##VIDEO ID:T3e3HLCcMBI## e e e e e e e e e e e e all right I have 10 o'clock so we'll go ahead 
and get started um let me go ahead and begin   by saying if you have a cell phone please 
turn your cell phones off to the vibrate   or silence position the opioid abatement 
funding Advisory Board allows any person   to speak speak regarding an item on the 
agenda the speaker is limited to 2 minutes   unless otherwise otherwise determined by the 
chairperson to allow sufficient time for all   speakers speakers shall refrain from abusive 
profane remarks disruptive outward protest   or other conducts which interferes with the 
orderly conduct of the meeting upon completion   of the public comment period discussion is 
limited to the board members and questions   raised by the board so I'll call this meeting 
to order and we'll begin with the pledge of allegiance alance to the flag of the United 
States of America to the stand Nation indivisible has everyone had a chance to 
review the minutes from the previous meeting   yes ma'am okay do I have a motion to accept motion to accept amend as printed 
second all in favor I I all right we'll go   ahead and start with our public speakers 
the first speaker that I have is Walter Arrington with Community Health Northwest 
Florida 2315 West Jackson Street um if I   may approach I've got some material that I'd like to so what I'm passing up is just the uh 
the grab flyers for the core program that's   currently in operation um in Escambia 
County in partnership with Escambia EMS   um Community Health Northwest Florida um 
that's been in operation for three years   now um I'm here today in support of our our 
our grand appliation of course um open to   any questions that you may have when the time 
comes um I I will say um that I'm I'm grateful   that this board has taken the time and energy 
to read over these grants and and um trying   to address the the great need that we have 
in our community thank you thank you drton Smith we have material as well thank you thank 
you Drayton Smith and Nicole debono for Ministry   Village uh we have a women's addiction recovery 
program and that program is up to a two-year   program the only like it in in the area uh right 
now we can house about 20 ladies and we are pretty   much at capacity we're doing that through old 
buildings three different buildings that are   very costly to keep up and very uh hard to ensure 
because of the new insurance policies and things   like that so all three of those houses we cannot 
get wind coverage on there so if we were to have   damage from that it would be uh you know a burden 
for us to do that uh so right now we can hold   up to 20 we're looking to build a new building 
that'll be a single unit almost like you would   think of like a nursing home type facility but 
still a home and then we'll have 30 ladies that   can stay in that and then we would use two of the 
other buildings two of the three other buildings   for uh transit for a transitional housing after 
the ladies graduate the program until they're   ready to go back into society so that is our ass 
today uh Nicole has some stats on that as well hi   um the Caris house is uh 12month recovery program 
and um just looking back in past years uh I would   say that we had only about 50 applicants in the 
past like five years because of the uh crisis   we've had 300 applicants this year and uh we just 
don't even have enough room for the ladies so um   it is imperative that we get the room to house 
all these ladies we have waiting lists um we have   a 86% uh success rate of women that complete our 
program and stay sober and live out their recovery   we have 100% success rate of ladies that are 
reunified with their families and children um so   uh yeah we are in a great need of a new building 
um just so we can give these ladies a chance um   we opened up a new Gil Ministry so a lot of the 
women uh we're approaching them while they're   still in jail and while they have a clear head 
and we're getting them signed up for the program   which we go pick them up directly from jail 
uh most of them get an alternative sentence   instead of prison to better their lives uh we take 
them back and forth to probations and do all the   legal stuff but um it's really Boos our numbers 
up and giving them a second chance at life thank you the next speaker that I have is Vinnie wibs good morning Vinnie webs executive director 
of reentry Alliance Pensacola uh just briefly uh   reentry Alliance has been working with uh 
returning ex offenders men and women for   the last 12 years about two and a half years 
ago we became increasingly involved working   with homeless individuals uh uh needless 
to say about 60% of the individuals that   come through our program have some type 
of an addiction uh situation dealing with   either drugs or or alcohol uh we believe that 
we've had a considerable amount of experience   over the last number of years having to work 
with more than 2500 people in this thing and   currently we operate 22 hous es but our plan is 
to house the individuals that are going through   these uh the situation and to provide them with 
the uh the structure uh the counseling and the   services needed so they can um terminate okay 
we that answer any questions that you have thank you okay that's the last of the speakers um so 
we're open to discussion or the for the opioid funding is there someone else need okay do you have the budget reviews or something 
specific for that I so um I can what we have left   for the amount of money that we can currently 
obligate or move forward is 2 milon 518,000 $7 7886 um just a reminder that we should be getting 
some additional funding in 2025 and for the next   16 to 18 years going forward um so the idea would 
be put this notice of funding availability out   again in 2025 in the June July time period and 
to continue to do so every year after that um so   if you don't award somebody this time around they 
certainly are more than welcome to apply again for   for the next coming season thank you does 
anyone have any questions yeah do we know   how much we might get in 2025 yet or no 
clue we have no idea um in 2023 just to   give you an idea um the very first year 
we got just under 2.5 million and then   in 2024 we got 1.5 million so that's a 
million difference so I'm not really sure any other questions all right we're open for discussion on   the funding allocation for 
those that have submitted applications okay um first of all 
I'd like to um if we can call the   um the speaker for community of 
Northwest Florida back up please good morning board members Walter Arrington 
Community Health hey how are you good okay um   kind of first time kind of getting familiar with 
you I've talked we've had uh the core program   representative in here uh for since we've actually 
started this board and uh greatly appreciative of   of them uh being a part of this process almost for 
two years now matter of fact I think they was so   Community Northwest Florida you all um are the 
facilitators of the core and it's just well the   EMS is are the facilitators and so I take it it 
came down through the state through you all and   you guys kind of oversee that correct correct 
the uh the intent of the core program um was to   expand U medication assisted opiate use disorder 
and substance use care um within the federally   qualified healthc Care Center Network in the State 
