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CBIRS Request 402
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #402
Youth Life Learning Center & Family Resource Center
 
Requester: Mary Langowski, President Organization: Fresh Ministries
 
Project Title: Youth Life Learning Center & Family Resource Center Date Submitted 12/31/2007 1:59:08 PM
 
Sponsors: Hill
 
Statewide Interest:
This project addresses juvenile delinquency prevention and family strengthening.
 
Recipient: Fresh Ministries   Contact: Mary Langowski, President  
  1131 North Laura Street   Contact Phone: (904) 355-0000  
  Jacksonville 32206   Contact email: mary@freshministries.org
 
Counties: Duval
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
Project Description:
Fresh Ministries'East Jacksonville Neighborhood Resource Center & the Boselli Foundation Youth Life Learning Center are partnering to promote public safety by ensuring that kids and adults have an alternative to the streets and crime. Programs and services designed to prevent juvenile delinquency among our youth in our core city neighborhood will be instituted. After school mentoring, programs that focus on character-building and academic enrichment as well as remedial education will be offered. Family strengthening classes, literacy classes, and computers will be available for both youths and adults to search for jobs and direct connect to social services. Programs will also include working with local businesses to provide after school jobs for inner city teenagers. The total effort of this partnership will be to get core city youth off the streets, away from bad influences and engaged in education and life skills.
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The East Jacksonville Neighborhood Resource Center & Boselli Foundation Youth Life Learning Center will support 300 families monthly and approximately 60 children daily. The community impact on public safety will be to lessen crime and avail families a safe place to gather, learn and have their children off the streets.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $400,000
 
Total cost of the project: $1,698,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Operations
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local, Private
  Cash Amount $123,000   In-kind Amount $1,075,000
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $200,000 To Fund: Operations
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   No
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? No
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: Blue Print for Prosperity, a city-wide effort by the chamber of commerce
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Duval County Legislative Delegation Meeting
 
Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?   No