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CBIRS Request 1367
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1367
Miami Dade Juvenile Assessment Center
 
Requester: Miami Dade County Organization: Miami Dade County Juvenile Assessment Center
 
Project Title: Miami Dade Juvenile Assessment Center Date Submitted 1/15/2004 6:35:08 PM
 
Sponsors: Villalobos
 
Statewide Interest:
JAC's are the central point for receiving and processing arrested juveniles. They represent an enormous opportunity to screen and assess arrested juveniles to determine the appropriate services and prevent re-arrest. They also allow the ability to capture specific information on this special population to identify various needs, appropriate services, gaps in services, funding needs through the collection and analysis of data.
 
Recipient: Miami Dade County Juvenile Assessment Center   Contact: Wansley Walters  
  275 NW 2nd Street, 2nd Floor   Contact Phone: (305) 755-6262  
  Miami 33128   Contact email:  
 
Counties: Dade
 
Gov't Entity: Yes Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):  
 
Project Description:
Miami Dade County JAC is the largest facility of its kind in the state with the most comprehensive scope of agency participation and services. It is the only JAC in Florida that serves a complete juvenile arrest population, i.e. all law enforcement agencies (30 municipalities, 9 Miami Dade Districts and the Miami Dade County Public School System).
 
Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Return of 78,000 police hours to the community in one year, return of $1.89 million in police costs and reduction in processing time of arrested juvenile to less than 6 hours (which reduces JAC operational costs).
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $729,000
 
Total cost of the project: $7,675,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Operations
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local, Federal
  Cash Amount $4,556,000   In-kind Amount $2,000,000
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   Yes
  Fiscal Year: 2003-2004 Amount: $729,000
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $729,000 To Fund: Operations
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   Yes
  Agency Juvenile Justice, Department Of
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? Unknown
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: Dept. of Juvenile Justice Annual Report
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Miami Dade County Legislative Delegation
  Hearing Meeting Date: 12/03/2003