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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1775 |
| One Family - One Solution: Community Based Family Therapy for High-Risk Girls and Families in Central Florida |
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| Requester: |
Harold Arant |
Organization: |
VisionQuest |
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| 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 |
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| Sponsors: |
Alexander |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The need to reduce juvenile delinquincy with girls and strengthen the ability of familis to function effectively. |
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| Recipient: |
VisionQuest |
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Contact: |
Harold Arant |
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42660 Highway 441 North |
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Contact Phone: |
(863) 763-6019 |
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Okeechobee 34972 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Brevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| 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. |
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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: |
| 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. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$427,700 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$570,055 |
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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 |
$68,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$74,355 |
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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: |
$427,700 |
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 Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention Comprehensive Strategy. |
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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: |
Osceola County Delegation Meeting |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
01/29/2003 |
