Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #934FY0102
G.A.P. - Girls Advocacy Project
Requester:		Ruth Shack			Organization:		Dade Community Foundation, Inc.
Project Title:		G.A.P. - Girls Advocacy Project			Date Submitted:		1/17/2002 6:15:23 PM
Sponsors:		Gustavo Barreiro
Statewide Interest:
The Girls Advocacy Project is a project that serves female juvenile detained in the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Center. Currently these are the only services that are offered in detention. The GAP has had almost 2000 girls volunteer to participate in this program to date. The GAP works in collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice, the community (via a community advisory board), and court agents.
Recipient:		Dade Community Foundation, Inc.			Contact:		Ruth Shack
		200 South Biscayne Blvd.			Contact Phone:		(305) 371-2711
		Miami 33131
Counties:		Dade
Gov't Entity:			Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):					Yes
Project Description:
The Girls Advocacy Project (GAP) works in collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Center personnel. Project personnel review the intake, orientation and education procedures for girls and coordinates a schedule for gender-specific group talks. The GAP staff also review other pertinent data such as each grils school and arrest history. Proceeding the introduction session, five intensive, educational group talks lasting two-hours each are presented every other day (excluding weekends) in fourteen-day rotations. In addition to the group talks, there are one-to-one individual talks, the use of a GAP journal, interaction with the Public Defenders Office, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. A community advisory board was also formed in January 2000 that recruits individuals from the community private and public foundations in the education, care and services to needed girls.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The Girls Advocacy Project is a project that serves female juvenile detained in the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Center. Currently these are the only services that are offered in detention. The GAP has had almost 2000 girls volunteer to participate in this program to date. The GAP works in collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice, the community (via a community advisory board), and court agents.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$350,000
Identify items(s) in the FY 2002-03 Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:
Specific Appropriation Title:			Special Categories Grants and Aids - Substance Abouse
Amount to be reduced:			$350,000
Total cost of the project:			$350,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
What type of match exists for this project?					None
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2001-2002		Amount:		$150,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Unknown
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:		GAP project evaluator reports, OJJDP reports on juvenile female delinquency.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Miami Dade Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		10/5/2001