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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2364 |
| Family Preservation |
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| Requester: |
Dr Steven Ronik |
Organization: |
Henderson Mental Health Inc |
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| Project Title: |
Family Preservation |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 1:30:18 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Atwater |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This funding will support a program where therapists work intensively with families following an abuse or neglect report, in order to keep families together and prevent children from referral to foster care system. |
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| Recipient: |
Henderson Mental Health Inc |
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Contact: |
Dr Steven Ronik |
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4740 State Rd 7, Suite 201 |
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Contact Phone: |
(954) 777-1626 |
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Ft. Lauderdale 33319 |
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Contact email: |
sronik@hendersonmhc.org |
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| Counties: |
Broward |
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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 Family Preservation program provides intensive in-home therapeutic service to families for whom the child is at risk of removal from the home due to abuse and /or neglect. In addition, therapeutic services are provided to families who have already been separated, but working toward reunification. Services include individual and family therapy, parenting skills training, psychiatric consultation and referrals to community support services. The public benefits from the service, as it prevention based. The goals are to decrease the incidence of placement outside the home by improving family functioning, and to facilitate stable reunification for those children having already experienced foster care. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| : The project is currently measuring outcomes through the use of the Adult / Adolescent Parenting Inventory pre and post tests, the Henderson Mental Health Center treatment plan and the Henderson Mental Health Center Satisfaction Survey. The data is currently being captured by the analysis of the following outcome measures: 1) 95% of families who complete the program will have no findings of "some indication" or "verified" child maltreatment within six months of the program completion as measured by self report from the family; 2) 80% of families receiving parent education and other parent skill building services, lasting six weeks or longer will show improved family skills and capacity to care for their children as measured by the AAPI; 3) 95% of families who complete services will report having overall satisfaction with the services they received as measured by a client satisfaction survey; 4 ) 75% of families completing services will successfully complete treatment plan goals and objectives as measured by individual case records. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$270,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$340,055 |
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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 |
$100,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$70,055 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2004-2005 |
Amount: |
$270,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$400,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Children And Families, Department Of |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
County and State Needs Assessment |
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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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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
