House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #588 Community Action Agency Youth Leadership 2000
Requester:	Ophelia E. Brown-Lawson		Organization:		Miami-Dade Community Action Agency
Project Title:	Community Action Agency Youth Leadership 2000		Date Submitted:		01/18/2000 12:16:26 PM
District Member:	James Bush		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Dade
Recipient:	Miami-Dade Community Action Agency		Contact:		Ophelia E. Brown-Lawson
	395 N.W. First Street		Contact Phone:		(305) 347-4615
	Miami, Florida 33128
Project Description:
The Miami-Dade Community Action Agency (CAA) Youth Leadership 2000 Project initiative is targeted at "at-risk" youth throughout Miami-Dade County. The efforts will expose hundreds of youth, many for the first time, to structured activities established to facilitate positive changes in youth who are already being negatively impacted by "risk factors" in our environment. Such an effort complement programs such as JASS, because "at-risk" youth considering, or who are already engaged in criminal activity, but have not been arrested, may rethink their options, change their attitudes and behaviors. CAA Youth Leadership 2000 supports the Prevention Plan's Keeping Bust Component.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
CAA Youth Leadership 2000 Project Proposes to provide at least 800 "at-risk" youth between the ages of 13-18 with a series of leadership workshops, enrichment activities, youth resource fair, youth conferences and two (2)service projects designed to provide them with opportunities to voice their concerns about important topics (e.g., violence, education, crime guns, drugs, gangs, sexual abuse, etc.) and to change negative behaviours through involvement.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
To provide 24 leadership workshops in targeted neighborhoods for at least 700 "at-risk" youth, two (2) county wide youth conferences, at least two (2) community service projects, create at least one new youth council during program year, secure a permanent Youth Representatives Seat on the 42 member CAA Board of Directors, provide 12 enrichment activities for youth council members, provide three Kingian Nonviolence conflict resolution training, one youth resource fair, one youth summit and two scholarships for "at-risk" youth to be used for college or vocational school. Follow-up will be done with organizations that provide participants to determine the impact of activities.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$75,000
Total cost of the project:		$75,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						No
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1999-2000		Amount:		$75,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$75,000
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						Yes
	Agency:	Juvenile Justice, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	Juvenile Justice and empowerment statistics
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Unknown