Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1300FY0102
Residential Level 2 Housing
Requester:		Dr. Christine Cauffield			Organization:		Coastal Behavorial Healthcare, Inc.
Project Title:		Residential Level 2 Housing			Date Submitted:		1/17/2002 4:00:41 PM
Sponsors:		Donna Clarke
Statewide Interest:
Meets housing need due to the closure of G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital.
Recipient:		Coastal Behavorial Healthcare, Inc.			Contact:		Dr. Christine Cauffield
		3830 Bee Ridge Road			Contact Phone:		(941) 927-8900
		Sarasota 34233
Counties:		Charlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota
Gov't Entity:			Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):					Yes
Project Description:
We are continuing an existing program that provides Residential Level 2 housing to persons with severe and persistent mental illness. Non-recurring funds were provided during the 2001 Legislative Session to expand the program. That expansion has now moved forward. Participants live in supervised housing units within a community apartment complex. This set-up provides participants with opportunities for interaction with successful program graduates and other independent community residents. Services include assessment, case management, nursing services, adult day treatment, structured activities, crisis intervention, milieu therapy, vocational services, and service integration. Staff work together with the providers psychiatric team, case management, and mental health and rehabilitation day programs to develop and/or augment basic independent living skills which assist chronically mentally ill persons in living successfully within their communities. The facility is staffed 24 hours per day/seven days a week. Case managers and psychiatrists also serve clients.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Reintegration into the community by as many group home residents as possible.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$500,000
Identify items(s) in the FY 2002-03 Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:
Specific Appropriation Title:
Amount to be reduced:			$
Total cost of the project:			$800,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
What type of match exists for this project?					Private
					In-Kind Amount:		$300,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2001		Amount:		$433,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Unknown
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:		Need for community-based services due to the Closure of G. Pierce Wood Hospital.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Sarasota County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		9/21/2001