| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #132 | |||||||||
| Foster Children/Vehicle Insurance | |||||||||
| Requester: | Lee Johnson | Organization: | Sarasota YMCA, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | Foster Children/Vehicle Insurance | Date Submitted | 1/11/2006 3:28:52 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bennett | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Creates a pilot program for the purpose of reimbursing foster parents, residential facilities, or foster children who live independently for portion of increased costs of motor vehicle insurance for a foster child who has a driver's license;directs CFS Dept. to establish pilot program that will require a foster child to pay remaining portion of increase. With positive results, it could become a statewide program giving more independence/acceptance to foster children. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Sarasota YMCA, Inc. | Contact: | Lee Johnson | ||||||
| One S. School Avenue #301 | Contact Phone: | (941) 951-2916 | |||||||
| Sarasota 34237 | Contact email: | lhjohnson@sarasota-ymca.org | |||||||
| Counties: | DeSoto, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Implement a pilot program for the purpose of assisting with 1/2 the cost of auto insurance to foster children who live independently, foster parents, and residential facilities. The foster child will pay the remaining 1/2 of the insurance costs by working part-time. Foster parents do not receive enough money per child to accept the burden of the 1/2 they would have to pay on their own, while teaching the teenage child a fiduciary responsibility. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| 150 driving age adolescents and or a foster parent will receive 1/2 of these premium payments from the appropriation. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $150,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $150,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $150,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Sarasota Legislative Delegation meeting | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/03/2005 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||