of Florida um traditionally that had been housed   um and supported through the community Behavioral 
Health Centers in our community that's that would   be life View group um and so the way that the 
program is structured um patients overdose   they're flagged by EMS EMS either inducts in the 
hospitals um or they induct in the field and then   after 7 to 10 days they transfer to our care yes 
we you they do a great job at that I've actually   visited the center and actually walked through uh 
with the chief and assistant they do a great job   they're actually Hands-On uh real time action and 
I appreciate that uh the question that came up in   the last meeting about the funding because we've 
uh uh we voted to to um get funding to the coure   already my question is um and this is what I 
had Miss chrisy there um something about the   state dissolving its support and it's looking 
for this this board to kind of kick in that   to subsidize that so let me and the reason I have 
a challenge with that because on the onset it was   clarified to us uh very strongly by Miss Christie 
and I these things change I understand this is   not supposed to be a a u subsidized long-term 
subsidized type situation for any organization so   my my question is after this funding here moving 
forward how are you all looking to to take care of   their operational cost um yes sir so what we're 
actually asking for is an expansion um so our   current um capacity within the core program we're 
not asking you to subsidize that um we manage that   um through payer mix um with leveraged and match 
funding um if you'll reference uh the the West   Florida ahac Federal assist program having those 
assists um that are able to uh assist individuals   that are pathway into the core program and 
obtaining insurance that best meets their needs   best meets their needs um and then ultimately at 
the end of the day as a federally qualified Health   Care Center we're we're mandated by the federal 
government to provide care regardless of ability   to pay or Insurance status and so this is a 
one-time expansion measure um any future asks that   would come to this board would be for again to to 
fund the initial expansion to provide additional   and more services so this this ask is not to um 
maintain the current services that are in place   but rather to um expand and be able to provide a 
broader scope of services to the community to help   meet the need and last question that they have on 
how is this how are you going to use this fund to   expand like what is the what what is what is that 
expansion I see your I see your your report here   but I'm saying like how are you going to be able 
to really do that so so currently within our core   program we have two mid-level providers we have 
a PA that's got special lure um to to provide mat   Services as well as psychiatric care um and 
we have a nurse practitioner that should be   licensed here pretty soon um to provide that care 
um what we're proposed to use this funding for is   to um hire on an MD to supervise so essentially 
um that MD would supervise to establish Lish a   essentially a standalone practice and service line 
um additionally we're looking towards um expanding   training to other providers within our our our 
our Network that are already established with   us um and then looking at providing a more robust 
um mobile unit service Community Health operates   three Mobile Medical units two Dental um one 
medical um we currently deploy to some of the hot   spots in the community um and being able to offer 
those mat Services um and follow-up appointments   on that Mobile Medical unit um additionally one 
of the the kind of built-in cost to our patient   imp pement is that the first 90 days we cover the 
cost of medications for the patient if they're   unable to pay um we also provide um transportation 
services so you know it's 80 bucks to get a z trip   from a patient from Century to an appointment 
and in the first two months we're meeting with   them eight separate appointments minimum and so 
um there's some funding again when when you start   expanding an imp mement um needing to have that 
initial funding in place while we work through   um developing that payer mix for long-term 
sustainment well I appreciate you being here I   mean I'm a fan of your program I just kind of got 
to drill down a little bit in the spirit of what   we was tasked with and the survey coming back and 
what the kind of the things that our priorities   were and you guys you guys hit you guys hit the 
head nail on the head long before we've actually   got to this point and I appreciate everything that 
the core program do thank you thank you Vice chair   just to clarify the money that we had to kick in 
for the core program went to the EMS side of this   correct not community that is correct yes okay 
I just want to clear that up because I thought   that's what it was yeah yes see that's where it 
gets kind of confusing so the other first monies   went to the EMS side okay but they work hand in 
hand yes so you got to have you have the front end   of it and then you have the treatment and carrying 
on with the but the state took the money and that   money was going to the core program the EMS side 
of it not the community health side of it so what   we did last time just went to help fund the EMS 
side of it yes so hopefully that clears that up thank you thank you does anyone else have any 
questions or discussion about the applications um so do we need are we going to 
so okay so this this ask right right now we have   to I think we have to take one of these one at a 
time kind of like for as approval wise U because   you can't really approve all of these because 
it's not even enough funding to do that um so um Miss uh M chairman so would you like to take 
these one at a time as far as voting on funding   request and discussion do you have go ahead I was 
going to say I think we need to nail down how many   we want to fund if we want to do the top three or 
top four figure that out and then you could divy   out the money yeah um I I think we need to figure 
out how many we're going to fund and then once we   figure out how many we're going to fund decide 
how much money we're going to give each one of   them I think that'd be the best way to do it okay 
I like to hear from some of them um because some   of them we've never heard from them we don't even 
I mean some some has been here since for like the   Inception um but these there's a few on here that 
have no idea who they are what they actually do well you heard from the the 
top one and or second place   one also is a lead lead here yes could you come up please may I bring each of you 
one of these yes yes when I   came up I didn't know we were actually 
going to need to be in discussion with   them about that I thought they were 
just kind of like introducing their themselves my name is Lisa rodri by the way   it's nice to be here I'm sorry 
what was your name Lisa Rodrick okay so Lee is been around about 15 years 
now almost 15 next month and they took actual   evidence-based curriculum through the Mendes 
brothers and they use the two good for drugs   and too good for violence they partner with law 
enforcement and the local schools to bring that in   and they also started partnering because Florida 
has a guardian program with any of your Guardians   at the schools they bring the program in its 
