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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2285 |
| Family Preservation and Support Program |
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| Requester: |
Evalina W. Bestman |
Organization: |
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center |
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| Project Title: |
Family Preservation and Support Program |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 12:08:50 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Reduction in recidivism rate of parental incarceration, reduction in school dropout rate, reunification of families. |
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| Recipient: |
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center |
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Contact: |
Evalina W. Bestman, PhD |
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1313 NW 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: |
nhcmhc@bellsouth.net |
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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 targe population are parents being released from correctional facilities and reuniting them with their children. Many prisoners lack the skills and training to effectively fufill their parental responsibilities. The children often become the responsibility of the state through the Department of Children and Families. The children are at the highest risk for involvement in the criminal justice system. Services include parenting education and counseling for children and parents, facilitation of a plan for reintegration into the family for inmates being discharged. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
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 criminal justice system with skills to effectively assume parenting responsibilities for their children who are in state custody; 3)Effective family intervention services with the goal of reunification of the family |
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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, Private |
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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? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
DOC information on recidivism/DCF information on children in foster 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: |
Miami Dade Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/30/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
