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Anti -Poverty Initiative Program Guidelines
Background:
On September 23, 2014, the Miami City Commission approved Resolution No. 14-0362 establishing the
Anti -Poverty Initiative ("API") program. The following Anti -Poverty Initiative guidelines were passed on
May 23, 2019, per Resolution No. 19-0202, to ensure the accountability and utilization of the program
funds meets the intent of Resolution No. 15-0106 and Resolution No. 16-0044 as well as anti -poverty
related Sunshine meetings held in 2014. Funding allocation is based on poverty rates for each
commission district.
Purpose:
The purpose of the Anti -Poverty Initiative is to reduce poverty within the City of Miami communities and
funding shall be utilized to meet the needs of poor residents. The City of Miami created the Anti -Poverty
Initiative to address poverty based on a strategy of focusing the provision of support towards the City's
residents achieving self-sufficiency.
Anti -Poverty Initiative focuses on projects and programs providing services directly benefitting
disadvantaged City of Miami residents in the following priority areas:
• Educational Programs for children, youth and adults
• Crime Prevention
• Elderly meals, transportation, recreational and health/wellness related activities
• At -risk youth or youth summer job programs
• Transportation services and programs
• Job development, retention and training programs
• Homeless Services
The expenditure of Anti -Poverty funds allocated under this Initiative shall only be expended to benefit
the interest of disadvantaged residents of the City of Miami.
Eligible Entities and Organizations:
Anti -Poverty Initiative fund recipients must be an active and registered State of Florida entity:
(1) For Profit; (2) Not -for profit organizations {501(3)(c)}; (3) Governmental units;
(4) Educational and academic institutions; (5) City of Miami departments, agencies, and
boards
Additional Program Guidelines and Requirements
• Any organization considered for or selected to receive Anti -Poverty Initiative funds must comply
with any and all local, state and federal laws, rules, regulations, or guidelines associated with the
programs funded, and such allocations may be revoked at the sole discretion of the City
Commission.
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City of Miami
Anti -Poverty Initiative Program Guidelines
• Organization must complete an Anti -Poverty Initiative funding request form.
• API program is subject to commission approval and funding availability.
• API fund recipients will use funds for a program or initiative that reaches a significant number of
individuals or significantly impacts Miami's disadvantage communities.
• Recipients will be required to enter into a grant agreement with the City of Miami prior to any
funding being disbursed. Said agreement shall include program/activity information and
language regarding:
o Resolution stating who is authorized to execute agreement with City of Miami
o Scope of Services including but not limited to number of residents being served, City of
Miami District/Location where services are being provided, program focus/priority area,
frequency of service, performance measures and any other performance metric deemed
relevant to the program priority area
o Budget detailing how funding will be utilized to provided services to disadvantaged
City/District residents as described in the Scope of Services
o Invoicing for activities and services provided and residents assisted or served
o Conflict of Interest
o Insurance as required by the City of Miami
o Any other material terms deem applicable to ensure appropriate use of public funds
• If an agreement is not executed in six (6) months from the date of Commission approval, the
recipient will be recommended for de -obligation.
• The agreement term will end a year following Commission approval.
• Recipients will be required to complete an end of program close-out report certifying the services
provided, performance metrics and number of people served, location of services and timeline
for the provision of API related services. The City, from time to time, will conduct on-site
monitoring and/or audits of the API funded program/activity/service.
• Funds cannot be used to pay expenditures such as:
o Lobbying Activities
o Traveling for non -program participants
o Meals for non -program participants
o Pay bad debt
o Defense and prosecution of criminal and civil proceedings
o Donations or fund raising activities
o Individual or Personal expenses
o Pay same expense charged to other funding source (e.g. CDBG funds)
o Sponsorship of events and activities
o Any other expenditures deemed ineligible by the City of Miami
• Organizations that discriminate based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age or
disability will not be recommended for funding. Administrative/Indirect expenses cannot exceed
10% of the budget allocation.
• The attached Funding Request Form (pages 1-5) must be completed in its entirety and submitted to the
Office of Grants Administration before the entity may added to the Commission Agenda for approval.
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City of Miami
Anti -Poverty Initiative Program
Funding Request Form
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Contact Person: Miguel Rebimbas
Title: Director of Behavioral Services
Phone number: 305-636-3517
Email Address: mrebimbas@miamibridge.org
Name of Person completing this form: Miguel Rebimbas
Legal Name of Organization: Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services Inc.
