Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Progress Report: Mental Health Institutions Program Acted on Three OPPAGA Recommendations

Report 02-46, September 2002




Report Summary

In response to our 2000 report, the Department of Children and Families' Mental Health Institutions Program has acted to implement our recommendations. The department has

  • expanded community-based services for clients in civil institutions and placed clients in more appropriate settings;
  • increased forensic bed capacity; and
  • established priorities for forensic facility capital improvement projects.
However, the lack of specific community forensic service funds has limited the department's ability to divert individuals from incarceration and commitment to a forensic hospital. Forensic admissions continue to increase and outpace the department's ability to admit individuals within the statutorily required time frame of 15 days.


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Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
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