Enhance court official and community trust in Jail Diversion programs to increase referrals and opportunities for our clients. Intercept 3. Post-Initial Hearing: Jail, Courts, Forensic Evaluations, and Forensic Commitments Components Current Activities Routine screening for mental illness and diversion eligibility Mental Health Court Veterans’ Court Drug Court Outpatient Competency Restoration Services for persons Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Services for persons with other Forensic Assisted Outpatient Commitments Providing services in jail for persons Incompetent to Compelled medication in jail for persons Incompetent to Stand Trial Providing services in jail (for persons without outpatient commitment) Staff assigned to serve as liaison between specialty courts and services providers Link to comprehensive services Other: Self-referrals through LMHA relationships with local attorneys Communications/marketing with District Attorneys for jail diversion and OCR opportunities Outpatient Competency Restoration provides assistance in the county jails, individuals’ homes, and OCR transitional homes for competency restoration. Transfers to Substance use rehabilitation services, monitoring at risk behaviors. Outpatient Competency restoration provides competency training and links to psychiatric services and medication management. Assistance provided through linking with psychiatric treatment both incarcerated or upon release through case management for linkage to other needed services Plans for the upcoming two years:
Transitioning long-term hospital patients who no longer need an inpatient level of care to the community LMHA currently operates a Supported Housing program that assists individuals who are currently homeless and/or at risk for homelessness with rental and utility assistance as well as supportive services The Supportive Housing program is available for individuals who are leaving the state hospital system. Reducing other state hospital utilization Andrews Center is a high utilizer of hospital bed days. One factor that significantly impacts our bed day usage is the forensic bed day utilization initiated by the state (over which we have no control) Andrews Center currently operates a 12 -bed crisis respite facility, Hope House Increase the use of crisis respite and local inpatient bed days. Enhance our Continuity of Care services to better focus on recovery oriented interventions. Enhance and increase the use of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams to include intensive services (LOC 3). Hope House offers crisis intervention and stabilization activities (in addition to respite services) for individuals who need assistance averting a potential crisis. Tailoring service interventions to the specific identified of the individual Andrews Center is currently developing a person centered recovery planning process Our PCRP process is based on what we have learned through Dr. Janis Tondora and VIA Hope representatives.
Estimate the funding needed, listing the key components and costs. For recurring/ongoing costs (such as staffing), state the annual cost. Need How resources be used (brief) Estimated Cost 1 Example: Beds Establish a 6-bed detox unit at ABC Hospital. 2 Example: Nursing home care Fund positions for a part-time psychiatrist and part-time mental health professionals to support staff at ABC Nursing Home in caring for residents with mental illness. Install telemedicine equipment in ABC Nursing Facility to support long-distance psychiatric consultation. 1 Crisis Stabilization services and preventative measures Increase our use of crisis respite services to include staff training and coordination with local hospitals and other agencies $200,000.00/year 2 Rural counties Psychiatric Provider Recruit psychiatric provider for rural counties in our catchment area $130,000.00 to $190,000.00/year 3 Increase community support services for veterans Our agency has applied for grant funding to include therapists focused on suicidal prevention and financial assistance for veterans $400,000.00/year