Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #198FY0001 Devereux Florida Therapeutic Foster Care Day Camp
Requester:		Bill Posey			Organization:		Devereaux Florida
Project Title:		Devereux Florida Therapeutic Foster Care Day Camp			Date Submitted:		2/7/01 11:57:28 AM
Sponsors:		Bill Posey
Statewide Interest:		Provides Therapeutic Foster Day Camp for children who are wards of the State of Florida
Recipient:		Devereux Florida			Contact:		Denise Bedson
		5850 T.G. Lee Blvd. Suite 400			Contact Phone:		(407) 812-4555 217
		Orlando 32822
Counties:		Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
Project Description: Devereux Florida is a not-for-profit organization providing a full continuum of mental health and developmental disability services to children and their families with services in 19 counties throughout Florida, Programs include: Intensive Residential Treatment, Community Based Residential Care, Day Treatment Schools, Charter School, Therapeutic Foster Care, Group Home, Transitional Living Center, Center for Developmental Disabilities, and outpatient Counseling Centers. Funding is requested to operate a nine week summer Therapeutic Foster Day Camp for approximately 60 children ages 8 - 14. These children require daily structured activities as a component of their treatment. The summer school vacation creates additional challenges for therapeutic Foster parents and the children. All of these children are wards of the State of Florida and identified as either severely emotionally disturbed and/or exhibit a non-chronic condition with emotional and behavioral problems. Many of these children have been severely abused physically and sexually. The Therapeutic Foster Care Day Camp will help each child develop social skills, increase self-esteem and learn team-building skills. Daily activities will include but not be limited to: group recreational activities, cultural awareness, community service, team work, educational science, arts and crafts, crime prevention, personal hygiene education, drug prevention education, writing, reading and field trips. The program will also focus on leadership and responsibility goals. Devereux Florida will collaborate with local law enforcement, health department, YMCA, and other community organizations to enhance the program. Our main objective of the Therapeutic Foster Care Day Camp is to provide each child with the environment for enhanced learning and development of skills and attitudes that will help each child achieve continued growth and development. These populations of children need ongoing structured activities to help them "heal". An unstructured summer can lead to difficulties that may cause a child to regress in treatment. There are currently no other appropriate summer programs that this population of children would qualify for. This population lacks the social skills and their inappropriate behaviors usually lead to expulsion from "regular" community summer day camps, which further deteriorates the child's self esteem.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Devereux uses the Devereux rating Scales developed by Devereux's National research center. The Institute of Clinical Training and Research. The Devereux Rating Scale derived from state of the art technology and monitors the child's progress and aids in the creation of individualized treatment plans. The scale also provides for a unique accountability of the services offered and provides a means by which to method success and effectiveness of treatment.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$120,000
Total cost of the project:			$160,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Private
					Total In-Kind Amount:		$40,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2000		Amount:		$120,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$120,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							No
Is there a documented need for this project?							Unknown
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No