| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1775 | |||||||||
| One Family - One Solution: Community Based Family Therapy for High-Risk Girls and Families in Central Florida | |||||||||
| Requester: | Harold Arant | Organization: | VisionQuest | ||||||
| Project Title: | One Family - One Solution: Community Based Family Therapy for High-Risk Girls and Families in Central Florida | Date Submitted | 1/15/2004 11:34:24 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Alexander | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The need to reduce juvenile delinquincy with girls and strengthen the ability of familis to function effectively. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | VisionQuest | Contact: | Harold Arant | ||||||
| 42660 Highway 441 North | Contact Phone: | (863) 763-6019 | |||||||
| Okeechobee 34972 | Contact email: | ||||||||
| Counties: | Brevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| On Family - One Solution: VisionQuest proposes to implement a 72-family FFT program in Orange, Osceola, Indian River, and Brevard Counties. Each family will receive intensive counseling and support from a professional FFT therapist. Each FFT therapist will have a maximum case load of 12 families, allowing the therapist to provide readily-accessible and focused support tailored to the specific issues confronting each family. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Over a one yaer period, at least 190 families in Orange, Osceola, Indian RIver and Brevard Counties will benefit from the intensive in-home support provided by the FFT therapists. Participating youth will exhibit substantially lower recidivism rates than youth with similiar risk levels who receive other types of intervention. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $427,700 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $570,055 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $68,000 | In-kind Amount | $74,355 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $427,700 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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: | Florida Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention Comprehensive Strategy. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Osceola County Delegation Meeting | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 01/29/2003 | ||||||||