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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #27 |
| Family Preservation and Support Program for Parents involved in the Criminal Justice System |
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| Requester: |
Evalina W. Bestman |
Organization: |
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Family Preservation and Support Program for Parents involved in the Criminal Justice System |
Date Submitted |
1/11/2005 3:09:42 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Reduction in recidivism rate of parental incarceration, reduction in school dropout rate. |
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| Recipient: |
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Evalina W. Bestman, Ph. D. |
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1313 N.W. 36th Street, Suite 400 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 635-0366 |
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Miami 33142 |
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Contact email: |
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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: |
| Develop family preservation and support program for parents involved in the criminal justice system and their children. Specific target population are parents being released from correctional facilities and reuniting with their childre. many prisoners are parents who lack the skills and training to effectively fulfill their parental responsibilities. The children usually become the responsibility of the state in that their caretakers, be it family members or foster parents are receiving aid from Department of Children and Families. These children have been reared in an environment, which may have been supportive of criminal behaviors while under the supervision of their parents. The adult role moder (parents) engaged in the same gehavior, which have wreaked havoc on the quality of life of our community and their children. These children are at highest risk for becoming involved with juvenile justice and subsequently adult criminal justice system. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 1) To prevent children and adolescents of parents involved in the Criminal Justice System from becoming involved in the Criminal Justice System themselves; 2) To provide parents involved with the Criminal Justice System with skills to effectively assume parenting responsibilities for their children who are in State custody or funded by the State; 3) To provide family intervention services which would include the following: (a) provide counseling to children, adolescents and their caretakers; (b) provide parenting education to inmates and/or individuals court ordered into diversionary programs; (c) facilitate a plan of reintegration into the family on parenting role for inmates being discharged; (d) linking children and family members, including caretakers, with community resources to gain and maintain mastery of basic academic skills and to facilitate their life away from crime. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$300,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash 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: |
$250,000 |
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: |
Department of Corrections Statistics on recidivism. |
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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: |
11/12/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
