Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3288FY0001 Juvenile Literacy Center, Tampa
Requester:		Debbie Garcia			Organization:		Tampa Bay Reads
Project Title:		Juvenile Literacy Center, Tampa			Date Submitted:		2/9/01 5:44:59 PM
Sponsors:		Sandra Murman
Statewide Interest:		To assist each Juvenile Offender to successfully readjust to school, family, and the community.
Recipient:		Tampa Bay Reads			Contact:		Debbie Garcia
		4202 E. Fowler Ave. EDU 162			Contact Phone:		(813) 558-0255
		Tampa 33620
Counties:		Hillsborough
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
The Literacy Center's goal is to provide resources to address the confirmed low literacy rates of Juvenile Offenders in the Metro-Tampa area via human resources intervention, guidance, counseling, and computer technology solutions. A collaborative group of Tampa residents, businesses and organizations (BPR, INROADS, Tampa Bay Reads, and Advantage Training Systems), with guidance and input from the Hillsborough Sheriff's Department are proposing a Literacy Center encompassing each organization's expertise focused on assisting "targeted" juvenile offenders and other At-Risk young adults. The Literacy Center is designed to address the clients reading and writing deficiencies, increase their exposure to computer technology aids and tools, coach clients to improve their social skills, and expose members of client's family to the Center's resources.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The expectation is access to the Center's offerings that will help not only the clients' improve their self-esteem, but deter other family siblings from becoming future juvenile offenders. Encompasses the Family as a whole.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$120,000
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Total cost of the project:			$320,000
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:		$200,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						No
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:		National Institute for Literacy Report
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No