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RESOLUTION NO. 58/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA ("MIAMI DDA"), URGING THE CITY OF MIAMI
TO SUPPORT THE MIAMI CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND
RECOVERY, A FIRST -OF -ITS -KIND DIVERSION FACILITY
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED
SYSTEM OF CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL
ILLNESSES THAT WOULD ASSIST IN IMPROVING PUBLIC
SAFETY, REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, REDUCE THE COSTLY
RELIANCE ON JAILS AND HOSPITALS, AND PROMOTE
RECOVERY, HOPE, AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING; DIRECTING
THE MIAMI DDA CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT THIS
RESOLUTION TO CITY OF MIAMI ELECTED OFFIALS AND MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST.
WHEREAS, the Miami DDA seeks to continue enhancing public safety and improving the
quality of life for residents, business owners, and visitors within the Brickell District of the Miami
DDA; and
WHEREAS, Florida ranks 43rd nationally in access to mental health care and 49th in
per -capita spending on community -based treatment, leaving thousands of residents without care;
and
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Jail is the largest psychiatric institution in Florida,
housing as many individuals with serious mental illnesses as all state civil and forensic hospitals
combined; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that 1,049 individuals with repeated bookings accounted for
21% of all mental health jail bed days at a cost of $88.8 million over five years, with nearly 90%
having histories of homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery ("Center") has been
constructed, fully renovated, and issued a certificate of occupancy by the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the Center will include a central receiving facility, crisis stabilization,
residential and outpatient treatment, primary, dental care, ophthalmology and podiatry care,
vocational training, transitional housing, classrooms, and a courtroom to consolidate services and
reduce barriers to care; and
WHEREAS, the Center will be initially funded through federal American Rescue Plan
Act funds and opioid settlement funds, requiring zero cost to the County for the first two and a
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WHEREAS, the Center is projected to improve public safety, reduce homelessness, save
critical tax dollars, reduce recidivism, and restore dignity and opportunity to people with serious
mental illnesses by providing treatment instead of incarceration; and
WHEREAS, the Miami DDA Board of Directors finds supporting the Center to be in the
best interests and welfare of the residents, workers, and visitors in the Miami DDA boundaries,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Miami DDA hereby expresses its full support for the immediate opening
and operation of the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery and urges the City of Miami
to recognize the Center as a critical public health and safety initiative and fully support the Center
by funding the Center's operations.
Section 3. The Miami DDA Board of Directors directs the CEO to transmit copies of this
Resolution to the Mayor of the City of Miami, City of Miami Commissioners, and the Public
Health Trust of Miami -Dade County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September 2025.
Commissioner Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Chairman
ChristinaCrespe;
ATTEST:
Elvira Manon
Executive Secretary to the Board of Directors