| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2668 | |||||||||
| Nehemiah Sheriff's Faith Based Academy | |||||||||
| Requester: | Rev. Willie C. Barnes | Organization: | Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church | ||||||
| Project Title: | Nehemiah Sheriff's Faith Based Academy | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 4:55:45 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Siplin | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The academy educates disruptive, low performing and males who are at-risk and potential candidates for Florida's juvenile justice and corrections systems. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Nehemiah Youth Academy | Contact: | Wilie C. Barnes | ||||||
| 412 East Kennedy | Contact Phone: | (407) 647-0010 | |||||||
| Eatonville 32751 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Orange | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Nehemiah Sheriff's Faith Based Academy is an academy that seeks to provide a quality education to low performing and at-risk disruptive students that cannot be educated in a regular public school setting. The academy seeks to instill work ethics, values and provide a quality and sound education to a group of kids that are at-risk of being candidates for our juvenile justice and corrections systems here in Florida. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Increase the number of low performing and at-risk males in Orange County that graduate from high school. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $350,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $50,000 | In-kind Amount | $25,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2002-2003 | Amount: | $350,000 | ||||
| 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: | Orange County Schools has a large number of disruptive students that need a decent education | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Orange County Board of Commissioners | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 07/16/2002 | ||||||||