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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1526 |
| Kin's NET Inc. |
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| Requester: |
Dr. Gail Atchison |
Organization: |
Clay & Baker Kids Net Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Kin's NET Inc. |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2004 1:16:12 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Lynn |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The care of children who would be placed in foster care and thus involved in Community Based Care Program. |
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| Recipient: |
Clay & Baker Kids Net, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Stephen Hill & Dr. Gail Atchison |
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1726 Kingsley Avenue, Suite 2 |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 668-3900 |
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Orange Park 32073 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Baker, Clay |
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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 project would involve the care of 16-20 foster care children each month. This program would provide emergency shelter for 30 days and would collaborate with other agencies in the area, especially churches. It is a 24/7 facility which provides for all medical assessments, dental assessments, comprehensive psychological evaluations and school recommendations when appropriate. Instead of children going directly into a foster home or facility they would come to the assessment center and be evaluated first. This would satisfy the law requiring each child to be medically evaluated within 72 hours and would also allow for appropriate placement of the child according to their needs. Each child would be given a case manager to interface with family support workers from DCF or the lead agency involved in privatization. This program would be available for children in Clay & Baker Counties as well as other Counties in District 4 when space permits and would offer counseling, parenting groups, mental health services, substance abuse services and family therapy with the goal being unification of families. Having an Assessment Center would eliminate the use of a less than appropriate holding facility currently being used. (The Kingsley Street office complex, where children currently are kept until placement, has no showers, kitchen facilities, or places to sleep except the floor). There would also be Respite Services for kids already in foster care. There are multiple agencies who are willing to be involved in this project, such as Council on Aging for mentoring purposes, Spiritual Leaders, Foster Care Alliance, and Clay County Health Department. Clay County Government has provided matching funds for this project of $455,000. Training of staff and community awareness is also a major point of this project. |
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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: |
| A.) An elimination of children on Kingsley Avenue, waiting to be placed in care. B.) Medical Assessments for all children within 72 hours. C.) Appropriate placement within the educational system. D.) Successful unification of families or permanency for children. E.) Better tracking of children in care. F.) Better collaboration with other agencies around the care of children in foster care. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$750,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,210,000 |
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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 |
$455,000 |
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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: |
Needs Assesment on figures from DCF & other agencies request a better organized system of care. |
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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: |
Clay County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/05/2003 |
