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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #288 |
| Culture Shock: Intensive Services to address minority over-representation in terminating parental rights |
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| Requester: |
Philip Diaz |
Organization: |
Gateway Community Services |
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| Project Title: |
Culture Shock: Intensive Services to address minority over-representation in terminating parental rights |
Date Submitted |
12/23/2003 4:34:21 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wise |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Works to decrease minority over-representation in termination of parental rights due to substance abuse through comprehensive culturally specific intensive services to African American families in the foster care system. |
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| Recipient: |
Gateway Community Services |
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Contact: |
Karen Tozzi |
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555 Stockton Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(904) 387-4661 |
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Jacksonville 32204 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns |
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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 comprehensive culturally specific program for substance abusing African American families involved in the foster care system plans to use the assets of the African American culture to provide integrated substance and child welfare services including:1)Intensive Home-based case management services 2)Extended Family Engagement (Natural Family Helpers) 3)Linkage with community churches for support/mentors, 4)Mobilization of the African American Community on behalf of the families through MADD DADS, 5)Use of Effective Black Parenting Curriculum, 6)Culturally specific Substance Abuse Treatment and aftercare groups. |
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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: |
| At least 95% of the participants will reunify with their children; and 1)not have a verified child abuse complaint and remain in recovery during program participation and one year after successful completion. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$700,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$880,132 |
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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 |
$180,132 |
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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: |
$700,000 |
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: |
Agency Study, Child Welfare League of Am., SAMHSA, Natl. Ctr. for Subs. Abuse & Child Welfare Serv., |
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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 Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/14/2003 |
