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Senate Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2073 Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring |
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Requester: |
Mike Hancock |
Organization: |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Association or Florida, Inc. |
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Project Title: |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring |
Date Submitted: |
01/31/2000 11:15:57 AM |
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District Member: |
James Horne |
Service Area: |
Statewide |
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Counties Affected: |
{Statewide} |
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Recipient: |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida, Inc. |
Contact: |
Mike Hancock |
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3100 University Boulevard, Suite 120 |
Contact Phone: |
(904) 727-9797 329 |
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Jacksonville 32216 |
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Project Description: |
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Provide community-based and school-based mentoring services to at-risk children across the State of Florida. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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Research studies show providing children with caring adult mentors dramatically improves school attendance and performance, self-control, decreases the likelihood of experimenting with or using drugs, alcohol or tobacco products, and greatly lessens the likelihood of involvement with crime of any type. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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Children will show improvement in academic and/or behavioral performance. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$3,500,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$3,500,000 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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Is there Local Government or Private match for this request? |
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Yes |
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Cash Amount: |
$3,500,000 |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
199-2000 |
Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$4,500,000 |
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Purpose for future year funding: |
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Recurring Operations |
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Will this be an annual request? |
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Yes |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency: |
Education, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Education |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Yes |
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Documentation: |
Research studies and community and state agency reports |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
Unknown |
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