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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1484 |
| Overtown Youth Center, Inc. |
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| Requester: |
Lisa Joseph |
Organization: |
Overtown Youth Center, INc. |
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| Project Title: |
Overtown Youth Center, Inc. |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2004 4:14:58 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bullard, Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The OYC is a prevention program. OYS is designed to help prevent negative outcomes for youth, such as drug and alcohol useage, school dropout, teen |
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| Recipient: |
Overtown Youth Center, Inc . |
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Contact: |
Lisa Joseph |
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450 NW 14th Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 349-1204 |
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Miami 33136 |
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Contact email: |
lisa.joseph@overtownyouth.org |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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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 OYC is a prevention program. OYS is designed to help prevent negative outcomes for youth, such as drug and alcohol useage, school dropout, teen parenthood, crime and gang participation. The program is designed to promote student participation in pro-social activities, such as school completion, community service, positive recreational and cultural activities and career exploration. |
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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: |
| OYC measures it's success by fullfilling the following objectives:75% of participants will maintain/exceed 80% school attendance; 70% will recieve no referrals for innappropriate behavior in school; 255 will earn academic achiever status; 80% will make satisfactory progress towards graduation. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$200,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,300,000 |
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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 |
$600,000 |
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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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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$200,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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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: |
2000 U.S. Cencus |
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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: |
Municipal, county, state |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/12/2003 |
