Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3267FY0001

The Embrace Foundation, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Velma Lawrence

Organization:

Embrace The Foundation and Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

The Embrace Foundation, Inc.

Date Submitted:

2/20/01 12:48:56 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Kendrick Meek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

Provides urban and/or inner city neighborhoods w/comprehensive intervention programs for girls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

The Embrace Foundation, Inc.

Contact:

Velma Lawrence

 

6600 N.W. 27th Avenue, A-2

Contact Phone:

(305) 357-2629

 

 

Miami 33127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Dade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Private Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Embrace Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 organization in collaborative effort with governmental, educational, social, religious and corporate entities.  It's primary focus is educating, promoting enhancing, empowering, embracing and mentoring youngster (particularly young girls) 10-17 years of ages residing in South Florida's urban and/or inner city neighborhoods (more particularly the Empowerment Zone) and later expand the concept statewide.  Our mission is to foster and educate these precious and untapped jewels of our community who have been long neglected, ignored and under represented.  The Embrace Foundation, Inc. provides an extensive and unique one-on-one six-eighth (6-8) week course in health exercise and hygiene, beauty, style and fashion to technology and career development.  Our prevention sessions will focus on the areas of substance abuse and peer pressure, self-esteem, sex education and sexually transmitteed disease as well as teen pregnancy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Home follow-up visits and fmaily counseling is also required on an on-going bases which is why we have limited our annual enrollment to one dozen (2) youngsters. No other organization offers such a comprehensive program dedicated to a target group of youngsters with it emphasis on young girls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Local

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Cash Amount:

$75,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

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?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Department of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Preventative Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Miami-Dade Legislative Delegation

 

Meeting Date:

1/17/01