Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1264FY0001 Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY)
Requester:		Chris Card			Organization:		YMCA
Project Title:		Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY)			Date Submitted:		2/14/01 8:55:35 AM
Sponsors:		Lisa Carlton
Statewide Interest:		Assists parents and children who live in subsidized housing to prepare their children for school.
Recipient:		YMCA			Contact:		Chris Card
		1 South School Avenue			Contact Phone:		(941) 366-3881
		Sarasota 34237
Counties:		DeSoto, Sarasota
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
The HIPPY Program began in 1992. HIPPY is a home-based program for the educational enrichment of preschool children and for the promotion of increased awareness by their parents of their own strength and potential as home educators. Participation in the program helps the children become more responsible, responsive and successful school students, and improves parental self-image and attitudes towards education. HIPPY concentrates its efforts on families at or below poverty level operating within the subsidized housing communities in Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. HIPPY in Sarasota and DeSoto has demonstrated success through eight years of tracking students graduating from the program. The HIPPY students remain out of the dependency and delinquency systems, are attending school, are staying at grade level, all students in our survey are carrying a C average or above and many are on the honor roll. In each arena these achievements are dramatically above the students from the subsidized housing communities that were unable to be served in the program. We have waiting lists of children at each site.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
95% of HIPPY graduates will demonstrate "school readiness" based on the test administered by the school district upon admission in kindergarten, 95%HIPPY graduates will remain at grade level through elementary school. 90% of HIPPY graduates will not have a referral for child abuse.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$100,000
Total cost of the project:			$500,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Federal
	Total Cash Amount:		$400,000		Total In-Kind Amount:		$50,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2000-2001		Amount:		$57,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$100,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Current waiting list of over 100 children
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Sarasota County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		1/16/01