Mental Health and Recovery Center Support

At a glance

Built from the official City Commission minutes.

What: DI.5 on March 12: a discussion of homelessness and the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, a planned facility with 75 treatment beds and an annual service cost of about $10 million.
Presentation: The CEO of the Advocate Program described a field team already working with jail diversion, and the lack of short-term residential options between crisis care and independent living.
Commission: Pardo said homelessness is citywide; King said the facility should have opened years ago and called for sustained government support. Escalona asked for the County's status; a related County item had been deferred the day before. No action was taken.