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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #742 |
| Child Welfare Fatherhood Project |
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| Requester: |
Eddie Station |
Organization: |
MAD DADS |
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| Project Title: |
Child Welfare Fatherhood Project |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2003 7:36:48 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Hill |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project provides a mentorship program for absent fathers of children in the child welfare system. |
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| Recipient: |
MAD DADS |
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Contact: |
Eddie Staton |
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555 Stockton Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(904) 388-8171 |
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Jacksonville 32204 |
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| Counties: |
Duval, Hillsborough, Marion, Palm Beach |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| This statewide pilot project, under the leadership of the Jacksonville Chapter of MAD DADS and Gateway Community Services, will work with the Ocala, Jacksonville, Delray Beach, and Tampa Chapters of MAD DADS, and the Departments of Children and Families. It will provide mentors, parenting classes and work related resources to link fathers with children in the foster care system back to their families. It will increase fathers' ability to find and maintain employment, develop parenting skills, and reconnect to their communities as socially responsible individuals. |
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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: |
| This project will link 40 fathers in each community to their families and provide mentors to each. It will help to take 50% of the families in the program out of the foster care system. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$783,750 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,045,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$261,250 |
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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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Unknown |
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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: |
National Conference of State Legislature's report "Reconnecting Low-income Fathers and Children" sup |
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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: |
Duval County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/13/2002 |
