To: James Avery, Governmental Operations Committee
From: Rhonda Ihm, Family Division Administrator
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RE: Approval of FY24 contract with Easterseals of Michigan to provide juvenile justice therapeutic services
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Circuit Court Family Division is requesting approval of FY24 contract with Easterseals of Michigan to provide juvenile justice therapeutic services for the term commencing October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, at a cost to the County of $285,000 to be paid from accounts 2920-663.03-801.001 ($170,000), 2920-663.37-801.001 ($5000), and 2920-356.00-801.028 ($110,000). The services are a part of the approved childcare fund annual plan and budget.
BACKGROUND:
Easter Seals of Michigan (ESM) will provide behavioral health services to adjudicated delinquent youth individuals or youth with a filed complaint, and their families with the goal of reducing detention stays and recidivism. ESM offers a variety of services ranging from traditional outpatient behavioral health services to more intense community-based services including case management and intensive home-based services. ESM can provide services to individuals and their families with mild to severe conditions.
DISCUSSION:
Easter Seals of Michigan (ESM) will provide several evidenced-based models by licensed teams of therapists with the goal of reducing detention stays and recidivism. Some examples of models are Moral Reconation Group Therapy (MRT) which is the premiere cognitive-behavioral program for substance abuse treatment and for offender populations; Intergenerational Trauma Treatment Model (ITTM): The ITTM is a 21-session complex trauma treatment program for children and their caregivers and involves the caregiver throughout the course of trauma treatment for the child; and Family Functional Therapy (FFT) Services: FFT is an empirically grounded and highly successful family intervention program for court-involved youth. Target populations range ...
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