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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #148 |
| Children�s Advocacy Center for Osceola County, Inc. |
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| Requester: |
Joy Chuba |
Organization: |
Children�s Advocacy Center for Osceola County, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Children�s Advocacy Center for Osceola County, Inc. |
Date Submitted |
12/27/2007 4:34:41 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Dockery |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Children�s Advocacy Center for Osceola County, Inc. promotes optimal physical and emotional recovery in the aftermath of child sexual abuse and severe physical abuse. Services include crisis intervention, personal and legal advocacy, information and referrals, psycho education, parent support and the coordination of all forensic services in a center which is child-friendly and as comfortable as possible during a time of crisis. The Center has a prevention initiative which focuses on preventing child abuse and neglect in Osceola County. |
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| Recipient: |
Children�s Advocacy Center for Osceola County, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Joy Chuba |
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1605 B John Young Parkway, Suite #1611 |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 518-6936 |
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Kissimmee 34741 |
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Contact email: |
Jchuba@osceolakids.com |
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| Counties: |
Osceola |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| ) In 2006 alone, 268 child abuse victims and their supportive family members benefited from support and advocacy services and 346 forensic medical examinations and 170 forensic interviews occurred at the Center. By ensuring a multidisciplinary investigative approach is applied, more accurate statements and stronger evidence can result in more children being safe from child abuse predators. Counseling, advocacy and support are critical to the emotional recovery of child abuse victims. The Center assists families in navigating often confusing systems of criminal justice and child welfare and ensures the family has access to services they need to fully recover, emotionally and physically. The CAC currently operates out of a leased office suite which does not provide adequate space and plans are underway to construct a state-of-the-art Center which can accommodate co-location of all investigative agencies. The Center will be an ideal setting to provide all services a family may need during and after a child abuse disclosure with a focus on victim sensitivity considering the mental and physical abuses that may have occurred. |
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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 Center will serve an estimated 800 children in 2007/08 and will continue outreach prevention efforts |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$200,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$4,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$3,300,000 |
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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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No |
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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: |
Statewide Hotline reports, Florida Network of Children�s Advocacy Centers |
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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 |
