Item B: Public Safety Task Force Update

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Cost: $520,000 Results: Over a one-year period, about 40 youth will receive intensive drug/alcohol residential rehabilitation services and there will be about a 60 percent reduction in re-offenses by these youth. Funding this program area will provide between 1 0 - 20 percent of the identified need" Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Detox and Suberin!! Station. This package will provide detoxification/sobering for men and women clients. The detoxlsobering station provides an alternative resource for police response, and reduces jail book-ins" It is significantly less expensive than hospital bed detoxification. Cost: $140,000 Results: About 1,420 bed days in addition to the 5,800 currently funded Detox bed days and 4,700 sobering station admits. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Intensive A&D Treatment. At least 80 percent of offenders have a drug and/or alcohol problem and, left untreated, are more likely to commit new crimes. Fund 66 substance abuse outpatient treatment slots and fund 12 residential treatment beds for substance abusers, especially for meth addicts. Eight beds will serve adults and four beds will be for adolescent girls. Cost: $640,000 Results: Outpatient services to 200 individuals per year in addition to the 1,100 currently funded; residential services to about 48 clients per year in addition to the 140 currently funded" Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Mental Health Crisis Response ~ Adults. _About 25-40 percent of inmates at the Lane County jail have a diagnosable mental health disorder. The budget allocation would add staff to expand crisis, civil commitment, and aftercare (post-hospital) services; expand availability of rapid- access prescriber time for psychiatric medicine. Cost: $260,000 Results: Approximately 200 people will be served in addition to the 1,200 currently funded. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Sex Offender Treatment - Adult. More than 95 percent of convicted sex offenders eventually return to the community. Treatment improves the chance for successful reintegration. Funds will provide outpatient treatment for high and medium risk supervised sex offenders Cost: $120,000 Results: Serve 36 medium to high risk sex offenders in addition to the 45 currently served. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Drue: Court Treatment Outions. Restore treatment capacity. Increase the ability of the Adult Drug Court to intervene in the lives of addicted offenders. Cost: $110,000 Results: Restores Drug Court treatment capacity to 300. Contributes to reducing recidivism and reducing criminal justice costs; contributes to indirect cost avoidance for the community. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Skill-Building for Jail Inmates and P&P Offenders. Provide a day reporting function focusing on job readiness for up to 500 supervised offenders. Increase capacity of programs for Executive Summary - Lane County Public Safety Task Force Final Report 18