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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #948 |
| Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) |
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| Requester: |
Georgia J. Ayers |
Organization: |
The Alternative Programs, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) |
Date Submitted |
12/27/2007 3:14:22 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Increase general revenue for the state and reduce expenditures on prisons. Help rehabilitate released state felons. |
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| Recipient: |
The Alternative Programs, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Georgia J. Ayers |
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151 N.W. 60th Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 758-4187 |
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Miami 33127 |
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Contact email: |
NONE |
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| Counties: |
Miami-Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The "Alternatives to Incarceration" project serves the State by intervening with non-violent offenders in the criminal justice system. The project handles practically all cases for welfare, food stamp and unemployment fraud. The offenders are monitored, placed to perform community service hours, and allowed to make restitution payments with substantial savings to the state.
As a result, the system is saving millions of dollars annually, which would be spent on the cost of incarceration.
This appropriation will allow the agency to hire eight additional staff persons who are needed to cover additional courts and handle the increased client case load. Along with serving more clients this increase will ultimately raise the State more money.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Increased revenues for the State and decreased numbers of non-violent offenders incarcerated. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$700,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,200,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$500,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$77,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
1999-2000 |
Amount: |
$500,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$700,000 |
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: |
various articles and revenue estimating reports |
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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 |
