| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #654 | |||||||||
| Child Care Development Services | |||||||||
| Requester: | Quandra Love, President/CEO | Organization: | Community Ownership Corporation, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | Child Care Development Services | Date Submitted | 1/14/2003 10:27:36 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Brummer | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The statewide interest addresses and supports child welfare issues regarding services provided to foster care, child protection, latchkey and other children presently susceptible to the services of the Department of Children & Families that possess risk factors that increases the likelihood of government intervention,i.e., foster care, mental health and protective child care services, which could be mediated through intensified parenting skills training and other protective factor ancillary type services. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Community Ownership Corporation, Inc. | Contact: | Quandra Love | ||||||
| 3887 Kittyhawk Avenue | Contact Phone: | (407) 294-3377 | |||||||
| Orlando, Florida 32808 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Orange | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| This child care facility will provide a safe, educational and nurturing environment for children. In addition to providing parenting skills training coupled with early child care educational development services which will include family case management services, that will assess need, and subsequently make community assistant referrals to appropriate agencies, with a focus on self sufficiency. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| The measurable outcome will be that forty (40) children and units of family/guardians will receive childcare and family counseling services throughout the twelve (12) month fiscal year of which a subsequent certified professional evaluation will determine the effectiveness of reduced intervention with DCF as well as the increase of self sufficiency of the parents/guardians. The findings of the evaluation will be published as research of child & family intervention best practices. Pre and post test surveys will be performed to measure parent/guardian satisfaction and retention of child care information/education. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $166,400 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation #: | 315 | ||||||||
| Specific Appropriation Title: | Special Categories | ||||||||
| Amount to be reduced: | $166,400 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $166,400 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | In-kind Amount | $25,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | No | ||||||||
| 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: | Documentation to be hand delivered. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||