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TREASURE COAST FORENSIC TREATMENT CENTER 96 SW Allapattah Rd. Indiantown,Florida 34956 United States Phone: 772-597-9400 |
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| Contract With: | Florida Department of Children and Families |
| Contract Award: | April 2007 |
| Type And Design: | Forensic mental health facility |
| Capacity: | 175 increased to 223 in October of 2008. |
| Received Prisoners: | |
| Services/Work: | Facility Operation; Converted Juvenile Justice Facility to Forensic Treatment facility |
| Accreditations: | The Joint Commission |
| BACKGROUND
GEO Care opened and began operating this facility in April 2007 through a contract with the Florida Department of Children and Families. It is an all male adult, secure forensic psychiatric facility where admissions into the facility are by court order from the Judicial Circuits. The Florida Department of Children and Families activated this 175 bed facility because it was experiencing a forensic bed crisis with over 340 individuals languishing in county jails as they waited for a bed in a forensic facility. SCOPE OF WORK The Treasure Coast Forensic Treatment Center provides mental health assessments and psychiatric rehabilitation to adults 18 and older and to juveniles adjudicated as adults. The patients have either been declared incompetent to proceed to trial or were found not guilty by reason of insanity. The facility restores individuals to competency and for those declared not guilty by reason of insanity the facility provides aggressive mental health treatment to reduce symptoms of mental illness while diminishing an individual’s risk to society. GEO Care provides for the safety, security, treatment and rehabilitation of patients which includes an array of services that are guided by the empirically based principles of the “Recovery Model”. This model of therapeutic intervention is evidenced based and incorporates beliefs that recovery is personal and unique to each individual. It is a process that focuses on one’s attitude, values, feelings, goals and skills. Changes will often take place not only in the resident but with family, friends and others in the resident’s support system. It is a way of living a hopeful, satisfying life despite the potential limitations imposed by serious mental illness. GEO Care offers a broad array of programs which are tailored to meet the individual needs of the patients based on assessments conducted by multi-disciplinary treatment teams. Support of family, friends, or other individuals is also encouraged to help ensure that patients achieve their highest level of functioning. OPERATIONAL MILESTONES • Opened new facility and served patients within 40 days of signing contract which included the following: - Hired and trained new employees - Completed all necessary renovations – converted juvenile justice building into forensic treatment facility - Began treating patients • Achieved Joint Commission behavioral health accreditation – not contractually required • Assisted in eliminating state’s forensic bed waiting list • Restoring patients to competency faster than state run forensic psychiatric facilities • National leader in not using restraint and seclusion |
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