Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2660FY0001 Faith Initiative for Families at Risk
Requester:		Charles Sawyer			Organization:		Family & Children Faith Coalition
Project Title:		Faith Initiative for Families at Risk			Date Submitted:		2/9/01 10:26:46 AM
Sponsors:		Edward Bullard
Statewide Interest:		Providing cost-effective social services to county=highest number of at-risk families & children
Recipient:		Family & Children Faith Coalition			Contact:		Charles "Rick" Sawyer
		14748 S.W. 56 Street, #PMB 107			Contact Phone:		(305) 228-3986
		Miami 33185
Counties:		Dade
Service Area:		Government Entity
Project Description:
In the past year, FCFC has mobilized 100 faith-based social service providers, and linked together 300 churches and 750 individuals, in order to help address the pressing social problems in Dade County. Along with the national spirit of cooperation between the government and faith-based groups, which began with the "Charitable Choice" provisions of the federal Welfare Reform laws, FCFC plans to continue our mobilization efforts with faith-based groups. Depending upon the priorities of the Legislature and Governor, FCFC proposes to accomplish the following goals, which will both help to stabilize South Florida families and prevent further social ills. (These projects will address foster care, drug abuse and violence prevention, after school programs, education, family stabilization, child care, increased employability for former welfare recipients and the hard to employ, teen pregnancy, and domestic violence issues.)
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Provide MAPP training in local houses of worship, resulting in 100 new foster and adoptive parents; develop 10 new faith-based drug-abuse and violence prevention programs; organize 10 church-based after-school care programs in conjunction with local public schools; distribute Parent Training and other family stabilization materials through 25 houses of worship; Help to establish 10 "Gold Seal" accredited child care centers in church facilities; begin 5 Welfare-to-Work mentoring programs with local houses of worship; implement the Jobs Partnership model of church-based employment mentoring in at lease three neighborhoods; Create 3 gang-outreach and prevention programs in areas most affected by youth violence; Develop 5 teen pregnancy prevention programs and 3 teen mom outreach efforts; implement domestic abuse prevention programs in 15 churches
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$300,000
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Total cost of the project:			$300,000
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:		$300,000
	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:		Dept. of Children & Famillies, Health Dept., S. Fla Training & Employment Comm., Juv. Justice Dept.
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 County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		1/17/01