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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #855 |
| The FAMILY (Families Achieving More by Investing in and Leading their Youth) Program |
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| Requester: |
Stacy Gromatski, Executive Director |
Organization: |
Capital City Youth Services |
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| Project Title: |
The FAMILY (Families Achieving More by Investing in and Leading their Youth) Program |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2005 10:39:49 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Lawson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project addresses strengthening families (involvement in positive activities, increasing protective factors, increasing parental involvement, etc.). Using data from the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, (FNYFS), lack of family cohesion is shown as a statewide deficit in the families of at-risk youth. According to 2003/04 data from FNYFS, and other youth and family statistics, their findings suggest an urgent need for family-focused programs and services in Florida, and further demonstrate that FNYFS member agencies already have established connections with a population likely to benefit from the FAMILY Program. |
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| Recipient: |
Capital City Youth Services |
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Contact: |
Stacy Gromatski |
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2401 Roberts Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 546-6000 |
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Tallahassee 32301 |
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Contact email: |
stacy@ccys.org |
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| Counties: |
Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The FAMILY Program is designed as an intensive family strengthening experience. The objective of FAMILY is to help families: 1. Increase their problem solving skills, 2. Achieve healthy stability of the home environment, 3. Increase cohesiveness between family members, 4. Instill the value of education in their youth, and 5. Develop healthy relationships with schools and other community organizations. The FAMILY Program involves weekly, three-hour sessions, over a seven week period. Each evening begins with a dinner, which gives program instructors the opportunity to develop rapport with participants and to observe general family functioning. After dinner youth and parents attend separate groups for instruction. The last 30-45 minutes of each evening consists of family-building activities that allow youth and parents to share what they have learned. The FAMILY Program uses research-and evidence-based curricula, such as: Redirecting Children's Behavior (RCB), Parents Who Care, and Strengthening Families, depending on identified needs. These are internationally known parenting education curricula that emphasize positive discipline techniques. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| CCYS expects the FAMILY Program to meet or exceed prior outcomes of their PAC Programs. Program Statistics for the 2002-2003 fiscal year indicate that, of those families who participated: 91.98% demonstrated increased knowledge of parenting problem solving skills; 79.68% showed improvement of family cohesion; 83.96% established homework time; 78.07% attended parent-teacher conferences; 77.54% increased their participation in school related activities; 86.63% increased their family reading time; and 85.03% made at least one library trip during the program. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$295,010 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$368,763 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$73,753 |
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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: |
$295,010 |
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: |
2003/04 data from Florida Network of Youth and Family Services |
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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: |
Gadsden County Commission |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/21/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
