Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #713FY0001 After School Tutorial Program
Requester:		R.J. Intindola			Organization:		City Manager, City of Hallandale Beach
Project Title:		After School Tutorial Program			Date Submitted:		02/01/2001 5:20:13 PM
Sponsors:		Kenneth Gottlieb, Eleanor Sobel
Statewide Interest:		Provides educational and support programs to grade school children
Recipient:		City of Hallandale Beach, Friends of the Hepburn Center			Contact:		R.J. Intindola
		400 South Federal Highway			Contact Phone:		(954) 457-1300
		Hallandale Beach 33009
Counties:		Broward
Service Area:		Government Entity
Project Description:
The City of Hallandale Beach, in conjunction with a not-for-profit volunteer organization, the Friends of the Hepburn Center, coordinates and administers an After School Tutorial Program which provides education, homework assistance, computer training and counseling to 250 low to moderate income area children in grades K to eight. The Program also provides activities to children and their families which includes self-esteem building, crime safety and health prevention, youth entrepreneurial projects and mentorship programs. In order to provide the programs described above, fourteen low to moderate income individuals are provided part-time employment to assist staff in administering the program. The program is offered year-round in conjunction with the Broward County year-round school in Hallandale Beach. The number of program participants has been increasing annually by an average of ten percent, necessitating additional financial assistance to continue to meet the demand of these services.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Positive development of young children, increased success in school.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$150,000
Identify item(s) in the Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:			86
Specific Appropriation Title:			Aid to Local Government-Grants & Aids-Alternative Schools/Public Private partnership Incentives from General Revenue Funds
Amount to be reduced:			$150,000
Fund Source:			General Revenue
Total cost of the project:			$525,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Federal
	Total Cash Amount:		$375,000
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?							Yes
	Documentation:		Documented by City Commission at public meetings
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		City of Hallandale Beach City Commission
	Meeting Date:		09/05/2000