grades K through 12 it's aligned to se Palms it's   aligned to um national standards across the board 
and they then have aligned to each state so it   covers behavioral standards it covers educational 
standards as well so I'm sorry go ahead how are   y'all implementing that in our school district 
here so I know you said the guardian program   and all that but how is that actually being 
implemented so what they what we do is we come   in and we have regional directors because we're in 
all 50 states so your Regional director I left her   card in your folder in case there's questions I 
might not be able to answer she unfortunately had   a work meeting in New Jersey and couldn't be here 
um but her contact information is there and what   we do is normally because the challenge is getting 
your officers and your Guardians trained because   when school's in they're there so we try to work 
it around whether it's spring break fall break   Christmas break summer break at some point to give 
all of those who haven't had any experience in the   classroom with doing anything with education with 
kids it's a 5-day Program in those 5 days they get   their curriculum they get this kit and it has all 
the grades in there for them and within those 5   days they learn how to deliver it and when I say 
how um they get a true hands on by the end of the   week they're delivering part of that curriculum 
to the rest of the class so they're Hands-On   understanding the curriculum itself there's 
some examples in here on the right side of your folder at the very end I gave you an 
example of a lesson because this is what   your instructor gets your SRO there's nothing 
in the folder thank you I apologize for that I do Roger that the bus card was in there okay they were all so in the lesson it gives the instructors um what 
the rationale is for the lesson itself and then   as you look through it everything that is bold is 
what it tells them to say because obviously the   majority of our sro's and a lot of our Guardians 
don't necessarily have classroom experience and   managing behaviors and running through lessons 
and creating lesson plans is not their Forte So   This spells it all out for them and kind of walks 
them through they can make their own notes this   is an they would have an actual book and they can 
make their own notes of things they might want to   highlight or look for and things like that I have 
a question a simple question this is the opior   baitman board correct correct you understand what 
we do here yes sir what we've been tasked with my   question to you how does this help us accomplish 
the mission of opiod abatement so what this does   is in the opioid abatements you have to have 
prevention programs this is a prevention program   that goes right into your schools so you're 
reaching all your students but my question is   what is your OPI education in that like what is 
your like I hear your behavior things right but   where do you get to the core of opioid addressing 
oport information education and awareness so what   this will do is it'll work with students on your 
resiliency how do you say no to that peer pressure   how do you know what to look for when you think 
there could be something wrong these are the   things they give them are and they give them a 
preest and a post test so in the preest they look   to see what do these students already know about 
these things what do they not know so then they   can pinpoint what to work with these children on 
so then you're getting to them at a younger age   a lot of districts choose fifth grade because 
they're getting ready to go to Middle School   which is where it seems like they start to pick 
up and sometimes do some of the things we wish   they wouldn't and so this teaches them and gives 
them that confidence that no I'm not going to to   do that and if you can stop them from starting at 
a younger age you're going to be able to overcome that are you already approved to go to the schools 
to do this type thing yes ma'am okay so this has   been approved with the scambia County School 
Board to be able to bring this I think we've   been in some of the private schools here okay 
private schools also law enforcement are you   already part partnered with law enforcement or 
is this something that you're in the process   no Beth has already reached out she's your 
Regional director and she um she herself is a   retired captain from um down in Naples Florida 
and she's already reached out and has already   spoke to them and partnered with them so okay 
law enforcement is because she's a part of law   used to be a part of law enforcement that's how 
the name come up not not the fact that you're a   part of law enforcement it's just the fact that 
you kind of she just kind of used that name   because she's former law enforcement yes she's 
former all of our um regional directors are former   law enforcement so that way they kind of know 
what they're facing a lot of them did something   like a dare program or they did lead prior to 
leaving the force and working in the private   nonprofit sector okay and how is this funding 
going to be used like so this package is pretty   thick and I kind of re was reading through 
it and but I'm still trying to figure out if   it say a lot about your history and things of 
that nature and how it's come about so with you   know I'm I'm I'm I'm a simple kind of person okay 
so it's real easy this funding would go to train   your all your officers and your Guardians it would 
cover all the kits that the school needs all the   workbooks um any of the extra materials that the 
schools might ask for it would just cover all of   that to get it in and implemented in the school 
so it hasn't actually been implemented in school   so so now your offices and your Guardians aren't 
they already trained through law enforcement being   that they are in law enforcement but that's not 
what they're they're not trained to take a lesson   into the oop sorry into the classrooms and deliver 
the lessons Okay so is this are you just starting   this as of right now or you're kind of like in 
the private schools so we're we're across the   State of Florida and in scambia County we have 
a couple private schools we would like to get   in with your public schools to help broaden 
that reach and reach more children children   have you been approved for that we have not 
went to the school board no we've went and   we're partnering with law enforcement right now 
okay is there a memorandum of agreement with the   law enforcement agencies scamby County and pens 
police department and any I believe so yes but I   will double check cuz I'm actually you know I'm 
retired law enforcement myself and been retired   14 years now you said this 15 years old yes sir 
okay I never heard of prior to this coming here   so okay thank you all right any other questions 
thank you thank you okay um we're GNA try to make   this rather quick uh the representative from 
uh Lake View are are they there are they here   yes can we hear from you please because I see you 
have two on the docket two programs on the docket okay is the which which one are you with um we 
applied for three additional Personnel for the   cat team Community Action team to specialize 
in substance abuse okay and so those Personnel   they they go out into the community and how 
do how does that actually work yes sir the uh   it's based on the C model um they go to uh folks 
