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Progressive Caucus budget campaign for mental health services
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Council Member Shahana K. Hanif introduces the Progressive Caucus's 'Crisis to Care' budget campaign, which aims to secure $61 million for mental health services and treatment beds. She outlines specific funding requests for Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) teams and Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams.
- $22 million baseline funding increase for IMT teams, bringing the total to $64 million
- $7 million baseline funding increase for FACT teams, bringing the total to $21 million
Shahana K. Hanif
1:30:55
Thank you so much and good morning commissioner doctor Morrison, CFO Anderson.
1:31:01
The progressive caucus, which I co chair recently launched our budget campaign, which we're calling Crisis to Care, to secure $61,000,000 in mental health services and mental health treatment beds.
1:31:16
And
Rebecca Linn-Walton
1:31:17
I want
Shahana K. Hanif
1:31:17
to go through some numbers for the forensic assertive community treatment team, the single point of access, and the intensive mobile treatment team.
1:31:29
For the IMT teams, we are asking for $22,000,000 in baseline funding, would bring the total, the stagnant total, while the 42,000,000 is currently stagnant but would bring the total to 64,000,000, and for fact teams, we are calling for $7,000,000 in baseline funding, bringing the total to $21,000,000.