Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1887FY0001 Behavior Modification Program (CRP)
Requester:		Mathes Guise			Organization:		Koinonia Worship Center
Project Title:		Behavior Modification Program (CRP)			Date Submitted:		2/16/01 5:07:32 PM
Sponsors:		M. Mandy Dawson
Statewide Interest:		Reduce recidivism rate of youth and young adults of juvenile and criminal justice system.
Recipient:		Community Reconstruction Institute			Contact:		Mathes Guise
		6299 West Sunrise Blvd., Suite 200			Contact Phone:		(954) 791-8893
		Sunrise 33313
Counties:		Broward, Dade
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
The Behavior Modification Outcome Program is based on the need to establish an early pre-natal intervention program for pregnant at-risk teens, incarcerated pregnant young adults and foster care children in order to enable the unborn to receive positive life development opportunities well into their adult life.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Establish a model that will house the integrative components of the Behavior Modification Program, which will serve at least 50 pregnant at-risk teens, incarcerated pregnant teens and young adults, and foster care children. This will be a safe place to serve mothers and provide comprehensive, prescriptive services from pre-natal to five years of age and beyond. This model is designed to begin the reversal process of the current mindset of youth and young adults. The primary goal will be to provide our young people with the knowledgeable skills, self-esteem and peer support that will lead to productive self-sufficient lives. This initiative by traditional standards would amount to a radical departure from the current process- oriented programs to people-to-people oriented programs. People oriented programs combine services and initiatives that aim at changing the attitudinal behavior dispositions of at-risk youths and ex-offenders so that they see their potentials and abilities to excel rather than succumb to society's negative stereotyping of them. Performance criteria for people oriented programs are more qualitative than quantitative and are more time and labor intensive, beyond most traditional government criterias.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$700,000
Total cost of the project:			$700,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Local
					Total In-Kind Amount:		$214,500
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		1998-1999		Amount:		$1,000,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$600,000
	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:		Department of Corrections statistics for affected counties (Annual Report 1997-98)
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Broward County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		1/18/01