Address (Street, City, State, zip Code): 2810 NW South River Drive, Miami, FL 33125
Executive Director of Organization: Dr. Dorcas Wilcox
Executive Director email: dwilcox@miamibridge.org
Executive Director Contact Phone Number: 305-636-3511
The organization is a registered and active State of Florida Corporation (select one):
❑ For-profit organization
ZNot -for profit organization {501(3)(c))
❑ Local governmental unit
❑ State governmental unit
❑ Educational and academic institution
❑ City of Miami department, agency and board
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City of Miami
Anti -Poverty Initiative Program
Funding Request Form
ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM/PROJECT INFORMATION
Organization History and Background Information:
Started in 1985, the mission of Miami Bridge is to promote positive youth development, and strengthen and support families to enable youth to actualize their full
potential to become productive cottununity members. Miami Bridge offers an array of prevention and intervention services to assist families with troubled youth,
ages 6-17 who are at -risk, chronic runaways, truants, and neglected and abused, all free of charge. Our emergency shelter in Miami provides temporary housing
to 200+ youth per year. Our community based program serves an additional 200+ families to divert children from having to utilize emergency shelter services.
Is your program/project providing direct services to residents of the City of Miami? Yes❑✓ No❑
Number of residents your entity will serve: 65 Families
Frequency of Service:
Age Group Served:
Weekly HomeVisits
12-17 years old
Is your program/project impacting one of Miami's disadvantaged communities? Yes[Z]No
Geographic Area Served (specific to this project/program)
District Served (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Citywide) Citywide
Neighborhood/Community being served: City of Miami
Program/Project Priority area (Select one):
❑ Educational Programs for children, youth and adults
❑ Crime Prevention
❑ Elderly meals, transportation, recreational and health/wellness related activities
❑ At -risk youth or youth summer job programs
❑ Transportation services and programs
❑ Job development, retention and training programs
7 Homeless Services
❑ Improving housing opportunities and complete minor housing repairs and ADA
❑ upgrades for low income elderly and veterans
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Section — Frequency of Services:
Home Visits:
Home visits will be conducted weekly with each family, in addition, families will be enrolled in our
parenting program (Family Connection Program) and will attend one parenting/ student class once a
week for 12 weeks (12 week cohort). The case manager will also make routine school visits to monitor
the student's progress (academic) and behavior.
Families will receive:
• Minimum — (1) weekly home visit
• Enrollment in parenting program/ class - (1) class per week — for 12 weeks
• Regular School Visits — As needed by the family
City of Miami
Anti -Poverty Initiative Program - Funding Request Form
Program/Project Title: Wrap Around Services Program for Homeless Youth
Project/Program Description: The Wrap Around Service Program for Homeless Youth is an intensive home visiting program
that provides parent education, helps manage problems, and work with students who are at risk or already experiencing homelessness. The Wrap Around Service Coordinator
promotes awareness and understanding of the issues students face when experiencing homelessness. The wrap around service coordinator recognizes the strengths these
students bring to school from-perimcing homelessness and collaborates with students, parents and community stakeholders to overcome the barriers to academic, carter, and social success associated with homelessness.
Program Start Date: October 1, 2019 Program End Date: September 30, 2020
Please describe how this program/project and funding will alleviate poverty within the City of
Miami?
The Wrap Around Service Program is designed to address the problems that homeless children and youth have faced in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school.
Under this program, schools must ensure that each homeless child and youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, as other children and youth.
Itameless children and youth will have access to educational and other community services that they need to enable them to meet he same challenging state student academic achievement standards to which all student arc held.
IMPACT AND PERFORMANCE:
Describe overall expected outcomes and performance measures for this project/program:
100% of youth enrolled will receive shelter, meals, clothing hygiene and wrap around services as needed. 100% of youth will receive referrals to community resources to address their needs-
100%
eeds.
100% of the youth will have access to individual counseling, group counseling and/or case management. 95% of youth will have no arrests during enrollment/ services.
Increase in schools attendance, Increase in school academic achievement/ grades, and decrease in suspensions and/or behavioral issues.
