Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1888FY0102
Young Womens Crisis Intervention and Stabilization and Mental Health Treatment
Requester:		Debbie Kavanagh			Organization:		Vision Quest
Project Title:		Young Womens Crisis Intervention and Stabilization and Mental Health Treatment			Date Submitted:		1/18/2002 5:13:17 PM
Sponsors:		Frank Attkisson
Statewide Interest:
Mental Health and Trauma Treatment for Young Women of Florida in the Juvenile Justice System.
Recipient:		VisionQuest			Contact:		Debbie Kavanagh
		42660 Highway 441 North			Contact Phone:		(863) 763-6019
		Okeechobee 34972
Counties:		Okeechobee
Gov't Entity:		Yes	Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):
Project Description:
VisionQuest would convert 20 existing level 4 beds and 10 existing level 6 beds into 30 mental health specialty beds. These beds would be used to provide mental health care and custody for 30 young women who exhibit behaviors and symptoms in need of crisis intervention and stabilization and intensive mental health treatment. Conservatively 60% of the young women in the Junile Justice System either have met or would meet the diagnositc criteria for a mental health diagnosis. VisionWQuest believes that of those, the overwhelming majority are due to exposure to extreme stress (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Most often this disorder is discovered after a young woman has been placed in a tradiional DJJ placement facility. Staffing ratios must be more intensive in order to provide necessary effective treatment for the yong woman. Services that would be provided include: 1) Psychiatric 2) Medical 3) Individual and Group Therapy 4) Family 5) Intensive staffing and 6) Specific Trauma Treatment
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
120 young women in the Juvenile Justice System will receive needed intensive crisis intervention, mental health, and trauma treatment. 90% will have decreased suicidal ideation. 75% will avoid deeper penetration into the Juvenile Justice System.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$533,812
Identify items(s) in the FY 2002-03 Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
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Amount to be reduced:			$
Total cost of the project:			$711,750
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
What type of match exists for this project?					Private
					In-Kind Amount:		$177,938
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$533,812
	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:		60% of young women in the Juveline Justice System have or meet the criteria for a mental health diag
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No