home and schools uh we don't do office work so   much as we do we work in the home with parents 
and their children uh it'll have an rn/ case   manager a behavior Tech SL peer specialist 
and a therapist on that particular team um   our cat team is a little bit bigger than that 
um but there the program is six to n months to   in total we had we had a a trace team which was 
a substance abuse team based on the cat model   and uh it did not get refunded this year and 
how do how do you get your referrals how do   they how do people get into end up getting 
into your program we get referrals from the   school system we get uh FFN DCF referrals 
um and these are people that are known like   kids that's known to be using like they know 
for a fact they're using this it's just not   like Behavior therapist I mean it's a mixture of 
all of that but they have actually a substance   issue yes sir okay and this is ages 5 to 18 yes 
sir know so funny about that because we on the   onset of this we talked about uh a program and 
um and you all used to have a program called uh   Dart yes and it was a a facility intake facility 
and one lady here miss uh Miss uh Stephanie and   there's been a few stories that come about about 
children under the age of 18 and they're not   having to get facil there's not a facility here 
to actually service them inhouse and um to me that   was a real issue because one of the ladies had to 
take their kids all the way to like Tennessee or   Nashville and and her son end up dying before 
she could actually get he he could actually   get help at the age of 18 and then we had another 
young lady um that son end up dying also um thank   you for what you do and um you know I know it's 
a pretty pretty heavy lift so 5 to 18 how long   have you been doing been in existence and how many 
people do you have right now staff to do this uh   well I managed the department for Community Based 
Services and in our department there's about a   100 people 100 team members uh all the way from uh 
clinical supervisors down to uh Behavior Texs and   peer specialist um so we have three cat team well 
four cat teams and a fit team as well as well as   children's case management and how many people on 
the cat team are on a cat team um all together we   we've just combined them instead of being separate 
so Al together there's probably 28 people on the   cat teams okay and those are ones that go out into 
the community are hands on yes sir okay and this   this ask today is going to be to expand those cat 
teams or or Shore it up yeah um expand it um to   specialize in substance abuse mainly what we have 
now are like behavior problems in the schools um   delinquency um but they don't specialize in in 
substance abuse so it would be some specialized   training again we used to have a a team that 
focused uh simply on substance abuse and and   in on that team we helped a lot of people who were 
impacted by human trafficking as well so there a   lot of uh trauma based um issues so right so this 
money is going to go to create that specialized   team that the trace the trace went away they were 
doing that and so now you want to put another team   in order in place in order to go out there and 
be Hands-On to do that yes sir and like you um   were talking about there's very little access to 
any substance abuse um um counseling services in   this area I know sedak goes into the schools and 
it but we go into the homes as well and work with   parents around keeping their kids substance free 
I'm sorry will you go ahead and state your name   we this a little bit backwards but go ahead and 
state your name Patty Hyde Patty hide thank you   what are the age ranges of the the people y'all 
are helping with this program I'm sorry say that   the age range of of your patients 5 to 18 excuse 
me 5 to 18 how many you're in your program now   we don't have a program now for subance abuse okay 
this is an initial program um that they're wanting   to start is my understanding for 5 to 18 so it'll 
be a cat team designated specifically to that age   group that's correct they're trying to replace 
kind of like what that Trace was doing that went   away so they're trying to bring it up under I 
guess your your in your house Trace had seven uh   team members on their um in their team and so um 
would would like to put three more out there three   out there okay in L of those seven thank you thank 
you you're welcome any speaker for the lake view optims no okay let's move forward 
uh the ministry Village at Olive   could you please come back up real quick please yes sir how are you I'm doing great thank 
you good okay so the ministry Village at Olive   so you deal with um uh ladies that's kind of like 
in transition u i take it from law enforcement uh   from the not necessarily no sir so a little 
clarification on that our ladies can if you   have a daughter or your wife you can go through 
the procedures and she comes into our program or   uh Nikki Works directly with Jail uh judges 
da lawyers uh public defenders all of those   and ladies that are incarcerated to be able to 
get them to come into the program not all of our   ladies come from jail no sir okay so just real 
quick I know running down the line um you're a   programmer so lady comes in like exactly what do 
you provide we provide uh mental health counseling   uh on a bi-weekly basis to start or excuse me 
twice a week and then that goes as they progress   through the program that goes to weekly uh we 
provide job Readiness skills skills we provide   transportation we provide them with all of their 
uh needs that they may have as far as medical   getting them to the facilities they need we work 
very close uh with Community Health as well as   health and Hope Clinic and some of the other 
partners uh we work very close with Lake View   as well and making sure all of that's taken care 
of uh we have we offer GED programs for those that   need it and we also do college education for those 
that do have a uh high school diploma or GED we   offer uh continuing education as well okay so no 
treatment as far as like uh medical treatment or   anything of that not inhouse we use our Community 
Partners for that yes sir work very close with   those Lake View and Northwest Florida Lake 
Baptist Hospital Lake View uh Community Health   and uh health and Hopey Clinic yes sir okay all 
right so uh ladies come in and so like what what   type of issues do you like what what is it like 
what do you like they come in and say I have an   issue like how do you determine them like what is 
your screening process like what do they have to   have going on before they are inducted absolutely 
so any type of addiction drug or alcohol uh Nikki   does our intake coordination she's our intake 
coordinator and our case manager so I'm going   to let her address that yes um well there's a 
screening process um so if they're suffering from   substance abuse um if they've been we'll ask them 
the questions what kind of drugs were you using   how long were you using them you know what 
has using these drugs done to your life you   know what effects have you noticed um if the 
lady is in active addiction we'll uh partner   with the community like Lake View um to get them 
through the detox procedure part usually 5 to 10   days and then we'll take them directly from there 
and we're training them and giving them the tools   that they'll need to um have a successful recovery 
