Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2256

Neighborhood Intervention to Prevent Youth Crime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Amy Carswell

Organization:

Miami-Dade County Youth Crime Task Force

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Neighborhood Intervention to Prevent Youth Crime

Date Submitted:

01/31/2000 1:34:16 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Ronald Silver

Service Area:

County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Dade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Miami-Dade County Youth Crime Task Force

Contact:

Amy Carswell

 

111 NW 1st Street

Contact Phone:

(305) 375-4448

 

 

Miami 33128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify schools and parks in each region to provide intervention programming for youth at high risk for future violence and delinquency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Improve high risk children's behavior and achievement, improve school attendance, class preparedness and academic performance, reduce incidents of agression and socially inappropriate behavior, promote protective factors against violence and crime, evaluate program effectiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

reduce school disciplinary referrals, improve attendance and grades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Amount:

$200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

Yes

 

 

Agency:

Juvenile Justice, Department Of

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

justice agencies report that high risk children are concentrated in specific communities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners

 

Meeting Date:

01/25/2000