House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2910

Jacqueline Harris Pyramid Academy-Pensacola Family Care for Youth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Celestine Lewis

Organization:

Pensacola Family Care for Youth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Jacqueline Harris Pyramid Academy-Pensacola Family Care for Youth

Date Submitted:

01/31/2000 7:25:55 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Dee Dee Ritchie

Service Area:

County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Escambia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Pensacola Family Care for Youth

Contact:

Celestine Lewis

 

422 N, Baylen St,.

Contact Phone:

(850) 432-2273

 

 

Pensacola 32513-2881

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mentoring Program for At Risk Youth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Specialized performance-focused academic and mentoring program targeting up to 75 at-risk youth and their families who are failing public school because of problematic behaviors in grades 2-5 who reside in Escambia County and attend one of the listed elementary school which received a failing grade of "F" within the Florida Dept. of Education's School Performance Grading System.  This program provides an enhanced and enriched educational environment built around a fexible faith-based model suitable for extremely at-risk elementary school chidren.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

This programs instructional settings, levels of expectations and parental involvement shall develop individuals who are achieving at their hightest level of potential; embrace democratic ideals including honesty integrity respect for self and others, responsibility and patriotism. 100% of youth participating in program shall demonstrate improved behavior by being able to be mainstreamed back into the regular public school setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$409,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Amount:

$159,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

7 Failing Schools as determined by Fl. Dept. of Education Grading System 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

No