so while they're um with us they're learning um   a curriculum 12ep curriculum Genesis uh life 
recovery program group meetings um one-on-one   counseling like he said uh trauma counsel our 
counselors are trauma informed so that's really   helpful as well uh when the ladies come to the 
house they have nothing to worry about except for   healing from the inside out we don't allow cell 
phones we don't even allow them to have a job   um we take care of the food we take care of the 
clothing and the hygiene as well so okay just real   quick so a lady comes with a with a problem so 
actively and act an active user or like hey I have   mental health so what if they're not an active 
user so what happens then uh I will refer them   to a place that we can help them with the needs 
that they have we're just for drug recovery okay   so you're actually for people that's currently 
like actually have like I have a problem and I   want to get help so you would be considered a nice 
wraparound service facility yes sir okay is that   what do you mean by R real kind of like people you 
know you you're not doing the treatment but you're   kind of like that facility that kind of help 
facilitate other things like the mental health   counseling like you say the the transportation 
kind of helping them getting their life together   I I would say that once you get clean that's not 
enough just removing the drugs is not enough so   we're here to um help them build that tools and 
fill up your toolbox how to remain sober and   clean and how long is your program how long are 
they in there the first first portion of it is a   year they can stay longer than that as they need 
if there's a specific need for instance we have a   lady now that's in the program who has absolutely 
no family uh came here for because of a boyfriend   that was basically an uh exploitation type thing 
she has nowhere to go so she's now working on her   GED uh she is working towards a lot of other 
personal goals and so she'll be able to stay   a little bit longer than that up to 2 years and 
then there's an evaluation time through that okay   and how many ladies how many can you facilitate at 
a time we can hold 20 right now okay so it takes   two so 20 every two years is that correct no sir 
most of them graduate at the year and go back to   either their own resources or to family or friends 
or to a safe place okay and it's expansion how how   many so the the program is actually a year-long 
program with a possibility to stay longer as   needed cas Case by case management and this money 
is with how many can you help Additionally the the   facility that we're looking at building would hold 
30 on its own and then we would retain two of the   three facilities that we have now for transition 
so that would be You' be able to have those 30   in-house and then those transitional houses would 
be the ones that could stay if they needed to   stay longer they would have an opportunity to 
stay in those safe houses so with that being   said when you combine those two how many could 
you facilitate at one time uh 40 40 yes sir 40   so basically 40 going through 40 a year that's 
right roughly okay thank you sorry about that   I just fine yeah um some of this is here because 
it's our first time kind of like intrs uh where   you guys been for the last two years uh we've 
been here since 2008 no I'm talking about here   like like oh in front of you so well well I'll 
tell you just a short story about that so we   have we have made a lot of Transitions and now we 
are working more with the community we're we're   working a lot with um like-minded organizations 
where at one time we were just kind of in a shell   in a different world and in our own little place 
and what we found out is the need was so great we   were the best kept secret in the Pensacola area so 
that's why we're moving forward with it w um and   so that was my question for wraparound I will make 
sure that we are basically your One-Stop facility   and we're going to get you all the resources 
you need as you go through that program U we   do not have a detox program we allow that to 
professionals just because of the risk and the   things like that so Baptist Hospital Lake View um 
The Pavilion uh those type of flight places they   go to for detox and then after that they come to 
us and after that you pick up the ball and you run   with it and you take it take it to the to the uh 
you score huh thank you R of that quick question   for you for you yes where is your primary source 
of funding now currently uh we have individual   donors grants churches uh Industries we just 
received the impact 100 grant for the first time   uh this year and we were told we would never get 
it and so we did uh so again uh Mr White we're   moving forward with what our vision and Mission 
is only to expand further uh so we get them a   lot like the other organizations do uh we have a 
feeding program as well so we have donations for   food uh so like-minded organizations uh Industries 
um individuals churches uh International Paper has   donated to us uh Baptist hospital we also do a 
fundraiser once a year the only fundraiser we do   is a clay shoot and weeded uh over $120,000 
for that this year gross okay thank you yes   uhhuh and one more question so basically you're 
one of there are not many one of one one of one   that offers these type services for women in the 
area know I do not know of any that offer the same   type that we do for the longevity and it's free 
of charge yeah exactly I don't I just wanted to   let the board know that that's great thank you 
okay well I look forward to uh visiting your   facility AB coming out and uh checking it out 
thank you thank you for being here thank you Mr   you have um so Lake View optim not here West 
Min Waterfront mission is there someone this   speak from Waterfront if you'll go ahead and 
fill out a form and state your name to begin   with catching it early that's time go ahead uh 
I'm Mark Isbell with Waterfront mission this   is Jason grisard so thank y'all for the process 
uh so water from Mission we are applying for the   back end of our recovery program for men so our 
recovery program is nine months long uh the final   three months of that program is actually inside 
of transitional houses that we have here in the   Pensacola area uh back two years ago we were uh 
we had two houses and then we saw the increase in   need the increase in just people coming into our 
program so earlier this year we actually uh rented   another house to expand that program we're 
actually in the process of renovating a very   small house that we've owned but it was not in 
use and so that house is about to be open but   even with those two additions there's still a need 
and so what we're looking to do is actually on the   same property that two of our houses are on we're 
looking at building a third house on that property   okay and so your your access so that third house 
how many will will be able to be house uh so it'd   be a four-bedroom house and it' be double 
occupancy in each room so it' be eight men   at a time in that and ideally they rotate out on a 
quarterly basis and so it'd be up to 32 men a year   would be in that house 30 and that's transitional 
correct and so we actually also it is transitional   housing from the standpoint we also have a a ra 
that's actually part of our staff that would be   living in that facility with them just making 
