Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #743FY0102

33311 Community Buiding Resource Center

Requester:

Donald Bowen

Organization:

Urban League of Broward County

Project Title:

33311 Community Buiding Resource Center

Date Submitted:

1/17/2002 11:51:34 AM

Sponsors:

M. Mandy Dawson

Statewide Interest:

It will serve as a model and statewide demonstration project on how to revitalize underserved and disinvested communities.� It will also strengthen and help actualize the holistic community revitalization goal of the Front Porch Initiative.

Recipient:

Urban League of Broward County

Contact:

Donald Bowen

11 NW 36th Avenue

Contact Phone:

(954) 584-0777

Fort Lauderdale 33311

Counties:

Broward

Gov't Entity:

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Yes

Project Description:

Purposes:

*serve as statewide demonstration project to revitalize underserved and disinvested communities.

*serve as the hub of the wheel of the 33311 Community Building Initiative.

*will strengthen and help actualire the holistic community revitalization goals of the Front Porch Initiative.

Scope of Services:

*33311 Community Buidling Resource Center will provide tools, serVices, and Systems to support the vitality, determination, creativity , and success of grass roots leadership.

*33311 Community Building Resource Center will support the efforts of community leaders as they strive to impact multiple levels of decision-making and will be a clearinghouse of skills, training, innovative community bulding tools and regional knowledge.

*33311 Community Building Resource Center recognizes the principle that regional building and local community buildig are interdependent.� In order to enhance the South Florida region, local leadership must both be successful in their efforts to build the community and be able to work together on shared challenges and opportunities.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

The outcome measures are to be developed.� It is important to understand the Commmunity Building Resource Center is not just a facility, but also the hub of the wheel for the 33311 Bulding Initiative.� As such, it will build the capacity of community residents to develop their children and improve the community by providing training in the following areas:� advocacy training, leadership training, parent training, community orgaizatoin training, neighborhood governance, and technical skills training in areas such as data collection and analysis.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,410,000

Total cost of the project:

$3,000,000

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

Local, Private, Federal

Cash Amount:

$1,500,000

Was this project previously funded by the State?

No

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

No

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

Unknown

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

Unknown

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

40% of chldren in zip code 33311 live in poverty; 53% of population receive public assistance.

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

Yes

Hearing Body:

Broward Board of County Commissioners

Meeting Date:

8/11/2001