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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2696 |
| Success During A Mess |
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| Requester: |
Wanda Darden |
Organization: |
Progressive C. Learning Center |
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| Project Title: |
Success During A Mess |
Date Submitted |
1/15/2003 4:16:00 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Geller |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Incubating families with children supporting preservation of the family unit while fostering families that prosper in the economic mainstream - not entitlements. 40% of the children served are current or former foster children. |
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| Recipient: |
Progressive C. Learning Center |
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Contact: |
Wanda Darden |
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Post Office Box 3906 |
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Contact Phone: |
(954) 322-8454 |
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Hollywood 33083 |
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| Counties: |
Broward |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Providing families a comprehensive continuum of care through use of community collaborations that efficiently allows for an arsenal of services that include therapeutic childcare, after school and summer care, foster children respite care, mentor matching, mental and behavioral health services that includes individual, group, and family counseling, technology training, educational advisement, career advisement, financial aid advisement, financial planning, parenting classes for traditional and alternative parents, economic relief services, foster-parent mentoring, business etiquette internships, men-in-crisis services, and life skills training. |
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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: |
| 100% Fanatical Family Satisfaction "FFS" / 98% movement through "determinations." / Increase in community activism and involvement / Lower occurrences of: foster children, juvenile delinquency, homeless families, welfare recidivism, domestic violence, cyclical entries to multiple agencies, and the onset of mental and behavioral problems in children and parents. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$700,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,700,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$175,000 |
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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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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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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: |
An increase in dysfunctional/homeless families resulting in increased burden on state. |
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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: |
Broward County School Board |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
10/15/2002 |
