Drafter
Clerk 09/02/2011
title
A MOTION accepting the family treatment court budget report, in compliance with Ordinance 16984.
body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 16984, Section 69, Proviso P1, the mental illness and drug dependency fund proviso requires that the department of community and human services mental health division develop and submit a report to the council on family treatment court, and
WHEREAS, the report contains recommendations on:
1. An analysis of funding needs and possible revenues for family treatment court in 2011 and thereafter;
2. The feasibility of establishing a limit on the number of family treatment court cases;
3. Efficiencies that the defender agencies and superior court could make to reduce costs; and
4. An analysis of whether Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Action Plan strategy 8a, expand family treatment court, could be revised to fund all of the costs associated with family treatment court, and
WHEREAS, in addition, the report also contains data and other information on family treatment court including, but not limited to:
1. The number of family treatment court cases in 2009 and 2010;
2. The length of time for family treatment court case dispositions in 2009 and 2010;
3. The number of hearings for 2009 and 2010 family treatment court cases;
4. The number of defendants and children involved in family treatment court cases in 2009 and 2010; and
5. Detailed explanation of the family treatment court case processing and case handling in the defender agencies and in superior court, and
WHEREAS, the executive must transmit to the council the report and motion required by this proviso by May 14, 2011, which was extended to August 15, 2011, filed in the form of a paper original and an electronic copy with the clerk of the council, who shall retain the original and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff and the lead staffs for the budget and fiscal management committ...
Click here for full text