First Call for Help of Itasca County

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“Other program services 4: protected transportation: during 2023 our d.o.t. Certified protected transportation program provided 456 transports. 139 of the transports were classified as protected, 166 were classified as medical transports, 57 of the transports were county requested for individuals on commitment or in county determined facilities, 1 were to residential crisis facilities, 26 to irts facilities, and 67 were to chemical dependency detox/tx facilities. This program is designed to facilitate lowest level of transport options for county residents that prevents the misuse of bls/als ambulance services from facilitating this loc type of transport. It is more cost effective and respectful means of transporting individuals in mi/cd crisis. Other program services 5: recovery support: during 2023 the rst team continued to work with their partners on improving and enhancing the program which is a doj diversion project to reduce the number of residents returning to probation, jail, parole status or having repeat run ins with the le. During 2023, 11 additional individuals were referred to our program, 2 individuals returned from the inactive list back onto our active roster. 15 individuals were placed on the inactive list due to either them moving or not staying in contact with the rst program. We assisted 1 of our clients with moving to a new board and lodge after struggling with chemical use and being placed into detox. We assisted 3 individuals in going to residential crisis bed centers, 1 went into the nlhc irts program, 1 going to an inpatient hospital, 6 getting into inpatient treatment, 2 getting into outpatient treatment and 1 getting off of probation. We dod have 6 individuals go to jail due to probation violations and 1 was placed in prison. This one individual had some physical health concerns and when she came out of prison was placed in a sober living home and was very positive when we last heard from her. On september 30, 2023 the rst program was discontinued. Fcfh and the county had requested an extension on the grant however this was not granted. At the end of the grant the rst program was actively working with 19 individuals. We worked with the individuals who had referred these individuals and the individuals to make sure that they had the resources that they needed to continue to move forward after the program was discontinued.”