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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2268 |
| Character House |
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| Requester: |
CARL L. WEINRICH |
Organization: |
SARASOTA FAMILY YMCA |
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| Project Title: |
Character House |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 11:06:37 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bennett |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project addresses providing services on a statewide basis for youth committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice who are pregnant and become mothers. |
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| Recipient: |
SARASOTA FAMILY YMCA |
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Contact: |
Mark R. Porter, Ed.D., CAP |
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41 North School Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(941) 809-4014 |
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Sarasota, FL 34237 |
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Contact email: |
mporter@sarasota-ymca.org |
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| Counties: |
Sarasota |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| With over 11 years of experience providing services to moderate risk youth committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, Character House is the preeminent program in the state for young women and their babies. Pregnant youth enter the Character House where, in addition to addressing their criminal behavior and pursuing their education, they learn how to become mothers and , hopefully, break the cycle of crime while bonding with their newborn child. Collaborating with local service providers, including Healthy Mothers, Forty Carrots and the Sarasota County Health Department, Character House provides state of the art prenatal care and parenting education. Youth enter Character House while pregnant. They receive assessments in all areas, including academic, health, life skills, family issues, substance abuse and mental health. Individualized treatment within a therapeutic community addresses the needs of each young mother. Most programs for pregnant youth separate the mother from the baby. Character House has a long track record of excellence as evidenced by Quality Assurance visits, PAM scores, and low recidivism. The scope of this request is, primarily, to fund medical services and parenting education. Some of the partners mentioned above, who have traditionally provided these services free of cost to us, are no longer able to do so. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Mastery of Parenting Skills- as evidenced by pre test/post test results complied by Forty Carrots, a local contracted provider of parenting education
Lower Recidivism as evidenced by statistics and PAM (Program Accountability Measures) Scores complied by the Florida Department of juvenile Justice
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$50,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$190,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$140,000 |
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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: |
$50,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$50,000 |
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? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
National Council on Crime and Delinquency "Rallying Cry for Change: Charting a New Direction" 2006 |
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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 |
