Behavioral Health Network of Northeast Florida
Final Report
In January 2008, Duval County (Jacksonville), was awarded one of 12 Criminal Justice Mental Health and Substance Abuse (CJMHSA) diversion planning grants awarded by DCF and administered by the Florida Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation. Funds were received in June 2008. The CJMHSA funding represents an effort to establish mental health and substance abuse as one of the top five priorities for the Florida state government. The first round of funding -- administered a $2.8 million grant program established in the Criminal Justice, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Reinvestment Act and requested expansion of the program for fiscal year, 2009-2010. Duval County received $91,200., with an additional $93,000. in matched funds, primarily in the form of in-kind salaries provided by partnering agencies. The City of Jacksonville, Behavioral and Human Services Division, was the grant recipient and the Institute for Health, Policy, and Evaluation Research, a Division of the Duval County Health Department, subcontracted toprovide grant activities. The complete CJMHSA Final Report can be viewed in its entirety for more information.
