropriation Title: | Unknown | ||||||||
| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $592,420 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2001-2002 | Amount: | $112,500 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $592,420 | 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: | There are few community-based services for extremely disturbed childen in Lee County. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Lee County Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/16/2002 | ||||||||