Mental Health Treatment but lets take a moment to hear from danny mcclaegen from san diego. Tell us about the program. Is it working . Let me tell you what the program is about. Its a program where people are convicted for drink in public 5 or more times or arrested and held and if they are convicted for the crime in public. If you see it like a drug court model, thats how it works. So if we want to talk about is it successful, we can throw out a number of definitions for that. We know that drunk in public arrest are down 77 percent in san diego. Thats good for you and we can talk about Health Care Cost have been reduced by 73,000 a month on health care for people picked up by paramedics and drunk in public and hospitals. I think thats good. I know in my program that 70 percent of people that enter the Program Complete a program and graduate and are 80 percent of employed and housed at the end of the program. We think thats good. And there are serial neeb rate programs across the unite
Everybody gets to do their job. They are going to do it legally, ethically, but we ask more that they do it morally. So, if im walking down the street and im pulling my dogs chain or i leave my dog outside in the cold and i dont feed it and it has Health Problems or i kick it and make fun of it and treat it harshly, you can arrest me. But i can do that to a person and you think its okay. I dont think its okay. Jeff got me on the phone and said i want to know more about the program and i talked to him and said this is how it works and he said whats the biggest barrier . I said we have trouble making people understand how to better treat their clients. Im a huge fan and knowing what we need to do is to make sure those people that need help get the help they want. Our clients are offered treatment and across the board every Single Person arrested for that are offered services an they all get help. Everyone of them gets help. And my outcomes show that they benefit from that. Thank you. [ a
For the District Attorney we might have a different point of view. The nice thing about this program is we are going to have a job. The police are going to arrest these. The attorneys are going to prosecute their cases and the public defenders is going to defend their client and everybody gets to do their job. They are going to do it legally, ethically, but we ask more that they do it morally. So, if im walking down the street and im pulling my dogs chain or i leave my dog outside in the cold and i dont feed it and it has Health Problems or i kick it and make fun of it and treat it harshly, you can arrest me. But i can do that to a person and you think its okay. I dont think its okay. Jeff got me on the phone and said i want to know more about the program and i talked to him and said this is how it works and he said whats the biggest barrier . I said we have trouble making people understand how to better treat their clients. Im a huge fan and knowing what we need to do is to make sure
More that they do it morally. So, if im walking down the street and im pulling my dogs chain or i leave my dog outside in the cold and i dont feed it and it has Health Problems or i kick it and make fun of it and treat it harshly, you can arrest me. But i can do that to a person and you think its okay. I dont think its okay. Jeff got me on the phone and said i want to know more about the program and i talked to him and said this is how it works and he said whats the biggest barrier . I said we have trouble making people understand how to better treat their clients. Im a huge fan and knowing what we need to do is to make sure those people that need help get the help they want. Our clients are offered treatment and across the board every Single Person arrested for that are offered services an they all get help. Everyone of them gets help. And my outcomes show that they benefit from that. Thank you. [ applause ] you were a substance treatment expert for the medical center. I understand th
Might have a different point of view. The nice thing about this program is we are going to have a job. The police are going to arrest these. The attorneys are going to prosecute their cases and the public defenders is going to defend their client and everybody gets to do their job. They are going to do it legally, ethically, but we ask more that they do it morally. So, if im walking down the street and im pulling my dogs chain or i leave my dog outside in the cold and i dont feed it and it has Health Problems or i kick it and make fun of it and treat it harshly, you can arrest me. But i can do that to a person and you think its okay. I dont think its okay. Jeff got me on the phone and said i want to know more about the program and i talked to him and said this is how it works and he said whats the biggest barrier . I said we have trouble making people understand how to better treat their clients. Im a huge fan and knowing what we need to do is to make sure those people that need help g