Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #268FY0001 The Embrace Foundation, Inc.
Requester:		Velma Lawrence			Organization:		Embrace The Foundation and Magazine
Project Title:		The Embrace Foundation, Inc.			Date Submitted:		2/8/01 6:39:26 PM
Sponsors:		Frederica Wilson
Statewide Interest:		Provide urban and/or inner city neighborhoods w/comprehensive intervention programs for girls.
Recipient:		The Embrace Foundation, Inc.			Contact:		Velma Lawrence
		6600 N.W. 27th Avenue, Suite A-2			Contact Phone:		(305) 357-2629
		Miami, FL 33137
Counties:		Dade
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
The Embrace Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c)3 organization in collaborative effort with governmental, educational, social, religious and corporate entities. Its primary focus is educating, promoting enhancing, empowering, embracing and mentoring youngsters (particularly young girls) 10-17 years of ages residing in South Florida's urban and/or inner city neighborhoods (more particularly the Empowerment Zone) and later expand the concept statewide. Our mission is to foster and educate these precious and untapped jewels of our community who have been long neglected, ignored and under represented. The Embrace Foundation, Inc. provides an extensize and unique one-on-one six-eight (6-8) week course in health, exercise and jhygiene, beauty, style and fashion to technology and career development. Our prevention sessions will focus on the areas of substance abuse and peer pressure, self-esteem, sex education and sexually transmitted disease as well as teen pregnancy.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Home follow-up visits and family counseling is also required on an ongoing bases which is why we have limited our annual enrollment to one dozen (2) youngsters. No other organization offers such a comprehensive program dedicated to a target group of youngsters with it emphasis on young girls.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$300,000
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Total cost of the project:			$400,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Local
	Total Cash Amount:		$75,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$400,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Yes
	Agency:		Juvenile Justice, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Dept. of Juvenile Justice Deliquency Preventative Report
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:		1/17/01