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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2912 |
| G.A.P. - Girls Advocacy Project |
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| Requester: |
Ruth Shack |
Organization: |
Dade Community Foundation, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
G.A.P. - Girls Advocacy Project |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 12:25:02 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Diaz de la Portilla |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Girls Advocacy Project is a project that serves female juvenile detained in the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Center. Currently these are the only services that are offered in detention. The GAP has had almost 2000 girls volunteer to participate in this program to date. The GAP works in collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice, the community (via a community advisory board), and court agents. |
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| Recipient: |
Dade Community Foundation, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Ruth Shack |
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200 South Biscayne Blvd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 371-2711 |
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Miami 33131 |
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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: |
| The Girls Advocacy Project (GAP) start up and expansion to provide services statewide. The GAP works in collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Center personnel. Project personnel review the intake, orientation and education procedures for girls and coordinates a schedule for gender-specific group talks. The GAP staff also review other pertinent data such as each grils school and arrest history. Proceeding the introduction session, five intensive, educational group talks lasting two-hours each are presented every other day (excluding weekends) in fourteen-day rotations. In addition to the group talks, there are one-to-one individual talks, the use of a GAP journal, interaction with the Public Defenders Office, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. A community advisory board was also formed in January 2000 that recruits individuals from the community private and public foundations in the education, care and services to needed girls. |
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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 Girls Advocacy Project is a project that serves female juvenile detained in the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Center. Currently these are the only services that are offered in detention. The GAP has had almost 2000 girls volunteer to participate in this program to date. The GAP works in collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice, the community (via a community advisory board), and court agents.
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$975,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$2,471,320 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2003-2004 |
Amount: |
$150,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$500,000 |
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: |
GAP project evaluator reports, OJJDP reports on juvenile female delinquency. |
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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: |
11/18/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
