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Department of Public Advocacy Social Worker Pilot Project

Department of Public Advocacy Social Worker Pilot Project. Model public defender system. Budget: 2008: $40.1 million 2009: $37.8 million ($2.3 million cut) 2010: $41.6 million 350 full-time attorneys - $254 per case $8.97 per capita 7% of budget spent on administration

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Department of Public Advocacy Social Worker Pilot Project

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  1. Department of Public AdvocacySocial Worker Pilot Project

  2. Model public defender system • Budget: 2008: $40.1 million 2009: $37.8 million ($2.3 million cut) 2010: $41.6 million • 350 full-time attorneys - $254 per case • $8.97 per capita • 7% of budget spent on administration • 148,000 defendants per year

  3. Caseloads have risen 52% since 2000

  4. Untreated Defendants are Re-offending

  5. Chronic Medical, Social and Economic Problems Criminal activity is often a public sign of a hidden problem.

  6. Mental Health and Addiction • 67% are alcohol or drug dependant • 54% show signs of mental health problems or illness • 40 to 50% are illiterate • 5% are mentally retarded • ALL are poor

  7. Justice and Public Safety Goals • Decriminalization who are mentally ill • Decriminalization of persons with drug and alcohol addiction • Divert these hard to serve persons to community based treatment • Cost of Incarceration • Decrease the number of who are reoffending

  8. Number Incarcerated is GrowingCosts are High

  9. General Fund Growth in 2006-2008 Distribution of General Fund Appropriations, 2006-2008 Biennium

  10. General Fund in 2009-2010

  11. Corrections has largest %

  12. Corrections % is growing

  13. 2006 Legislature Funded Pilot The 2006 Kentucky General Assembly funded four DPA social workers to determine whether social workers working with attorneys could effectively: • decrease the number of persons incarcerated, • help defendants access treatment and services to prevent them from re-offending, • and save Kentucky money. What can DPA do with $129,000 (FY06), $43,000 (FY07)?

  14. Scope of Services

  15. Lexington Herald-Leader Video Editorial Addiction to Prison:http://www.kentucky.com/349

  16. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Outcomes • 180 defendants showed signs of drug or alcohol addiction  and 159 were referred to substance abuse treatment (86% adults and 52% juveniles) • 72% of adults who received substance abuse treatment stayed or completed in treatment programs • 93% report abstained from substances

  17. Job Training Outcomes • 80% of persons referred to job trained stayed in job training or completed it.

  18. Mental Health Treatment Outcomes • 167 defendants showed signs of mental illness and 165 were referred to mental health treatment • 147 defendants were dually diagnosed • 67% of adults defendants who received mental health treatment stayed or completed treatment 

  19. Recidivism • Only 8 defendants were rearrested during the Pilot on new charges or for violating conditions

  20. Social Worker Pilot Results • 18% recidivism • Saved 10,000 days of incarceration per social worker or 27 years total (annually) • 93% of defendants abstained from using drugs or alcohol • Pays for itself AND returns $100,000 per social worker (annually) • Estimated savings: $3.1 million to $4 million annually

  21. Other Savings • Speed the court proceeding between arrest and sentencing – approximately $25.00 a day • Kentucky pays each of the regional and local jails approximately $35 per day per state inmate for the custody services they provide. This amount includes approximately $2.00 per day to pay for medical care required for state inmates housed in county facilities. • $47.12 per day savings in prison costs • Recite savings from other states and our potential overall savings – CO, $4.5 million; RI, $15 million; WI, $245,000 • Diverting 3 clients will pay for one social worker!

  22. Real Impact of Savings • 96 new social workers in Comprehensive Care Centers. ($32,000) • 86 new teachers in public schools ($36,000) • 56 new mental health/mental retardation SCL slots ($55,000) • 88 police on the streets Cadet troopers will receive $2,415.98 per month during academy training. Upon graduation this salary will increase to $2,647.18 monthly ($31,766.16 annually). Effective 7-1-2007 the annual salary will be $35,516.00. • 1,550 plus Kentucky enrolled in KCHIP

  23. 2009-10 Funding Request • DPA requested $1.8 million annually • It will reduce incarceration, repair and restore lives, decrease recidivism and save $100,000 per social worker or $3.1 million to $4 million (net)

  24. Public Supported Dr. Barber on State of Affairs, Feb. 22, 11:00 am

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