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CBIRS Request 2148
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2148
Project Discovery
 
Requester: Micheline Ducena Organization: Haitian Organization Of Woman
 
Project Title: Project Discovery Date Submitted 1/14/2005 1:05:26 PM
 
Sponsors: Larcenia Bullard
 
Statewide Interest:
The Entrepreneurial Youth Center will ofer education training and skills for each youth's achievement of financial self-sufficiency. The Tutoring Program will focus on FCAT/DCPS curriculum.
 
Recipient: Micheline Ducena   Contact: Micheline Ducena  
  162 SW 1st Street   Contact Phone: (305) 245-8157  
  Homestead 33030   Contact email: HAITIANORGWOMEN@AOL.COM
 
Counties: Dade
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
Project Description:
To support program expansion effort for the project discovery for youth Program. This multicultural youth afterschool educational program was established to improve race relations and provide hands on career exploration opportunities for youth.
 
Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Our training center will provide a local vocational traning facility to the community that will increase the career aspirations for youth that receive limited exposure to real life situations, by introducing them to micro-enterprises such as the Bakery, sewing factory music production and greenhouse. We will expose them to employment opportunities and provide business education resume prparation, time management skills and this facility will provide them with an alternative to incarceration for those who do not want to or can not go to college.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $275,000
 
Total cost of the project: $550,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Operations
 
What type of match exists for this project? Private
  Cash Amount $500,000  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $275,000 To Fund: Operations
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   Yes
  Agency Legislative Branch
 
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)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Miami Dade County Legislative Delegation
  Hearing Meeting Date: 11/24/2002
 
Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?   No