| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1360 | |||||||||
| Family Buiders | |||||||||
| Requester: | Miami-Dade Department of Human | Organization: | Miami-Dade Department of Human Services | ||||||
| Project Title: | Family Buiders | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 11:08:24 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Garcia | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Keep families together and prevent the more costly placement of childern in shelter care and foster care. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Miami-Dade County | Contact: | Dean Taylor, Sr., Director, De | ||||||
| 111 NW First Street, Suite 2210 | Contact Phone: | (305) 375-5416 | |||||||
| Miami 331281985 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The Family Builders program seeks to keep families together and prevent the more costly placement of childern in shelter care and foster care. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Sole local provider of family preservation and reunification services. Loss of funding would lead to increase in foster care placements and/ or family abuse cases. In FY 2001-2002 there were 432 families and 720 childern. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,974,900 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation #: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation Title: | |||||||||
| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,264,629 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2002-2003 | Amount: | $416,042 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $416,042 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Agency needs assments and caseloads | ||||||||
| 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 County Legislative Delagation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/04/2002 | ||||||||