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WEBVTT TOM MILLER ITS PLANES WHY SOMENEIGHBORS ARE UPSET.TOM SOUTH SACRAMENTO'S HENRIETTA: STREET IS DOTTED WITH OLDERHOMES ON LARGER LOTS, AND FILLEDWITH FAMILIES, ALL EXCEPT THISHOME WITH THE FENCE AROUND IT.IT'S HERE THAT A MENTALHEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION WANTS TOOPEN A CRISIS TREATMENTFACILITY>> THE TYPE OF CLIENTS THATHEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THENEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T THINK IT'SAPPROPRIATE FOR THISNEIGHBORHOODTOM NEIGHBORS ARE EXPRESSING: CONCERN WITH THE PLAN,INCLUDING DEANNA DAVIS WHO WALKSHOME THIS WAY NEARLY EVERY DAY.>> IF PEOPLE HAVE A MENTBREAKDOWN, ARE THEY COMING OUT,ARE THEY GOING TO PEOPLE'SHOMES?TOM: IF APPROVED, PATIENTS WILLBE TREATED FOR A RANGE OF MENTALILLNESSES AND RECEIVE 24/7SUPERVISION.>> THEY'RE ADDRESSING ISSUESASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION,BIPOLAR DISORDER, OR ANY OTHERTYPE OF EMOTIONAL DISORDER TOM: IF THEY ASK TO GO OUTSIDE,THEY'LL BE ESCORTED BY A STAFFMEMBER.TURNING POINT CEO AL ROWLETTSAYS PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY OFVIOLENCE ARE NOT ADMITTE>> PART OF OUR SCREENINGCRITERIA IS TO CHECK FOR THOKINDS OF THINGS.AND IF THERE IS A PROPENSITYTOWARD THAT, THEN THAT PERSONWOULD NOT COME TO THE PROGRATOM THE HOME WAS PREVIOUSLY AN: ELDERLY CARE FACILITY AND WILLHAVE 15 BEDS INSIDE.PATIENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO STAYUP TO 30 DAYS, BUT NO LONGER.PATIENTS WOULD ALL BE ONGOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMSACRAMENTO COUNTY'S BEHAVIORALHEALTH DIRECTOR SAYS THENEIGHBORHOOD SETTING OFFERSUNIQUE BENEFITS FOR PATIENTS.>> INSTITUTIONS TYPICALLY DON'TTYPICALLY ALLOW PEOPLE TORESTORE ALL THEIR LIVINGCAPACITY, ALL THEIR COPISKILLS.FOR EXAMPLE, LEARNING TO COOK,LEARNING A NEW SKILL TO REDIRECTANXIETY.

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Residents are concerned after the city's planning department processed an application for a mental healthcare facility in south Sacramento. The facility would have 15 beds and will be located on Henrietta Drive. The proposal is from Turning Point Community Programs, which plans to turn a home previously used by as an elderly care facility into one for people struggling with mental illness. Patient treatment would last up to 30 days. “People come in because they’re addressing issues associated with depression, bipolar disorder, or any other type of emotional disorder,” Turning Point CEO Al Rowlett said. Many people who already live in the area don’t believe their neighborhood is a good fit for this type of treatment. “The type of clients that they’re going to have in the neighborhood, I don’t think it’s appropriate,” homeowner Billy Nelson said. Currently, the home is painted pink and surrounded by a chain linked fence. The application calls for extensive renovations inside and outside the home. The facility will be along the route Deanna Davis takes as she walks home nearly every day. “If people have a mental breakdown, are they coming out? Are they going to people’s homes?” Davis said. Patients will receive 24-hour supervision by five staff members during the day, three in the evening and two during overnight hours. If they ask to go outside, they’ll be escorted by a staff member. People with a history of violence are not admitted to the program. “Part of our screening criteria is to check for those kinds of things," Rowlett said. "If there is a propensity toward that, then that person would not come to the program.” The treatment facility is not for people with private insurance. Patients would all be on government healthcare programs. The neighborhood setting offers unique benefits for patients, according to Sacramento County Behavioral Health Director Uma Zykofsky. “Institutions typically don’t typically allow people to restore all their living capacity, all their coping skills -- for example: learning to cook, learning a new skill to redirect anxiety,” Zykofsky said. Sacramento County serves 30,000 people each year with mental health issues. Currently, there are just 27 beds available at two other county residential crisis treatment facilities. The Turning Point's proposal has been submitted to the city for review. It asks for a modification to the previously approved Conditional Use Permit.