Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1672 Edward Waters College Peer Counseling Institute
Requester:	Bernice Parker-Bell		Organization:		Edward Waters College
Project Title:	Edward Waters College Peer Counseling Institute		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 5:16:09 PM
District Member:	Betty Holzendorf		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Duval
Recipient:	Edward Waters College		Contact:		Williams Hastings
	1658 Kings Road		Contact Phone:		(904) 366-2538
	Jacksonville 32209
Project Description:
Edward Waters College is a four year coeducational private institution. The College is Florida's Oldest independent institution of higher learning, as well as the first institution established for the education of African Americans. Established in 1866 the College strives to promote educational, cultural, and spiritual development for all people. As a coure social and educational institution, Edward Waters College is duty bound to develop, implement and maintain youth programs designed to better the lives of all young people. The EWC Peer Counseling Training Institute will target youth between the ages of 15 to 17 with career aspirations in one of the Behavorial Sciences. For the purposes of this program the Behavorial Sciences will include Psychology, Sociology, Criminal Justice and Social Work. Youth selected for the program will be chosen on the basis of recommendations from school personnel, the clergy, or a community leader. There will be 50 -75 youth selected for this program with an even mix of males and females. Youth facilitators will be selected from a pool of college students attending EWC who like the participants have career aspiration in one of the Behavorial Sciences. There will be one youth facilitator per 10 program participants. The program will consist of 6 weeks of training for the Youth Facilitators and 12 weeks for instruction for the participants. THe program is designed from the Jessor and Jessor Program which focuses on three systems fround to be essential for the development of either positive or negative youth behavior. Social Environment System, Personality System, Behavior System.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Provide students with hands-on skills and traning in the Social and Behavorial Sciences field, thus making them immediatly eligible to joint the workforce. This program further identifies youth who are not in the juvenile justice system, but who need guidence.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Increase in trained professionals in the social sciences field, and decrease in juvenile delinquency in and around the service sera.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$200,000
Total cost of the project:		$200,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					No
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Yes
	Amount:	$200,000
	Purpose for future year funding:			Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?				Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	Comprehensive Strategy Task Force on Serious Violent & Chronic Juvenile Offenders Report
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No