| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #228 | |||||||||
| DACCO Residential Beds | |||||||||
| Requester: | Mary Lynn Ulrey | Organization: | Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | DACCO Residential Beds | Date Submitted | 1/3/2006 11:34:37 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Crist | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| DACCO provides Alternatives to Incarceration for non-violent substance abusers that would take costly space in our local jails and prisons. While in six month Residential treatment, using a modified therapeutic community model, clients are provided treatment, GED, return to work, and Aftercare. The cost for a day in jail is $75.00. DACCO provides treatment and supervision for $45.00/day, a savings of $30 each day, saving $266,000 of incarceration funding. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Inc. | Contact: | Mary Lynn Ulrey | ||||||
| 1920 E. Hillsborough Ave, Ste 200 | Contact Phone: | (813) 231-1340 | |||||||
| Tampa 33610 | Contact email: | marylynnu@dacco.org | |||||||
| Counties: | Hillsborough | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Provide continued funding of DACCO's residential beds. The requested amount would fund up to approximately 65 clients in treatment during the year for a six month residential treatment program. Additional funds for transitional living at $25/day as clients complete six months of Aftercare while living in a Transitional Living setting with supervision to make a successful transition to community living. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | Yes | ||||||||
| If yes, which declared disaster? | 2004 Hurricane season | ||||||||
| If yes, which year? | 2004 | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| 1) 65% of the clients continue to complete treatment successfully. 2) 88% of clients will be employed at discharge. 3) 75% of the clients using transitional services will complete Aftercare. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $600,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $750,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $75,000 | In-kind Amount | $75,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2005-2006 | Amount: | $600,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $620,000 | 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: | Waiting list for residential care in the Suncoast Region | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Hillsborough County Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 01/07/2006 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||