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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1176 |
| Youth Crime Watch of Florida |
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| Requester: |
Terrence W. Modglin |
Organization: |
Youth Crime Watch of Florida |
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| Project Title: |
Youth Crime Watch of Florida |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2004 1:01:21 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Fasano |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This is a community safety and delinquency prevention program. |
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| Recipient: |
Youth Crime Watch of Florida |
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Contact: |
Terrence Mogdlin |
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9200 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 417 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 670-2409 |
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Miami 33156 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Youth Crime Watch of Florida will provide training, technical assistance, materials, a website and network, communications, and facilitation for local partnership building and resource development for youth in communities and schools across Florida in order to: (a) reduce the incidence of gangs, drug involvement, and bullying and (b)expand the capacity of youth to help their communities prevent terrorist incidents and play effective roles in responding to these and other community emergencies consistent with state and local plans. This will be done through the Youth Crime Watch program and its education, skill-building and other customized components including youth mentoring youth as well as the building of linkages to first responders and leaders in other community organizations. |
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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: |
| More youth trained in crime prevention (20,000 directly who will work with at least 80,000 more); direct linkages between Youth Crime Watches and first responder organizations in at least 20 counties; reduction in the number of gang and drug incidents and bullying behavior in 20 selected evaluated areas. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$600,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$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? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$100,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2003-2004 |
Amount: |
$150,000 |
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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? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
2002 Florida Youth Drug Survey and the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention |
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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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No |
