| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #962 | |||||||||
| Family Emergency Treatment Center | |||||||||
| Requester: | Janet W. Eustis, President & C | Organization: | Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care | ||||||
| Project Title: | Family Emergency Treatment Center | Date Submitted | 1/13/2003 5:17:25 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Saunders | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The goal is to link consumers with appropriate services when in a crisis. This service also makes urgent outpatient services available to uninsured and underinsured people, a service that has been lost due to lack of funding. | |||||||||
| 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: | |||||||||
| 24-hour walk-in crisis support for individuals and families with mental health and substance abuse problems. Through early intervention and short-term treatment the goal is to access needs and link people with appropriate services rather than costly inpatient services, hospital emergency rooms and jail. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| In Manatee County, where this model was piloted, there was a savings the first year of $697,000 in publicly funded inpatient psychiatric services alone. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $850,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $850,000 | ||||||||
| 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: | $187,500 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $850,000 | 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: | The FET center in Manatee County has an annual report documenting the service results. | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||