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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2753 |
| Education Funding for Small (50 beds or less) DJJ Residential Programs |
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| Requester: |
William Schossler |
Organization: |
The Henry and Rilla White Youth Foundation, Inc |
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| Project Title: |
Education Funding for Small (50 beds or less) DJJ Residential Programs |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 4:02:58 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Peaden |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Youth education and crime prevention |
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| Recipient: |
The Henry and Rilla White Youth Foundation, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Frank Alarcon |
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2833 Remington Green Circle |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 922-8375 |
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Tallahassee 32308 |
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Contact email: |
falarcon@hrwhite.org |
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| Counties: |
Leon, Nassau, Volusia |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| ) It is generally recognized that smaller DJJ residential programs are more effective than large facilities. The Legislature (through proviso), the DJJ Secretary and a Blueprint Commission on Juvenile Justice have all indicated support in moving Florida�s juvenile justice system toward smaller community-based programs. Unfortunately, the current method of funding education services in DJJ residential facilities makes it extremely difficult to make small programs financially viable. Census is taken during specific weeks of the year and those counts are used to provide funding for the entire school year, regardless of the actual population served on a daily basis. For example, a 25 bed DJJ residential program might only have 16 students on the date the census is taken during the summer, be at capacity (25) for the rest of the calendar year, yet only receive the resources for 16 students because of the arbitrary summer census. The DJJ provider is never able to recover the funds it must spend on the 25 youth in order to meet state/legal requirements. Residential programs with fifty beds or less should be allowed to receive actual FTE funding and be allowed to receive funding retroactively based on its actual census. This project proposes to exempt small programs from current restraints that are forcing providers to reject operation of small programs. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Stabilize and improve education services and outcomes for youth in small DJJ residential programs. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$77,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$77,000 |
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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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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$77,000 |
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: |
DOE FTE revenue vs. actual provider costs |
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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 |
