House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2250

The Haven II - Emergency Shelter for Abused and Abondoned Children ages 0 - 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Holly Baney

Organization:

Junior League of South Brevard, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

The Haven II - Emergency Shelter for Abused and Abondoned Children ages 0 - 6

Date Submitted:

01/28/2000 3:48:16 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Howard Futch

Service Area:

Regional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Brevard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

The Haven for Children, Inc. C & F District Vii

Contact:

Holley Baney

 

(confidential location)

Contact Phone:

(321) 727-1291

 

 

Satellite Beach 32937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construct a 2500 sq ft emergency shelter facility to house abused, neglected, abandoned children ages newborn to six who have been removed from their homes and court ordered placement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Court-ordered out-of-home placement for abused and abondoned children in the Dept. of Children & Families - District VII (Brevard, Orange, Osceola & Seminole Counties).  Licensed facility provides safe, therabuetic, homelike setting for children until they are placed in a relative placement, foster care, or reunited with custodial parent(s).  Will double teh capacity of the existing facility (The Haven) from nine (9) to eighteen (18) children emergency shelter is critically unavailable.  The hHaven for Children has bee a model Emergency Shelter child Placing Agency, contracted with the Department of Children and Families since May 1987.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Double the capacity of the Haven for Children, Inc. from nine (9) to eighteen (18), an Emergemcy Shelter for abused and abandoned children ages 0 - 6 serving Dept of Children & Families District VII (Brevard, Orange, Osecola & Seminole Counties).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$203,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$103,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Agency Need's Assessment 50-70 children placed out of area due to shortage of shelter beds in Dist 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Brevard County Legislative Delegation Meeting

 

Meeting Date:

12/16/1999