Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1161FY0102

Royal Reading Project  (Parent & Child Project)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Rosetta Vickers

Organization:

Zeta Community Center, Beta Tau Zeta ROYAL Association, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Royal Reading Project  (Parent & Child Project)

Date Submitted:

1/17/2002 11:15:44 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increasing educational achievement for at-risk students through mentoring and tutoring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Beta Tau Zeta ROYAL Association, Inc.

 

Contact:

Rosetta Vickers

 

 

1743-49 NW 54th Street

 

Contact Phone:

(305) 836-7060

 

 

 

Miami 33147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Dade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gov't Entity:

 

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mentoring, tutoring, keyboard training, computer classes, and kung-fu classes to at-risk students Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during after school hours in the Liberty City Location.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Eighty percent of the students will show a marked improvement in attitude, academics and attendance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify items(s) in the FY 2002-03 Appropriations Bill to be reduced:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation #:

1195a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation Title:

Legislative Initaitives to Prevent and Reduce Juvenile Crime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount to be reduced:

$50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$150,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What type of match exists for this project?

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Students' test scores and teacher oobservations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

No