sure that the guys are continuing on in their   sobriety because are still part actively part 
of the recovery program at that point okay so I   know Waterfront kind of does does a few different 
things from the from the thrift store to the um to   the shelter and this is and I take this Branch 
here is the this is actually for our addiction   recovery program addiction recovery program yes 
sir uh in that addiction program how many what   percentage would you say that Pro program people 
come in as far as on the opard side uh Jason I don't actually have the number for that but 
we see quite a few that that come in that are   that are opiate users okay so I yeah I don't 
have a percentage on that as of today and how   do you get your your how do you how do you get 
the men like I mean do they they they like self   volunteer come in or they from law enforcement 
like how does that how does that work they just   come in we've been around for 75 years as you 
guys know so we are well known in the community   and so we get people that come to us from you 
know jails from Mo most of the people that we   get I think when I first started about 17 years 
ago we did get a lot more from the correctional   facilities I think most of the people who come 
to us are you know self- voluntary and then we   get a lot of family referrals and so but yeah 
most most of them are not from the correctional   institute okay so I'm I'm I'm addicted I come to 
you run me through your program real quick okay   I'm Jason grard by the way I'm the you VP of 
ministry Services as Mark said we have a 9month   recovery program it has three phases and so the 
first phase is called recovery Readiness which   is basically uh two to three months and the goal 
there is to get you to a place of stabilization   where we can go a little bit deeper into the 
life dominating issues that brought you to that   place in the second phase the second phase of 
is more intensive Counseling of we have of we   use a curriculum called Genesis process that 
is integrationist bace so it's faith-based but   it also Builds on what the industry knows of 
how addiction affects the brain how addiction   affects a lot of things uh biochemically we go 
into that to kind of educate people on those   effects and we also of and we talk about we do 
a lot of Assessments going into their past with   their family of any trauma uh we have trauma 
informed care of counselors that are there   and so that's a very intensive 13-week process 
the second phase of and then of all of that of   as they wrap up the second phase we will start 
to do uh some Preparatory of steps towards the   Final Phase which is the transitional houses that 
Mark mentioned and U and so that's where we try   to get them ready to reenter Workforce uh to get 
a job to connect with a mentor uh to build their   savings up many of the guys that come to us they 
have thousands of dollars in legal fines and uh   they have a lot of obstacles and so we try to 
remove those obstacles uh help them set up a   bank account reestablish credit uh and then be 
accountable they have to each person who is in   the transitional phase actually has to uh create a 
relapse prevention plan as they go into the final   phase and we keep them accountable for that of 
each step of the way and so we've learned through   the years of I know that our stories are pretty 
well known in the community but from business   owners to CFOs to restor rors uh we've had a lot 
of success stories in the community and what we   have learned is that the longer that people can 
stay in recovery the better the chance they have   of being successful which is why this house is 
such a a of integral part of of our wanting to   to to lead to that long-term success now he said 
your your program is nine months and they rotate   out of every quarter so how does that rotate 
out of what so of yeah so typically we have   guys as they get into that Final Phase and so we 
do uh we do the nine months and as Mark said the   first three months is in the transitional 
house uh they graduate we celebrate that   uh but then as those guys of you know start to 
save money uh then they'll rotate out and they'll   they'll move to pered housing they'll move into a 
safe situation and so that's our goal but having   the capacity of expanded that will give us the 
opportunity of to keep guys longer uh when when   you have limited space you have to kind of move 
them forward a little bit quicker than we would   want to okay and my last question um in that first 
phase how do you do the who does the treatment how   do you do that do you do in-house treatment or you 
partner with Lake View and and the other Community   Partners or whatnot how do how does that how does 
that first step I come to you how do I start to   get that resolved yeah absolutely so uh first of 
all when you contact us when you talk with us we   do work with a number of Community Partners in 
here of lak view is one of them you know of course   Caris house you just heard from them Community 
Health is on our campus and in Pensacola and   we actually at our entry phase real quick uh we 
have an entry phase at our mobile Mission campus   and an entry phase here in Pensacola so we have 
guys coming to us from two different sites of but   here in Pensacola uh when you come to us we're 
going to make sure that you don't need detox uh   that you don't need treatment and if you do we're 
going to Outsource that we're not going to do that   ourselves but once that uh step has been done 
then you come to us and then we will get more   in depth into our intake process and then start 
the ball rolling and they stay with you the whole   time that's correct you're inhouse okay that is 
correct and we drug test them we also work with   other Community Partners like ahac of West Florida 
of who provides nicotine uh replacement therapy uh   because we do uh we try to get them tobacco 
free as well and so we also work with George   Stone Technical College to get them their GED and 
a number of other of resources okay that's that's   it for me it's great we got a lady side and we got 
a men's side that's right yep any other questions   thank you okay thank you thank you um last one 
reap anyone here from reap you shall reap what you sow good morning Vinnie webs executive director 
of re-entry Alliance Pensacola reap yes sir   quick question question down to the wire on this 
right here um exactly how is this funding going   to be used to help us accomplish our mission 
probably the easiest way to respond to that   is that we will utilize this funding to really 
improve substantially change uh the program that   we've been going yeah I was kind of reading 
over your paperwork and I was I it was just   we have just kind of confused about exactly how 
does that mesh with our mission what do we have   uh with the existing programs right now we have 
a re-entry program and a homeless program in   between the two at any given time we have about 
200 individuals that are spending the nights in   our facilities okay uh at the Maxwell Center the 
homeless individuals provided uh food as well as   case management in the re-entry side we have case 
managers but what we're really finding is there   is an increasing number of individuals that have 
this this addictive personality and and you need   to have more Specialists that work in that field a 
