Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #17 Foster Care Review Board of Hernando County
Requester:	Karen Nicolai		Organization:		Hernando Co. Clerk of Circuit Court
Project Title:	Foster Care Review Board of Hernando County		Date Submitted:		01/03/2000 9:36:27 AM
District Member:	Ginny Brown-Waite		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Hernando
Recipient:	Foster Care Review Board - Hernando County		Contact:		Robert Spadaro
	#20 N. Main St.		Contact Phone:		(352) 754-4201
	Brooksville, Florida 34601
Project Description:
Trains and implements panels to review cases of abused & neglected children in dependent care.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The review will identify & overcome barriers to permanency in their young lives. The goal is also to heighten community awareness of the needs of these children.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Dependent children will obtain permanency faster through board hearing than through a Judge.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$32,500
Total cost of the project:		$46,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
				In-Kind Amount:		$13,500
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1999		Amount:		$32,322
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$35,000
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						No
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	Study by Office of State Courts Administrator "Dependency Court Improvement Program" Nov. 1999
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Yes
	Hearing Body:	Hernando Co. Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:	12/16/1999