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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #143 |
| 100 Bed Post Transitional Housing |
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| Requester: |
Lor Constantino-Brown |
Organization: |
Bridges of America |
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| Project Title: |
100 Bed Post Transitional Housing |
Date Submitted |
12/20/2007 9:07:00 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Webster |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project is designed to decrease the rate of recidivism for probationers & inmates in need of transitional housing. |
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| Recipient: |
Bridges of America |
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Contact: |
Lori Constantino-Brown |
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2001 Mercy Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 291-1500 |
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Orlando 323808 |
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Contact email: |
lbrown@bridgesofamerica.org |
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| Counties: |
Alachua, Broward, Hernando, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk, Seminole |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Bridges of America's 100 Bed Post-release Transitional Housing Program provides therapeutic support, affordable housing, job placement, assistance, and additional substance abuse treatment through referrals when needed. The program links services to offenders and inmates who are rleased from communit7 and prisons. We also provide and link services to offenders who are currently on community supervision or have been released from prison or community supervision within ninety, (90), days and have probation to foll9ow and is assessed to need transitional housing services. The program is designed to meet the various needs offenders and inmates experience when attempting to reenter their communities. The case managers at each program location are responsible for the inital intake and assessment to determine what services are essential for the resident reinegration back into their communities. The overall mission of the Post-release Transitional Housing Program is to assist post-released offenders by providing transitional housing, an dother such support services to assist them in maintaining a durg-free, independent living, crime-free life style and make a successful re-entry into the community. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Bridges of americas 100 Bed Post Release Transitional Housing Program houses approximately 525 residents annually, of this number 60% were successfully transitioned scucessfully back into society from those transitioning from community based tratment programs. 20% sucess rate from those transitioning from prison. Substance abuse tests were conducted in the amount of 1560 tested with only a 3% testing positive. The average program stay is three to four months. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$730,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,120,000 |
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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 |
$390,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2007-2008 |
Amount: |
$730,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$730,000 |
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: |
Department of Corrections Substance Abuse Program Annual Report |
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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: |
Scheduled to be heard before the Orange County Delegation Meeting, January 29,2008 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
