House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #797

Family Reunification using Multisystemic Therapy (Foster Care)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Dick Grimm

Organization:

The Henry and Rilla White Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Family Reunification using Multisystemic Therapy (Foster Care)

Date Submitted:

01/31/2000 1:23:42 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Jeff Miller

Service Area:

Regional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Santa Rosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

The Henry and Rilla White Foundation

Contact:

Dick Grimm

 

1876 Eider Court, Suite B

Contact Phone:

(850) 432-9612

 

 

Tallahassee 32308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Henry and Rilla White Foundation proposes to provide intensive family-based reunification services to youths coming home from foster care settings, including residential treatment centers and therapeutic foster care.  The Foundation will also provide services to children and their families to prevent out-of-home placement.  These intensive services will be provided for 45 children and their families for up to four months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

The major goal of this program will be to empower parents with the skills and resources needed to address the difficulties that arise in raising children and services will include strategic family therapy, structural family therapy, behavioral parent training and cognitive-behavioral therapies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Reduction of out-of-home placements in a two county area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$235,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$235,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$235,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

Unknown

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Number of reunification efforts that disrupt/fail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

No