Items filtered by date: December 2019
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office is often the first responder on the scene of any reported incident.
As such, the Sheriff's Office frequently meets people in the throes of mental illness who need treatment instead of incarceration. The Sheriff's Office will have a prominent presence on the Safe Haven Campus.
St. Tammany Parish Public Schools
The St. Tammany Parish Public School System provides a caring environment for learning, a challenging and relevant curriculum, innovative instruction and solid student achievement. Constant commitment to improvement and to high performance has made the System a leader in the State of Louisiana, by all major standards of educational excellence.
St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office
The Mental Health Services division of the St. Tammany Parish Coroner provides an invaluable service to the citizens of this parish. Under state law, the coroner has the legal authority to commit anyone who is homicidal, suicidal, or gravely disabled. Our office stands ready, willing and able to exercise this authority to ensure that our community remains safe and to ensure that those citizens suffering from mental illness are appropriately treated.
Twenty-Second Judicial Court
Statistics show that many criminal defendants have underlying mental health issues. With decreased public access to mental health evaluation and care, Behavioral Health Court was established by Judge Peter J. Garcia to offer a safety net in the criminal justice system for persons who would benefit from access to such care. Case Managers, counselors and treatment are meshed with adjudication by the Court to return individuals to healthier environments and access to care.
Florida Parishes Human Services Authority
Along with traditional clinic services, such as evaluation, therapy, and medication management, a number of various other services are provided through contract providers, such as respite care, case management, crisis intervention, in-home therapy, vocational training, housing supports, etc. In addition to community-based out-patient services, FPHSA has two inpatient substance abuse treatment programs, Fontainebleau Treatment Center (FTC) and the Alcohol Drug Unit (ADU). FPHSA serves both adults and children who meet the treatment criteria for services in the areas of addictive disorders, developmental disabilities, and/or mental health.
National Alliance on Mental Health, St. Tammany (NAMI)
NAMI ST. TAMMANY is a grass roots organization dedicated to offering education, support, resources, and advocacy for individuals living with mental illness, their families and the community. Founded in 1984, NAMI St. Tammany began as a small group of individuals with this common interest. The mental health needs of our community continue to grow as our population increases. NAMI St. Tammany and its dedicated volunteers continue to expand services to meet the community’s ongoing mental health care needs.
NAMI St. Tammany Day Center
The newly renovated, NAMI St. Tammany Day Center, was officially opened on Thursday, June 14,2018 with a ribbon cutting.
Monday, June 11, 2018
The Safe Haven Advisory Board will be held on Monday, June 11, 2018 at 11 a.m. at 21454 Koop Drive, in Mandeville, in the staff conference room located on the second floor of Building B.
Agenda
Meeting called to order, Kelly Rabalais
- Roll call, quorum established, Adele Bruce Smith
- Approval of minutes, March 2018
- Safe Haven update and overview, Kelly Rabalais- Finance and Administration Committee
- Safe Haven Committee reports
- Jail Diversion, Judge Peter Garcia
- Healthcare, Dr. Charles Preston and Richard Kramer
- Training and Education, Major Wharton Muller, Nick Richard
- Other Business:
- Meeting adjourned
- Our next meeting will be on September 10th, 2018 at 11 am.
Executive Meeting held at newly renovated NAMI St. Tammany Day Center at Safe Haven
In Recognition of Mental Health Month 2018, The May 2018 Safe Haven Executive meeting was held at the newly renovated NAMI St. Tammany Day Center on the site of the Safe Haven Campus.
St. Tammany Parish Awarded Funding to Support Resiliency Project at Safe Haven Campus
Pat Brister, St. Tammany Parish President, announced that St. Tammany Parish Government has been awarded funding to support a resiliency project on the Safe Haven Campus, through the Louisiana's Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments (LA SAFE) initiative. The news came today through an announcement by Governor John Bel Edwards at a 10 a.m. press conference. The project was introduced by the citizens of St. Tammany Parish, supported by the residents in public meetings, and in the end, voted for by St. Tammany Parish citizens as one component of the competitive process. LA SAFE held individual engagement events in 2017 to gather public input on six proposed projects in St. Tammany Parish, as well as other proposed projects throughout the State.
“I want to thank the residents of St. Tammany for participating in this process, because it is through your input, and your recognition of its value to our community, that we will see these dollars spent on Safe Haven,” said Pat Brister, St. Tammany Parish President. “Many thanks also to LA Safe for their work in generating public interest and for listening to our citizens. The concept of Safe Haven is something we are very proud of, and the Safe Haven facility is going to have an incredible impact on behavioral health care in St. Tammany.”
You can view the Safe Haven resilience project here. Ten projects across six parishes were identified. This initiative, of the State of Louisiana’s Office of Community Development's Disaster Recovery Unit, is done in partnership with Foundation for Louisiana. This funding is through a federal grant to promote resiliency.