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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #62 |
| Empowering Women for a Better Future |
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| Requester: |
Marleine Bastien, Executive Director |
Organization: |
Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc./Haitian Women of Miami, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Empowering Women for a Better Future |
Date Submitted |
1/11/2005 3:50:31 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| FANM feels strongly that the benefits from this program to the quality of life in Miami-Dade and from its replicability will far outweigh the $500,000 program request. |
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| Recipient: |
Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc./Haitian Women of Miami, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Marleine Bastien, Executive Director |
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7900 N.E. 2nd Avenue, 7th Floor |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 756-8050 |
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Miami 33138 |
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Contact email: |
marleine_bastien@hotmail.com |
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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: |
| FANM, an acclaimed and comprehensive advocacy and social service agency for the 350,000+ Haitians who make a home in Miami, proposes the program "Empowering Women for a Better Future." By training women who have small informal businesses in the haitian community in business operations skills, licensure, legal requirements and sales tax compliance, over-all record keeping, and customer service, these women will be able to start and manage full-time businesses as private, for-profit entities. this cadre will form a network of Haitian women entrepreneurs, who will become mentors for other women who will be trained and develop skills to get them off the welfare rolls. This group will alson be trained in and employ best practices of microenterprises nation-wide to assure sustainability. According to the 2000 Censue, Miami ranks the poorest of all major cities in the US: 32% of the residents live in poverty; 74.6% speak a language other than English in the home. The median income is less than half tht of the rest of the county, with many of the poorest residents of this city living in Little Haiti. The poverty level, coupled with language barriers and lack of formal education, particularly impacts Haitian women, many of whom are the primary source of support for their families and work in hospitality industries. Since 9/11/01, most of these women now work two and three jobs and may still be underemployed. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| By utilizing linguistically and culturally appropriate technical assistance and training, this program will be a model of grassroots community economic development that will have a sustained and growing positive impact on the infrastructure of our community. This project will also be well-documented, and the development of training materials in Kreyol will be replicable and available for use in other communities with similar concerns and situations. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$550,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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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: |
2000 Census |
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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 Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/22/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
