House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1103 Associated Marine Institutes - Scholarship Matching Fund
Requester:	Nick Millar		Organization:		Associated Marines Institutes
Project Title:	Associated Marine Institutes - Scholarship Matching Fund		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 7:17:31 PM
District Member:	Stephen Wise		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	Associated Marine Institutes		Contact:		Nick Millar
	5915 Benjamin Center Drive		Contact Phone:		(850) 386-6224
	Tampa 33634
Project Description:
Associated Marine Institues, a non-profit organization, is proposing a Scholarship Matching Fund where the Florida Legislature match dollar for dollar the money raised by the volunteer Boards of Trustees of the 32 AMI programs in Florida for the contunied education of its graduates. AMI is requesting $256,000 the first year (enough to send ten students to community college or vocational school from each AMI program - at approx. $1600 per student for tuition and books); $384,200 the second year (15 students per AMI program); and $512,000 the third year (20 students per AMI program).
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
For only $1644 annually per student, AMI can provide educational and employment services for students that will ensure a successful transition and dramatically increases the chances of success. In addition, students and their families continue to receive the guidance and counseling provided them during their participation in the juvenile justice funded portion of their marine institute. Since our programs operate year round, this is only $137 per month for each youth. It is a tremendous value to the state in that it increases public safety by extgending the length of stay and decreasing recidivism. School systems benefit by no-longer having to place juvenile offenders in their schools. The total annual cost for operating this program for 665 slots statewide is $1,093,260.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Increased educational levels, increased life management skills, increased employment levels, decreased crime rates and lower recidivism rates for AMI graduates who attend community college or vocational schools and who are employed.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$256,000
Total cost of the project:		$512,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Yes
	Cash Amount:	$256,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Yes
	Amount:	$512,000
	Purpose for future year funding:			Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?				Yes
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?					No
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No