House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #623

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Holly Baney

Organization:

Junior League of South Brevard, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

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

Date Submitted:

01/18/2000 4:08:25 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Bill Posey

Service Area:

Regional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Volusia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

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

Contact:

Holly Baney

 

(confidential location)

Contact Phone:

(321) 727-1291

 

 

Satellite Beach 32937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construct a 2500 sq ft Emergency Syhelter facility to house abused, neglected, abandoned children ages newborn to six years of age 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 abandoned children in C&F District VII (Brevard, Orange, Osceola & Seminole Counties).  Licensed facility provides safe, therapuetic, homelike setting for children until they are placed in relative placement, foster care, or reunited with custodial parent(s).  Will double the capacity of the existing facility (The Haven) from 9 to 18 children emergency shelter is critically unavailable.  The Haven for Children has beena model Emergency Shelter Child Placing Agency, contracted with the Department of Children and Familites since May 1987.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Double the capacity of the Haven for Children, Inc., an Emergency Shelter for abused and abandoned children ages 0-6 serving Brevard Orange, Osceola & Seminole Counties, from 9 to 18 beds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 plaed out of area due to shortage of shelter beds in D7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Brevard Legislative Delegation

 

Meeting Date:

12/16/1999