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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2177 |
| Home Instruction Program for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) |
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| Requester: |
Leland Johnson |
Organization: |
Sarasota/DeSoto YMCA |
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| Project Title: |
Home Instruction Program for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) |
Date Submitted |
1/15/2003 2:28:12 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bennett |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| School Readiness and family literacy skills |
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| Recipient: |
Sarasota YMCA |
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Contact: |
Leland Johnson |
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1 South School Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(941) 951-2916 |
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Sarasota 34237 |
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| Counties: |
DeSoto |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The Home Instruction Program For Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)is a program for parents with pre-school children ages 3-5. Purpose of program is to prepare children for success in chool by improving reading skills. The program provides ree reading materials and teaches the parent how to be the child's first teachr. Regular meetings are scheduled between the parent and program staff for training. unlike HIPPY graduates, over 30% of children graduating from childcare and head start programs serving children at less than 150% of the Federal Poverty level reach kindergarten not ready to learn. Their delays are so significant that most children never get caught up and often end up in special education and become dropouts. In 2002, 100% of HIPPY grads with the same socio-economic background reached kindergarten ready to succeed. Many HIPPY kids now in middle school are on the honor roll. Most HIPPY children and families are African American or Latino, with thge most isolated young children in our county being kids of Hispanic/Latino families. Hispanic/Latino families tend to keep children at home until they are school age. Many of the parents do not speak English and the children arrive at school delayed and not exposed to developmentally appropriate activities. HIPPY helps parents to assimilate and cross trains kids in English. HIPPY statistics indicate that by second grade all Hispanic/Latino HIPPY grads were in regular classroom settings learning in English and none had less than a B average. HIPPY currently has a waiting list of families needing the services of Spanish speaking home instructors. This is the only local program addressing dual-language pre-literacy and school readiness needs of Hispanic/Latino children ages 3,4,5 and it is the only one teaching the parents to be the child's first teacher. The demand for services is high. The YMCA feels so strongly about the merits of this program that many of the monetary programmatic deficits are covered. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Ninety-five percent (95%) of the children completing the HIPPY curriculum will pass the Kindergarten Readiness Test. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$150,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$15,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$150,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Agency For Workforce Innovation |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
HIPPY DeSoto has been in operation for the past 5 years and meeting its outcomes. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
DeSoto County Legislative Delegation Mtg. |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/25/2002 |
