To

Mayor and Council

Subject

Jail Diversion Program Grant

Initiator

Finance Department

Recommendation

Approval is requested to submit an application for the Jail Diversion Program \n \n grant from the Department of Health and Human Services-Substance Abuse and \n \n Mental Health Services Administration; accept the amount awarded up to $400,000 \n \n each year; specify New Horizons as the sole provider for mental health \n \n services; grant authority to the Mayor to execute all documents and amend the \n \n Multi-Governmental Grant Fund.

Approval

Approved

Background

Approve the submission of the application for the Jail Diversion Program grant

from the Department of Health and Human Services-Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration; accept the amount awarded up to $400,000 each

year; specify New Horizons as the sole provider for mental health services;

grant authority to the Mayor to execute all documents and amend the

Multi-Governmental Grant

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Currently, we have a grant for Mental

Health Court through the Bureau of Justice Assistance which will expire in

September 2005. This new grant is an expansion of the first grant. The goals of

this grant are to: divert persons with mental illness and/or co-occurring

substance abuse disorders from jails to community based mental health; provide

directly, or indirectly, treatment services that are based on best known

practices; and promote development of a comprehensive service delivery system.

The current grant has assisted over 85 participants in State Court and Superior

Court. New Horizons staff members assess persons in the jail and make

recommendations regarding who can be diverted from additional jail time to

treatment services. Individuals admitted to Mental Health Court then receive

intensive case management services, and report back to the court regarding

their progress and compliance with treatment. This next phase will focus more

on planning, evaluation and developing more jail diversion activities. The Jail

Diversion Planning Committee will grow out of the current Mental Health Court

Steering Committee, but will be enlarged to include more stakeholders.

Following the planning period, the model(s) selected by the Planning Committee

will be implemented. The major goals of the grant would be to be able to

provide case management services to approximately twice the number of consumers

currently served through Mental Health Court (i.e., about 160 consumers at any

given time), to include a ?specialty? case manager that would focus on women?s

issues (which often include DFACS and other agencies) and to plan and implement

additional diversion activities. The scope of the additional diversion

programs would be determined by the Planning Committee. All programs will be

evaluated for effectiveness to ensure that they are working as planned, and to

evaluate the savings to the jail.

Analysis

This grant is scheduled to extend over a 3 year period on a reimbursable

basis. The primary provider of the service will be New Horizons. This will

require that they be the sole provider of the contractual services rendered if

the grant is approved. New Horizons may subcontract additional service

providers. Although this grant does not demand that the program be sustained at

the end of the grant period, a plan must be submitted from the grantee on

efforts of sustainability in year 1.

Financial Considerations

This grant will be a reimbursable grant which would begin October 2006 through

September 2009. The grant is a 75/25 proposition with the Federal share of

up to $400,000 per year. The local match of 25% ($100,000) will be

provided from in kind services from New Horizons. The City will be the fiscal

agent for the grant. A memorandum of understanding will be completed with the

agency on the responsibilities of each entity.

Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement

Legal Considerations

Recommendations/ Actions

Approve the submission of the application for the Jail Diversion Program grant

from the Department of Health and Human Services-Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration; accept the amount awarded up to $400,000 each

year; specify New Horizons as the sole provider for mental health services;

grant authority to the Mayor to execute all documents and amend the

Multi-Governmental Grant Fund.

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