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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #50 |
| Communities In Schools |
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| Requester: |
Lois L. Gracey |
Organization: |
Communities In Schools of Florida |
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| Project Title: |
Communities In Schools |
Date Submitted |
12/14/2005 4:15:54 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wise |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| High School Dropout is a critical economic and social issue facing Florida. Compared with High School Graduates, Dropouts are more likely to be incarcerated, receive government assistance, be unemployed, and suffer from more serious health problems.
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| Recipient: |
Communities in Schools |
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Contact: |
Lois L. Gracey |
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444 Appleyard Drive |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 201-9750 |
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Tallahassee 32304 |
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Contact email: |
cis@cisfl.org |
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| Counties: |
Bradford, Broward, Dade, Duval, Escambia, Gadsden, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Leon, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Palm Beach, Putnam, Santa Rosa, 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: |
| Communities In Schools (CIS) is a process for engaging the entire community in a plan for intervening creatively in the lives of students at highest risk of educational, social, and economic failure. CIS emphasizes cooperation and collaboration to connect students and their families with the resources they need to not only survive but also to succeed. CIS, with its partners, provides academic remediation, educational enrichment, career awareness and employability skills, tutoring and mentoring, and other evidence-based interventions to help potential dropouts stay in school.
CIS of Florida coordinates the replication of this very successful dropout prevention program to additional Florida counties and provides ongoing training and technical assistance to operational local affiliates and coordination of program expansion, multi-site project management, and networking for continued improvement and sharing of promising intervention and prevention strategies. CIS of Florida also provides statewide advocacy and capacity building for addressing the dropout issue by sponsoring trainings, conferences, and research.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Replication/reorganization of CIS local affiliates initiated in Orange and Jefferson Counties. Improved outcomes for CIS students in identified counties in academic achievement, attendance, incidences of disciplinary referrals, promotion, and graduation. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$2,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$23,500,000 |
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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, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$9,000,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$12,500,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2005-2006 |
Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations, Expansion/replication of CIS to additional counties. |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Education, 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: |
CIS of FL 2004, Handy, D.G. 2005, Additional information available upon request. |
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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 |
