Arizona Revised Statutes § 36-550.07 Community Residential Treatment System Planning Grants

36-550.07. Community residential treatment system planning grants

(L92, Ch. 301, sec. 33. Eff. until 7/1/16)

A. The deputy director may award grants to counties to facilitate the planning of community residential treatment systems for the seriously mentally ill at the local level. Such grants shall be used to compensate personnel for the preparation of a written plan which shall include the following information:

1. An estimate of the need for residential treatment services in the area.

2. A survey of all existing residential treatment and day or socialization programs in the area to be served by the system.

3. An identification of those residential treatment programs needed to provide the continuum of residential treatment programs described in this article and strategy to encourage their development.

4. A statement on the relationship of the proposed services to the long-range behavioral health development plans.

5. A financial estimate of the costs for system planning, development and operation.

6. An estimate of the availability of resources, including health manpower and management personnel.

7. An analysis of the availability of alternative, less costly or more effective methods to provide the services.

B. The deputy director shall establish criteria for determining the eligibility of county applicants for community residential treatment system planning grants. Such criteria may include requiring each county applicant to provide local matching funds for community residential treatment system planning. If local matching funds are required, the matching requirement for state funds is seventy-five per cent state and twenty-five per cent from local or other sources.

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