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Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

The Department plans and funds services for people with developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and other neurological impairments. The services provided to these populations include adult vocational programs, employment programs, diagnostic evaluations, clinic treatment programs, family support programs, counseling, after-school and weekend recreation and respite programs, special continuing education, sleep-away camp, transportation, information and referral, and public education. In addition, the Department will continue to administer the Early Intervention Program for toddlers under the age of three with development delays through an intracity relationship with the Department of Health (DOH).

Alcoholism

The Department plans and funds an array of services to assist individuals in need of alcoholism treatment, including inpatient detoxification, alcohol crisis centers, comprehensive outpatient services, and community ,/ residences. The priority populations include homeless persons, pregnant women, families, and adolescents.

Substance Abuse Service^

; The Department funds a variety of services to assist individuals in need of substance abuse treatment, including integrated outpatient services for adult substance abusers and mentally ill chemical abusers (MICA), family centered adolescent substance abuse and MICA treatment, and comprehensive integrated substance abuse services f focusing on sobriety and employment readiness.

I Performance-Based Contracting

The Department continues to implement performance-based contracting across all disability sectors. Currently, 100 programs are covered, including Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams, clubhouse •!( programs, alcoholism treatment clinics, and vocational programs. In the next three months, an additional 100 programs will be covered, including mental health, intensive case management, supportive case management, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), and forensic LINK programs, resulting in over 200 programs under performance-based contracts.

During 2002, the Department anticipates that 70 additional programs will be included in performance-based contracting, including supportive housing, children’s day treatment, adult continuing day treatment, medically 'f supervised outpatient treatment, and drug-ffee outpatient treatment.

Forensic Services

An additional $5.3 million allocated to the Department’s budget during the November Financial Plan will allow the Department to provide enhanced discharge planning services to mentally ill individuals released from the City’s jails in order to facilitate linkages to community-based care.

In addition to expansion of jail-based discharge planning, these funds will also enable the Department to establish five court-adjacent Service Planning and Assistance Network (SPAN) offices where discharge plans can be developed or completed for individuals released from court.

Lastly, the additional funding will enable the Department to enhance existing community-based forensic LINK programs with 32 additional transition managers. Transition managers work closely with the jail-based discharge planners and clients to facilitate a smooth transition into the community following release from confinement. These transition services are provided in the community and are conducted on an intensive basis, for approximately two months, with less intensive follow-up conducted for two additional years.

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