Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2064 | |||||||||
| Project Enhance | |||||||||
| Requester: | Bettie Ferguson | Organization: | South Dade Youth Awareness Center, Inc | ||||||
| Project Title: | Project Enhance | Date Submitted | 1/14/2005 3:20:40 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Larcenia Bullard | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| To support program expansion efforts for the project discovery for youth programs. This multi-cultural youth after school educational program was established to improve race relations and provide hands-on career exploration opportunities for youth. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Bettie Ferguson | Contact: | Bettie Ferguson | ||||||
| 16938 South Dixie Highway | Contact Phone: | (305) 233-8111 | |||||||
| Miami 33157 | Contact email: | ||||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The South Dade Youth Awareness Center is seeking funding with the primary goals of providing alternative/supplemental education and academic assistance; career development and self-management counseling alond with substance abuse/violence prevention interventions to 150 Elementary and Middle School youth between the ages of 6-17 in our target areas who are deliquent or "at-risk of school and/or societal failure. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| To provide education and counseling along with recreational activites for the prevention of teen pregnancy and the risk of young men becoming another statistic in our judical system. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $150,554 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $150,554 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $150,554 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $100,000 | 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? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||