House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1689 Emergency Renovation & Treatment Enhancement Project
Requester:	John Kross		Organization:		Here's Help, Inc.
Project Title:	Emergency Renovation & Treatment Enhancement Project		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 12:20:51 PM
District Member:	Debbie Wasserman-Schultz		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Dade
Recipient:	Here's Help, Inc.		Contact:		Sam Zocco
	15100 NW 27th Avenue		Contact Phone:		(305) 685-8201
	Opa Locka 33054
Project Description:
Here's Help Inc. has a serious need to improve, enhance, and renovate various areas in our residential and outpatient facilities, to ensure the health and safety of our clients, as well as to produce a greater success rate. Here's Help Inc. as a vital, significant, and cost effective comprehensive drug/alcohol treatment agency, needs funding for a variety of projects to upgrade our building and property, with an emphasis on the need to maintain a healthy and safe environment for our clients. Our main facility, where the majority of the therapy is conducted, is over 40 years old and has recently been subject to a 40-year inspection by Miami-Dade County. The inspection revealed that the structure is sound, but there are many safety and health issues to be considered. It is necessary to upgrade every source of potential hazard to avoid dangerous situations and maintain a healthy environment for our clients.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
By providing a more condusive, safe, and healthy environment for our clients to live, learn, and receive therapy, we will achieve even greater success in returning clients to their respective communities as productive drug-free citizens of the State of Florida. This means we will have safer neighborhoods with less crime. The Governor's proposed Florida Drug Control Strategy, has targeted Juvenile Offenders as one area of concern. Here's Help has already targeted Juvenile Offenders since the day we opened our doors. Our goal is to break the cycle of substance abuse and crime among our youths.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
By the State funding our project and making our facilities healthier, safer, and more condusive to treatment, our positive outcomes with our clients will be enhanced. Our five(5) anticipated outcomes are: (1) The year following completion of the project will show a five-percent higher successful completion rate in our residential and outpatient programming; (2)Client satisfaction survey results 5% higher on overall approval of the program; (3)5% greater "no drug or alcohol" use status 90-days after treatment; (4) 5% improvement in the number of former clients employed 90-days after the treatment; and (5) 5% reduction in the number of clients arrested 90-days after treatment. (Numbers 3,4, and 5 reflect follow-up studies on all clients that leave the program.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$351,750
Total cost of the project:		$469,000

Request has been made to fund:			Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?				No
Was this project previously funded by the State?				No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?				Unknown
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:	Miami-Dade County's 40-year Inspection Report
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?				No