Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1123FY0001 Training Institute for Family Treatment and Troubled Youth
Requester:		Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D			Organization:		University of Miami Center for Family Studies
Project Title:		Training Institute for Family Treatment and Troubled Youth			Date Submitted:		02/07/2001 2:51:28 PM
Sponsors:		Gustavo Barreiro
Statewide Interest:		Will improve through training the effectiveness of adolescent treatment and rehab. outcomes.
Recipient:		University of Miami			Contact:		Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D
		1425 N.W. 10th Avenue #309			Contact Phone:		(305) 243-8217
		Miami 33136
Counties:		Dade
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
The Center for Family Studies Training Institute offers a comprehensive training program designed to advance the effectiveness of providers who treat conduct problems and delinquency in children and adolescents. Our intervention model,Brief Strategic Family Therapy, is supported by clinical research and has received the designation of "best practice" by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, and the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention. We offer a variety of training modalities and programs which range from workshops that can be offered to large groups of providers, to highly intensive experience-based training leading to certification in Brief Strategic Family Therapy. A legislative set-aside would establish the Training Institute for Family Treatment of Troubled Youth at the University of Miami Center for Family Studies to provide this training to providers across the State of Florida.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The Center for Family Studies Training Institute will train providers in our research-based treatment and prevention model for troubled adolescents. Front line providers working with this very challenging population yearn to advance their skills by learning state of the art interventions that are supported by scientific evidence. This desire is conveyed by letters of support that we have received from 30 state-funded agencies who have historically provided a wide range of services throughout Florida. These letters indicate that the agencies would eagerly participate in our training, if funds for such training were available to them.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$500,000
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Total cost of the project:			$2,500,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		None
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
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:		Letters and research from 30 major State funded services providers demonstrating effectiveness
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
	Meeting Date:		01/17/2001