Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #748FY0102
Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health, Inc. - Focused Outreach
Requester:		Barbara Daire			Organization:		Suncoast Center for Community Health, Inc.
Project Title:		Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health, Inc. - Focused Outreach			Date Submitted:		1/16/2002 11:46:27 AM
Sponsors:		Frank Farkas
Statewide Interest:
The Focused Outreach program provides an alternative to incarceration. It helps to reduce recidivism by engaging clients in treatment that promotes their stability and ability to follow-up with criminal justice requirements, and allows them to achieve optimal functioning in the community.
Recipient:		Suncoast Center for Community Health, Inc.			Contact:		Barbara Daire
		4024 Central Avenue			Contact Phone:		(727) 327-7656 244
		St. Petersburg 33711
Counties:		Pasco, Pinellas
Gov't Entity:			Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):					Yes
Project Description:
The Focused Outreach and Intervention Program(Focused Outreach) is a collaborative effort by five local mental health agencies that provide timely and comprehensive mental health services to adults who have had difficulty angaging in treatment or have been recently released from jail or prision. The partners include; Directions for Mental Health, Inc.; Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Serevices, Inc.; Gulf Coast Community Care; The Harbor Behavioral Healthcare Institute, Inc.; and Suncoast Center for Community Mental Health, Inc, as the lead agency. The program targets individuals who have made multipe visits to local emergency rooms, have had frequent admissions to patient psychiactric unints or have utilized the services of the Pinellas County Department of Social Serives with some indication the problem may be related to mental illness. The program assists clients by linking them directly with psychiactric services and teaching them how to access and follow-up with traditional outpatient programs.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The effectiveness of the program include the standard measure for mental health programs used throughout the state - improvement in functionong and improvement in days in the community(i.e., not in jail or hospital). In addition, an ouitcome of a decrase in repeated use of the referring public systems is proposed.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$1,270,000
Identify items(s) in the FY 2002-03 Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:			688
Specific Appropriation Title:			Adult Male Custody Operation, Special Categories
Amount to be reduced:			$1,270,000
Total cost of the project:			$1,693,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
What type of match exists for this project?					Local, Private
	Cash Amount:		$333,000		In-Kind Amount:		$90,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2000-2001		Amount:		$500,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$1,270,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		January 19, 2000 conference including Pinellas County Public Defender, State Attorney, Sherrif
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Pinellas County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		1/18/2001