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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #52 |
| Family Preservation and Support Program for Parents Involved In The Criminal Justice System |
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| Requester: |
Evalina W. Bestman, Ph.D. |
Organization: |
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Family Preservation and Support Program for Parents Involved In The Criminal Justice System |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2004 4:41:55 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Successful reunification of family after adult member incarceration. |
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| Recipient: |
Evalina W. Bestman, Ph.D. |
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Contact: |
Evalina W. Bestman, Ph.D. |
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1313 N.W. 36th Street, Suite 400 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 635-0366 |
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Miami 33142 |
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Contact email: |
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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: |
| Develop family preservation and support program for parents involved in the criminal justice system and their children. Specific target population are parents being released from correctional facilities and reuniting with their children.
Many prisoners are parents who have lacked the skills and training to effectively fulfill their parental responsibilities. Their children usually become the responsibility of the State in that their caretakers, be they family members or foster care parents, are receiving assistance from DCF.
Those prisoners being released will receive family intervention services when needed so that children will be more likely to stay in school and parent will not re-enter the criminal justice system. |
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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: |
| 1) To prevent children and adolescents of parents involved in the Criminal Justice System from becoming involved in the Criminal Justice System themselves; 2) To provide parents involved with the Crimial Justice System with skills to effectively assume parenting repsonsibilities for their children who are in State custody or funded by the State; 3) To provide family intervention services which would include the following: (a) provide counseling to shildren, adolescents and their caretakers; (b) provide parenting education to inmates and/or individuals court ordered into diversionary programs; (c) facilitate a plan of reintegration into the family on parenting role for inmates being discharged; (d) linking children and family members including caretakers with community resources to gain and maintain mastery of basic academic skills and to facilitate their life away from crime. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$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? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$50,000 |
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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: |
$250,000 |
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? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Department of Corrections Statistics on Recidivism |
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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: |
Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/13/2003 |
