Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1468FY0102

Children's Education Complex (Young at Art)

Requester:

Mindy Shrago

Organization:

Young at Art Children's Museum

Project Title:

Children's Education Complex (Young at Art)

Date Submitted:

1/18/2002 2:51:31 AM

Sponsors:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Statewide Interest:

Children's literacy/education, school readiness, student comprehension and improved teaching skills.

Recipient:

Young at Art Children's Museum

Contact:

Mindy Shrago

11584 West State Rd. 84

Contact Phone:

(954) 424-0085 21

Davie 33325

Counties:

Broward

Gov't Entity:

Yes

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Project Description:

Young at Art's Children's Museum, in partnership with Broward County Libraries and the Town of Davie, will establish the first Children's Literacy and Education Complex in Florida.� The multi-acre campus in South Broward will integrate a new children's library with a 40,000 sq ft Young at Art Children's Museum, whose collective effort will be the literacy, artistic, and cultural education of children in South Florida.� State funds are being sought to assist with the planning and conceptualization of Young at Art's portion of the initiative, ensuring that the new facility, with strong support from local government and the community, meets the needs of children's reading and artistic literacy, early childhood development, and cultural tolerance, and ensures that Florida's Sunshine State Standards in the core concepts of reading, writing and math are integrated into the program curriculum for the benefit of the students and educators from the region and state.� Being located just off of I-595, the facility will be accessable and visable to residents from all across the county and beyond.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

The new education complex will be the first in the state to integrate the proven educational impact of interactive learning in a children's museum with the learning environment of a children's library.� The new educational complex will focus on the three most essential forms of children's literacy-reading, arts and multicultural education.

Through reading literacy that emphasises retention and comprehension, children from birth to age 8 will be better prepared for and achieve greater success in school.

Through arts literacy, children from birth to age 15 will learn to clearly and creatively communicate complex ideas, both verbally and non-verbally.� Educators will be taught how to integrate the arts curriculum into learning strategies that correlate to the key concepts of reading, writing, and math within Florida's Sunshine State Standards.

Through multi-cultural literacy, appreciation tolerance of our State's melting pot society will be emphasised, leading to new methods for reducing violence and improving conflict resolution in our schools.

Accessibility to the Museum's comprehensive and interactive web site will enable parents, teachers and students to access information and learning materials for maximum statewide impact.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$250,000

Total cost of the project:

$12,000,000

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

Local, Private

Cash Amount:

$1,600,000

In-Kind Amount:

$250,000

Was this project previously funded by the State?

No

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

Unknown

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

No

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

Priority project of the Broward County Appropriations Budget and the Town of Davie Comp. Plan

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

Hearing Body:

Broward Legislative Delegation

Meeting Date:

1/14/2002