more intensive case management and so our program   is designed to to start out with a certified 
addiction specialist and then additional case   case workers our plan is to increase this number 
of houses that we have right now we have 22 houses   and then we have two larger facilities uh to house 
the roughly 180 people that we have each night   uh we would have some additional houses that are 
really dedicated uh to to this the opio program   so so exactly what do you want to use the funding 
for is are you trying to hire Staffing or are you   trying to It's a combination of both but the the 
the the largest percentage of it would be to be   hired the certified addiction specialist and 
the two case managers uh the housing portion   what we have developed over the over the years is 
that we we have funding that comes from the fora   Department of Corrections and for from individuals 
themselves we expect that you know they should be   working they should be able to pay something 
for the housing and so we can cover the cost   of that but what we really need is the specialist 
that can help them make that transition uh to uh   a uh a life that is not tied so so directly to 
uh addiction okay so my next question um kind   of like long line with Chief Mattis how are 
you normally funded and say you get help with   a with obtaining these Specialists for now this 
only going to cover them for what a a year this   this ask is going to cover for like a year so now 
how are you going to sustain their salaries there   thereafter okay uh to address first the the 
question how are we currently funded uh our   budget right now runs approximately $1,500,000 
a year out of that amount 650,000 is funded from   the Florida Department of Corrections uh and that 
is uh 500,000 for scambia County and 150,000 for   San Rosa County uh we have uh funding each year 
that has been coming in through the uh through   the HUD program through opening doors uh which 
which varies between uh but it's approximately   $200,000 a year and then as I mentioned earlier 
the indiv ual that are in program in our program   we expect them to pay uh a portion so that right 
now uh we're bringing in approximately $350,000   a year uh from uh what what I would call the 
uh the direct support of individuals for the   housing that they're they're residing in okay now 
for the future you say uh what sustainability and   that is invariably the the question we we always 
have and I would say that that reap over the last   12 years has established the uh the program we 
started out uh with a with a with a budget less   than $10,000 and we've grown to the point but we 
do that because we can show the results the things   that we are doing is working for the individuals 
and so we do we're constantly requesting funding   for for or from other organizations other other 
community supporters uh we normally get about   $150,000 a year from charitable contributions and 
just just like this past weekend uh uh we were the   beneficiary of a uh a dinner program sponsored 
by an organization called uh vet CV uh that is   designed they recognize that a good good number 
of our our clients are veterans and they recognize   the good that we're doing um we we know that our 
program works obviously we're specializing we the   number of people that are in our programs uh that 
uh that have addictive personalities that's 60 %   of what we really deal with and so so that's what 
we work with but the good news for us is that that   right now and this these are statistics that are 
compiled by the Florida Department of Corrections   right now our rate of recidivism is less than 
10% now you can figure it different ways but   but the way that they do it is if a person is 
not rearrested or does not pick up an additional   charge or violates probation uh within two years 
after coming the program uh that's a success   and how many people you see a year uh and every 
at any given time we have uh 100 a little bit   over 100 it's 103 is today for the individuals 
that are in the re-entry side and we have about   roughly 75 people uh that are in the uh on 
the homeless side and so you need especially   so you're asking for this funding to hire people 
and actually start to to uh help the adct focus on   the addiction that's that's where we are okay 
that's enough thank you thank you very much all right and looking at the applications   that we have I know um Matt you had 
mentioned about the number of funding um and looking at what applications we received I 
feel like uh the top five I think five would be um   where I would recommend that we start with um and 
I can discuss what five that I have for that or   if each of you want to just go down the line or 
how we want to do this but or if somebody wants   to I mean I can go first um the way I had them 
ranked and after listening to it and everything   I mean pretty much you go off of this survey 
that we had done and you've got uh Community   Health then you've got Ministry Village at Olive 
would be number two and then Waterfront mission   uh they also were right there on the same 
score with Ministry Village and then um you had I know Lake View the opioid prevention 
underlying Services they were three but the   cat thing is I think right now A little better 
suited for us for the the younger generation   um and then um I really would like to see the uh 
the lead thing get approved with the school board   um and then get funded I don't know if we can if 
we should do that now since they're not approved   through the school board but if they could I 
think that would be a real a great tool for   us also that's kind of where I'm at okay all 
right um I'm right along in that vein so um   uh Madam Madam uh chairperson I actually 
two let me see one two three four five   okay it kind of I believe it comes up 
to five yeah I just had it written on   my sheet different point of clarification 
Matt you're saying Community Health number   one two Ministry at Village Olive number 
two Waterfront number three and Cat number four yes sir okay okay and I agree with you 
on the uh lead far as down the road once it   is approved for funding or for yeah she's still 
here if you can yeah if you can get approved by   the school board and come back and see us I mean 
that I have a child in school so I mean I I want   that to happen so I if you can just get that 
approved through the school board I think we'll   be good to go on that okay um this these are are 
are my choices and we're kind of like along the   same Vine U Madam chairman with the with the 
five uh Community Health of course number uh   be the lead because we already kind of working 
with them through the core um we were I see that   real time I actually referred a child to that 
uh someone that had a child with an addiction   issue and when I tell you they were like executed 
within hours I called them that day they were like   where are they at we can come see them today and 
I called the parent I said they said can you just   have them to come to tomorrow in the morning and 
they were there that day and they took him through   the program so I've seen that real time um Lake 
View Optimus it wasn't here to kind of break that   down things that nature so lead um you guys are on 
the right track but again uh we we need some more   substance to see some type of results or some type 
of action that's actually really matched a couple   of private schools in the scam year don't know how 
