Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #87FY0102
District 15 Family Support Program for Homeless Families
Requester:		Sue Rux			Organization:		Homeless Assistance Center, Inc.
Project Title:		District 15 Family Support Program for Homeless Families			Date Submitted:		1/18/2002 12:42:31 PM
Sponsors:		Bill Posey
Statewide Interest:
This program addresses the need for housing and support services for homeless families by assisting them in securing permanent housing. The annual report from Florida Department of Children & Families reports there are at least 57,400 homeless people in Florida on any given day, which is up 9% from the 52,500 last year. 33% are families. District 15 reports over 2000 who are either homeless or living in over crowded conditions with other family members or friends. It is estimated that 46% are families.
Recipient:		Homeless Assistance Center			Contact:		Sue Rux
		2525 St. Lucie Avenue			Contact Phone:		(561) 567-2766
		Vero Beach 32960
Counties:		Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie
Gov't Entity:			Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):					Yes
Project Description:
The Family Support Program for Homeless Families assists families with children under 18 years of age who are homeless move into permanent housing. The program provides a one-time housing-related payment to cover security deposit, first month's rent and necessary deposits for services and utilities up to $1500. We are requesting to serve 37 families next year. Our mission to eliminate homelessness will become rhetoric if we do not treat this devastating social issue. In addition to placing the homeless in housing we support their needs by providing services such as: clothing, food, job training, education, life skills classes, and information & referrals. To be eligible the family must be without housing, have a child under the age of 18 living in the household or expectinga child, and one member have a valid ID.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
We expect to house 82% of the families reffered to the program. In conjuction to housing the families, they also will recieve the necessary supportive services to help them become stable and productive citizens and lessen the tax burden of the community. The Case Manager assigned to the family will continue to provide follow along support to the families to sndure all aspects of a healthy family are met. The follow up will continue for 120 days.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$100,000
Total cost of the project:			$200,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
What type of match exists for this project?					Private
					In-Kind Amount:		$100,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2001-2002		Amount:		$237,260
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Yes
	Agency:		Children And Families, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Case management reports, Annual Report on Homelessness in Florida prepared by DCF
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No