House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #193

Exchange Club Castle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Theresa Garbarino

Organization:

Exchange Club Castle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Exchange Club Castle

Date Submitted:

01/21/2000 11:38:27 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Kenneth Pruitt

Service Area:

Statewide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Baker, Brevard, Broward, Clay, Duval, Indian River, Manatee, Martin, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, St. Johns, St. Lucie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Exchange Club Castle

Contact:

Theresa Garbarino

 

3525 Midway Road

Contact Phone:

(561) 465-6011

 

 

Fort Pierce, Fl. 34981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Safe Families" is a child abuse prevention program that draws on the existing resources of the statewide network of Florida Exchange Centers to work with families in their home, to eliminate risk factors for abuse, neglect & family instability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

In-home, intensive & long term work with families that will strive to eliminate the risk factors for abuse and neglect, including parent education, stable housing, livable wages, employment, health insurance & child care for children, delay of initial or subsequent pregnancy involvement in child's school

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

450 families enrolled - 350 completed goals including no confirmed abuse during two year period & acquisition of 3 of the following-stable housing, livable wage employment, health & child care for dchildren, delay of initial or subsequent pregnancy & involvement in their child's school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$2,250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$325,000

In-Kind Amount:

$100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$1,800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

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?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

28% increase in abuse supports Dept. of Children & Families move away from prevention services.  Gap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

No