Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #859FY0001 Project CRAFT/Tampa
Requester:		Wayne Bertsch			Organization:		Florida Home Builders
Project Title:		Project CRAFT/Tampa			Date Submitted:		2/15/01 10:44:36 AM
Sponsors:		Tom Lee
Statewide Interest:		Addresses the residential construction industry's acute labor shortage through unique DJJ Program.
Recipient:		Home Builders Institute			Contact:		Dennis Torbett
		1090 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 600			Contact Phone:		(007) 957-9557 740
		Washington, D.C. 20005
Counties:		Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
Project CRAFT is a vocational training program designed to improve educational levels, upgrade vocational skills, and reduce recidivism among adjudicated youth while addressing the labor needs of the home building industry. The program has been implemented as a prevention, intervention, aftercare and residential initiative. Project CRAFT/Tampa would be a community based aftercare program.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Expected Average Job Placement Rate for Project CRAFT/Tampa graduates is 80%.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$325,000
Total cost of the project:			$406,250
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Local
					Total In-Kind Amount:		$81,250
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$341,250
	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:		U.S. Department of Justice and Labor
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No