Senate Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2247 Community Re-Entry Program |
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Requester: |
Mathis Guice |
Organization: |
Community Reconstruction Institute |
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Project Title: |
Community Re-Entry Program |
Date Submitted: |
01/31/2000 8:49:06 PM |
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District Member: |
Daryl Jones |
Service Area: |
Statewide |
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Counties Affected: |
Broward |
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Recipient: |
Community Reconstruction Institute |
Contact: |
Mathis Guice |
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6299 West Sunrise Boulevard |
Contact Phone: |
(954) 791-8893 |
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Sunrise 33313 |
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Project Description: |
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The Community Re-entry Program serves offenders newly released from prisonl on probation and in community corrections programs. CRP provides and coordinates services so that clients can become socially and economically productive members of their families and their communities, thereby avoiding a return to prisonl Program staff includes Case Managers, Job Developers, Education Specialists, a Legal Advisor and Support Group Facilitators. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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More successful job placements, a higher percentage of job retention, a lower percentage of school drop-outs and a lower rate of recidivism. The costs of arrest, prosecution and incarceration will be lowered in the State. The wages earned and taxes paid by the ex-offenders will benefit the State and immediate community. The CRP will reduce the burden on the State of having to support the ex-offender and his/her family. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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The CRP will help 60% of its clients to obtain jobs within 120 days. At least 75% of cliens participating in the Job Readiness Training will successfully complete the training. No more than 12% of clients of the CRP will become recidivists. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$4,500,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$4,500,000 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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Is there Local Government or Private match for this request? |
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Yes |
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In-Kind Amount: |
$214,500 |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
1998-1999 |
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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YesNon-recurring Construction |
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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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Unknown |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Yes |
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Documentation: |
Annual Report 1997-1998 from Dept of Corrections |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Broward County Legislative Delegation |
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Meeting Date: |
12/21/1999 |
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