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CBIRS Request 2569
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2569
Juvenile Delinquent Faith Based Neghborhood Accountability Boards
 
Requester: Rev. Willie Barnes, President/CEO Organization: Nehemiah Educational & Economic Developement, Inc.
 
Project Title: Juvenile Delinquent Faith Based Neghborhood Accountability Boards Date Submitted 1/14/2005 11:20:39 AM
 
Sponsors: Dawson
 
Statewide Interest:
The statewide interest is the reduction and diversion of juvenile delinquents that would continue to penetrate the judicial system if not for this intervention, thus saving tax payer dollars in the prevention of deeper end services.
 
Recipient: Nehemiah Educational & Economic Developement, Inc.   Contact: Venus Highsmith  
  P.O. Box 941803   Contact Phone: (407) 701-9157  
  Maitland 32794-1803   Contact email: vhsmith77@aol.com
 
Counties: Orange
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
Project Description:
The establishment of ten (10)Faith Based Neighborhood Accountability Boards located in high crime neighbors will serve as an intervention of juvenile misdemeanor offences which will incorporate restorative justice priciples. Referrals will be made by law enforcement in cooperation with the state attorneys office, in the interest of not filing a petition for a law violation upon the successful completion of community issued sanctions by community stakeholder
 
Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Four Hundred youth will be served state wide among the (10)sites. This program will work in corporation with the Department of Juvenile Justice to ascertain what the outcome measure presently are diversion programs on a statewide and national level to better determine a realistic objective.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $392,000
 
Total cost of the project: $392,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Operations
 
What type of match exists for this project? Private
  Cash Amount $   In-kind Amount $39,200
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $392,000 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? Yes
  Documentation: DJJ 2003/2004 delinquency referral profile data
 
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