| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #417 | |||||||||
| Juvenile Justice Alternative:Early Intervention for Pre-Adjudicated youth and their Family | |||||||||
| Requester: | Glenn Ellison | Organization: | Family Farm of Northeast Florida | ||||||
| Project Title: | Juvenile Justice Alternative:Early Intervention for Pre-Adjudicated youth and their Family | Date Submitted | 1/14/2003 1:33:30 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bean | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This program has a regional focus, Northeast Florida, but is not limited to only that area. The program will include measurable results through several evaluation parameters and exhibit community support and involvement. Social agencies, education, juvenile justice, children's services, etc. recognize the growing need to reach and impact children, and their families, before they become involved with the civil authorities. This program has an active parenting component as well as the child's farm experience. The family and child are tracked through several venues, home, school and on-going contact with mentors. The principle is to educate and involve the child and family in prevention techniques. This much more cost effective than after the fact intervention or incarceration. This will ultimately secure and protect the child, the family and the community. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | The Family Farm or Northeast Florida | Contact: | Glenn Ellison (CEO) | ||||||
| 1652 Dolph Road | Contact Phone: | (904) 838-9689 | |||||||
| Jacksonville 32220 | |||||||||
| Counties: | {Statewide} | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The program offers a child in the early stages of rebellious, inappropriate or at-risk behaviors a short, structured, farm experience. The parent is required to participate in a course, The Parent Project, designed to assist in changing the patterns of interaction to more productive and positive relationship between parent and child. The child will choose or be assigned a mentor, or sponsor, to model and teach relationship skills under the axiom, "you must do something different to get something different". The children and parent will atttend the camp process at different times being provided with housing, food and implements to work and.or study. If recidivism occurs, the child will return to the Farm for a longer more intense experience. There are value lessons in self-acceptance, school achievement, positive attitude, fair play, teamwork and respect to name a few. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Adolescent participants will be tracked through their mentor/sponsor, school and parent and student logs about attitudes and subsequent changes towards positive and appropriate behaviors. The family participants will regularly attend support group meetings to discuss problems and successes in the aftercare process. Children are encouraged to come back to the Farm and share their story with new participants. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $200,000 | ||||||||
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| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $5,000 | In-kind Amount | $500,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $150,000 | To Fund: | Operations, Construction | ||||
| 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: | In the Town Hall Meeting, Children's Campaign, Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida, October 29, 2002 | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Duval, Nassau, Clay Counties Juvenile Justice Councils and Sheriffs, Nassau County Coordinator | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/10/2002 | ||||||||