Marin County Grand Jury
• 2014-2015
• Agency Response
2014/2015 Marin County Civil Grand Jury Marin’s Mentally Ill: What’s Being Done?
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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
Despite Mental Health and Substance Use Services (MHSUS) providing a comprehensive range of mental health programs and services, there are major gaps and bottlenecks in Marin County’s mental health system.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
Marin County Board of Supervisors and Mental Health and Substance Use Services develop a programmatic approach to budgeting able to track individual mental health program costs and benefits along with using quantifiable data to analyze programs for effectiveness and efficiency.
F2
Since MHSUS’s outcome metrics lack clear meaning and their program costs are not defined, neither the Grand Jury nor the public is able to assess the programs’ effectiveness.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
Marin County Board of Supervisors and Mental Health and Substance Use Services immediately add more crucial housing for the mentally ill, including using the $1.4M MHSA funds awarded over six years ago for this purpose.
F3
There is insufficient housing for the mentally ill in Marin County, resulting in costly out of county and/or unnecessarily higher level placements.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
Marin County Board of Supervisors and Mental Health and Substance Use Services find a replacement location for the Helen Vine Detox Center before the current lease expires in 2016.
F4
MHSUS’ failure to identify and purchase additional housing for the mentally ill during the recent recession, despite having $1.4 million in Cal/HFA grant funds available since 2009 for that specific purpose, is unfathomable.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
The potential closing of the Helen Vine Detox Center, the only Marin County public detox center, represents a huge loss of service and treatment to individuals with mental health and/or alcohol and substance abuse issues.
No recommendations for this finding