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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1199 |
| ARISE Life-Management Skills Health & Safety Program for After School Centers |
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| Requester: |
Edmund F. Benson |
Organization: |
ARISE Foundation |
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| Project Title: |
ARISE Life-Management Skills Health & Safety Program for After School Centers |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2004 3:08:21 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| According to the Florida Department of Health Trends and Conditions Narrative, it states "Today's students face enormous challenges. Some of the most daunting problem relate to health and safety issues including abuse and neglect, violence, involvement in tobacco, alcohol, and drugs, poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyles, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, asthma and behavior disorders. Students who face these challenges are more likely to fail or drop out of school and less likely to grow up into self-sufficient, productive citizens". |
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| Recipient: |
ARISE Foundation |
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Contact: |
Edmund F Benson |
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4001 Edmund F. Benson Blvd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 593-7473 |
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Miami 33178 |
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Contact email: |
efb@atrisk.org |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| ARISE Foundation will provide staff training and ARISE Life-Management Skills health and Safety curriculum to middle school and elementary schools that have after school programs. The mechanics of the program work like this; An ARISE program specialist trains after school workers within the Miami Dade County School System. These men and woman are then able to teach the children and adolescents in their charge the ARISE Life-Management Health and Safety curricular for 45 minutes to one hour for a minimum of one session per week. These children and youth are learning age appropriate information on topics such as nutrition, weight control, physical fitness, stress reduction, school bus safety, substance abuse, refusal skills, seat belt safety, safety at home, outside and at school, hand washing, self-esteem, AIDS, STD's , good grooming, personal safety, dealing with bullies, and much more in the areas of health and safety. ARISE Foundations monitors the program by visiting after school sites, reflecting with the teaching staff, observing teachers conducting ARISE health and safety lessons, collecting program data and working with an independent evaluator to measure program success. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Training trainers at middle and elementary schools to be ARISE Life-Skill instructors
Disseminate ARISE program materials to all the schools involved
Evaluate the program to determine effectiveness of training and program implementation
Children will score at least 75% on chapter quizzes
75% of the staff training evaluations will indicate satisfaction with the program
75% of the instructors trained will express satisfaction with the program as measured by instructor survey
75% of the instructors observed will demonstrate competency in program implementation
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$350,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$50,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$350,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Florida Department of Health Trends and Conditions Narrative |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Miami-Dade Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
10/17/2003 |
