Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #876FY0001 Joshua House / Transitional Housing for Recovering Addicts
Requester:		William Grace			Organization:		Friends of the Carpenter
Project Title:		Joshua House / Transitional Housing for Recovering Addicts			Date Submitted:		02/08/2001 10:12:13 AM
Sponsors:		Aaron Bean
Statewide Interest:		Statewide drug problem; the need for cost-effective programs that reform drug addicts
Recipient:		Friends of the Carpenter			Contact:		William Grace
		104 North Wolff Street			Contact Phone:		(904) 321-1367
		Fernandina Beach 32034
Counties:		Nassau
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
Create and sustain a transitional home for addicts, choosing to live in recovery. This highly structured evironment will provide opportunities for people to reclaim their lives and assume constructive roles in the community. Staffing will include two on-site resident managers, an addictions counselor, a spiritual guide, and a social service counselor. Residents will stay a maximum of six-months. During their stay they will be required to get a job, pay rent, stay sober, observe a curfew, learn money management skills, participate in comprehensive social services and addictions counseling, and develop a broad recovery support network by attending local 12-step meetings.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
First and only transitional home in Nassau County will facilitate return to productive role in community by recovering addicts, while also strengthening families, lowering the demand for drugs, reduce drug-related crime, and provide for a more stable work-force.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$400,000
Identify item(s) in the Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:			723 A
Specific Appropriation Title:			Special Categories - Local Community Control Projects
Amount to be reduced:			$400,000
Fund Source:			General Revenue
Total cost of the project:			$450,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations and Construction
Type of funding match:		Federal
	Total Cash Amount:		$50,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$100,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations and Non-recurring Construction
	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?							No
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Fernandina Beach City Commission; Nassau County Board of Commissioners
	Meeting Date:		09/01/2000