House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #938 HOMELESS ASSESSMENT REFERRAL AND TRACKING (H.A.R.T.) PROGRAM
Requester:	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY		Organization:		MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOMELESS TRUST
Project Title:	HOMELESS ASSESSMENT REFERRAL AND TRACKING (H.A.R.T.) PROGRAM		Date Submitted:		01/24/2000 11:03:02 AM
District Member:	Sally Heyman		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Dade
Recipient:	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOMELESS TRUST		Contact:		HILDA FERNANDEZ
	111 NW 1ST, #2710		Contact Phone:		(305) 375-1490
	MIAMI 33128
Project Description:
THIS CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL PROGRAM PROVIDES PRE-TRIAL INTERVENTION FOR HOMELESS, BONDABLE OFFENDERS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE INCARCERATED DUE TO LACK OF A VERIFIABLE ADDRESS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES REFERRAL TO APPROPRIATE HOUSING AND CASE MANAGEMENT, AND TRACKS CLIENT'S PARTICIPATION IN ASSIGNED PROGRAMS AS REQUIRED BY THE COURTS.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
THE CONTINUATION FUNDING WILL ALLOW THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO SERVE APPROPRIATE HOMELESS INDIVDUALS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRE-TRIAL RELEASE, MAKING JAIL BEDS AVAILABLE FOR NON-BONDABLE OFFENDERS, REDUCING THE OVERALL COSTS OF SERVING HOMELESS PERSONS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND REDUCING RECDIVISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH INTERVENTION SERVICES (AND A RESULTING REDUCTION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION TIME AND COSTS).
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
REDUCTION OF HOMELESS PERSONS DETAINED, PRE-TRIAL, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ELIBIBLE FOR RELEASE (INCREASE IN TURNOVER OF JAIL BEDS); # OF ELIGIBLE HOMELESS PERSONS REFERRED TO H.A.R.T. WHO PARTICIPATE AS MANDATED BY THE COURTS; # OF H.A.R.T. PARTICIPANTS THAT COMPLETE THEIR PROGRAMS; # OF H.A.R.T. PARTICIPANTS THAT DO NOT RE-ENTER THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$500,000
Total cost of the project:		$565,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
	Cash Amount:	$40,000		In-Kind Amount:		$585,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	99-00		Amount:		$333,333
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$500,000
	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:	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOMELESS TRUST ANNUAL NEEDS AND GAPS ANAYSIS
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Yes
	Hearing Body:	MIAMI-DADE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
	Meeting Date:	12/01/1999