Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1110FY0001 Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital - "Junior Green Team Program"
Requester:	Joan Kohl			Organization:		Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital
Project Title:	Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital - "Junior Green Team Program"			Date Submitted:		02/07/2001 4:40:22 PM
Sponsors:	Stacy Ritter
Statewide Interest:	This programs will target "at-risk" juveniles in the community
Recipient:	Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital			Contact:		Joan kohl
	3916 NW 73 Avenue			Contact Phone:		(954) 752-7732
	Coral Springs 33065
Counties:	Broward
Service Area:	Private Organization
Project Description:
The Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital is seeking Operational funding for it "Jr. Green Team" Program. This project is designed to offer children who have been identified as being "AT-Risk" a healthier, happier lifestyle, through gardening. Some of the rewards of this program include getting their hands "dirty" seeing something they plant grow, smelling the sweet flowers, tasting a fresh vegetable and hearing the birds sing. Exerting energy in a positive way, seeing something they planted grow are ways of directing youth into better lifestyle. This program would be offered during after school times (early release days), weekends, summer and holiday vacation program (often the time when these children get into trouble). Funding would be used to purchase educational aides, gardening tools, plants, seeds, and equipment. Children will be taught how to create backyard habitats and butterfly using native plants, as well as planting vegetable gardens and fruit trees. They will also be encouraged to plant things at their homes and to help beautify their own neighborhoods. Joan Kohl, a recent "Governors Point of Light Award" recipient, will direct this project.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
To offer an alternative program for children being identified as "At-Risk," by teachers, social workers, police and courts. The program will keep these children busy in a fun and education setting by involving them in a rewarding gardening project. This program would be offered during times when these children often become involved in undesirable behavior, when they are often unsupervised and are "bored." By offering a healthier and fun project we hope to reduce juvenile delinquency while promoting a feeling of self-worth and accomplishment. This program can also help prepare these children for entering into the job market by teaching them new career skills and peeking their interest in further educational opportunities.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:					$75,000
Identify item(s) in the Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:		630
Specific Appropriation Title:		Department of Corrections: Adult Male Custody Operations, Special Categories; Food Service & Production
Amount to be reduced:		$75,000
Fund Source:		General Revenue
Total cost of the project:		$90,000
Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Type of funding match:	Private
				Total In-Kind Amount:		$25,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?						No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Unknown
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?						Unknown
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						No