many exactly that would be impacting so like for   you to come back and see is um Ministry Village 
at Olive I'm telling you man I was like in the   beginning I was like man I don't even know but uh 
after speaking with you and understanding exactly   how you operate and uh exactly what your experence 
um I would I would uh I would vote for you to do   that but what I would ask you to be is engaged 
in this process uh anybody that's coming to ask   for this substantial amount of funding we need to 
kind of see you we need to know what's going on   uh we need to know what's happening because that 
is a big thing on my psyche because I was some of   some of you are like man we haven't seen you guys 
in two years we've been doing this process for   two years I'm like where where they've been so we 
don't just need people to show up when it's time   for funding we need you to show up to be part of 
the process because there was some very important   talks of how to get all of you all together on the 
same page in the same vein and create a vertebrae   in our County to be able to deliver these services 
and like you said you were on an island for how   long 2008 is when we started you were on an island 
for 2008 it shouldn't even be like that I agree   100 it should not be like that we got a men Center 
we got a ladies Center and now we trying to have   um Lake View come in back with the uh youth from 5 
to 18 and so my question is how do people know all   of these services in this city where can where's 
the One-Stop shop they can go to to say I got this   and somebody can distribute them and that's the 
problem I have coming into to this board once   we started peeling the the the situation back uh 
no one's talking to anyone I know you guys some   a lot of both everybody's talking to Lake View 
because they're like you know to goto in some   what in some capacity so I'm glad to see you here 
stay engaged please can I speak to that just for   a second hold on let me go down my hold on we can 
talk afterwards okay okay Waterfront mission thank   you we know what you do um cat team get at it um 
you know we you know I want to do this I'm kind   of disappointed you guys did away with the dart I 
would like to see that come back in some kind of   capacity um somebody was here number of meetings 
ago last year gave some kind of Jimmy wig answer   why I went away with that's some you know it was 
some BS to me but um because we speak to EMS we   speak to the core program and that demographic of 
Youth is kind of like really really increasing in   the op yard segment so fast and I know we're a lot 
of times we're focused on that 20 something to 40   something what the statistics say but if you look 
at that graph percentage wise on a increased basis   all that other them other ages is kind of like 
stabilized okay we know we going to have this   many but that under 18 graph every every time we 
meet and they give us a graph in here that graph   is steadily moving higher and I said that graph is 
moving so fast is that you know something needs to   be done and I think we need an intake facility 
here so I would you know and I know I'm off my   tangent on a tangent but when we started this 
border one of the biggest thing that was near   did my heart because of the parents that came by 
and say their kids died because they didn't have a   place to put them because they were under 18 under 
18 so if one of you all that has the capacity   to take that mission up to take that cross up I 
like to challenge you to do that because we need   an intake facility for under 18 anyway I'm back 
off that so I'm sorry Miss Madam chair and reap um do it do what you say you're going to do bring 
some results uh because what you're saying is you   you need funding to get these people in place and 
to upstart your your addiction care so um those   are my five and all I'm saying is when you get 
if you awarded this money by the board of County   Commissioners do what you say you're going 
to do and come back with some results okay so   the recommendations that I have for this 
would be Community Health number one um   Ministry Village Waterfront mission I agree 
with the cap program as well as the lake view   opioid prevention program because that provides 
if you read in there um just some services that   are also needed in the community I would make 
a recommendation that lead come back for apply   for funding in June once they know that they can 
get um the approval by the school board and that   they also have a direct um contact connection 
specifically with the scambi county sheriff's   department Pensacola Police Department I feel 
like those are the key things that need to be   in place before you request for funding so 
those are my recommendations which lake view   you got oh you have both so you have six I have 
five wait a minute I didn't have lead in mine I   had the I took the top five hold on one uh 
oh oh wait a minute hold on one two three four you okay so not Lake View cat but Lake 
View op I have both you have both okay you   just okay you just don't have reap in there I 
don't have reap I do not have lead all right   what does that add up to be I got 2 when go 
ahead 2.2 21219 that is correct okay so that   would yes okay so do I have a motion um a 
little bit more discussion so you have Opus and not so you have both lake views and not 
reap correct okay so did you have I had the same   sir yeah same sir okay and chief Mattis 
I put that in form of a motion for those   five you make a motion for those five do 
I have a second second all in favor I I okay I believe that's all that we have today is 
there any other items that we need to discuss just   for uh lead can you make sure that you get the 
M with with the uh school board and the sheriff   and police department okay thank you and reap I 
would encourage you to reapply when the uh next   um next RFP come out I think you're on the right 
track but however you're not selected in this   round thank you um Mr chair do we need to specify 
the dollar amounts and in those are we going to   take them as uh they were submitted do we do we 
need to do a vote on that or how does that need   to be handled only if you want to change them 
if they're as submitted you're good yeah okay   any other um items to be discussed uh just to give 
you a quick update so I'm going to put this on the   BCC board meeting that is coming up in December 
hoping that we can hit the ground running come   January um and then the next notice of funding 
availability will come out beginning of June   um not sure if you guys want to set your 
next meeting for January or how you guys   want to do that yes CU this um just a 
clarify these are recommendations made   to the board of County Commissioners and it's 
up to them to approve this so I just wanted   to make sure everybody understands 
that our um scheduling a meeting for January we've got January the 6th how does that 
work I'm out of the office that day let's do the   13th how's the 13th work I may or may not be in 
town then it's hard to say it's weather driven   weather driven that will you be in town the 
20th or no no okay I could be in town the 6th   if we still have the meeting without you here 
okay but I can just find somebody to fill in   okay okay the six work for everybody okay our 
next board meeting will be on the 6th um and   I close the meeting at this time if 
there were nothing else okay thank you