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Section — Impact and Performance:
Outcomes:
There will be several pre and posttests/ observations when a family enrolls into our program. The case
manager will conduct the following assessments:
• AAPI (Adult Adolescent Parenting Index)
• CBCL (Child Behavioral Check List)
• Needs Assessment
• Strengthens and Difficulties Assessment
• Intake Risk Screening
In addition to the assessments, the case manager will have also have access to the clients student portal,
so we are able to monitor school attendance, academics, and suspensions as a pre and post outcome.
Case notes, progress notes, and action plans are developed as well to guide students and families into a
success discharge of the program.
Curriculum Used:
• Nurturing Families — Evidence Based Curriculum
• Positive Action - Evidence Based Curriculum
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Section — Proiect/ Program Description:
The Wrap Around Service Program for Homeless Youth is an intensive home visiting program that
provides parent education, helps manage problems, and works with students who are at risk or already
experiencing homelessness. The primary focus of this program is to develop a trusting and productive
relationship between the family, school, community and the staff. The wraparound process is an
intensive, individualized care management process for youths with serious or complex needs who are
suffering from homelessness. Wraparound was initially developed as a means for maintaining youth
with the most serious emotional and behavioral problems in their home and community. This program
conducts universal screening of all youth and targets youth ages 12-17 that may have disabilities, come
from low income and high need, display disruptive behaviors have mental health or substance abuse
issues and are at risk of homelessness or are homeless.
Families can be identified by the non-residential counselors, teachers, or other community providers.
The wrap around service coordinator promotes awareness and understanding of the issues students
face when experiencing homelessness. The wrap around service coordinator recognizes the strengths
these students bring to school from experiencing homelessness and collaborates with students,
parents/guardians and community stakeholders to overcome the barriers to academic, career and
social/emotional success associated with homelessness.
Advocate for students and collaborate with their parents/guardians to reduce barriers related to school
enrollment, academic success and appropriate educational placement
• Recognize the strengths of the individual student and all of those who have experienced
homelessness
• Attain knowledge for assisting unaccompanied youth per specific state guidelines, following legal and
ethical codes
• establish educational and preventive programs for homeless parents and children
• Collaborate with school and community personnel and coordinate appropriate support services
specific to basic, academic and social/emotional needs
• Increase stakeholder awareness and understanding of the McKinney-Vento Act, and the rights of
homeless students
• Assess students for common associated concerns such as adverse childhood experiences and refer
students for additional support as appropriate.
City of Miami
Anti -Poverty Initiative Program - Funding Request Form
FUNDING REQUEST INFORMATION:
Amount Requested: $ 50,000
Explain how the City of Miami Anti -Poverty funding will be utilized:
This funding will be utilized to employ a case manager to provide needed services and referrals for youth and their families.
Further, funding will be used to provide additional needed items for youth and families ie. bus passes, food, clothes,
recreational, books, shelter, etc.
Itemize API funding related to expenditures below:
Personnel Salaries & Wages:
Personnel Benefits
Space:
Utilities (Electricity, Phone, Internet)
Supplies:
Marketing:
Transportation (Participants):
Meals (Participants):
Professional Services (List each):
Other (please describe):
Other (please describe):
Other (please describe):
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$34,500
$5,100
$3,600
$1,600
$1,900
$900
$1,000
$1,400
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Section — Marketing:
Marketing ($900):
Often our case managers are invited to present to Miami Dade Public School faculty and staff, often
during their professional development trainings. Typically the general audience for these presentations,
whether to faculty and staff or to families during back to school nights run between 150-300 at one
time. Handouts such as, informational packets about the program, promotional material (business cards,
etc.), referral/ contact forms, brochures, etc. are always useful for families and a great source for
schools to have throughout the school year.
City of Miami
Anti -Poverty Initiative Program
Funding Request Form
To be completed by the Entity/Recipient
By signing below you agree to the guidelines and stipulate that the information provided on this form is
accurate and complete.
Completed by (Print & Sign): Dorcas L. Wilcox
Date: July 30, 2019
Additional Comments:
For over 30 years, Miami Bridge has been, and continues to be a staple in this community. Still, we are the only emergency shelter in Miami
serving hundreds of the most vulnerable youth of this community. Your funds will help us to continue to serve these youth and their families.
To be completed by District Commissioner/Mayor's Office
Recommended for funding: Yes❑ No❑
Funding Recommendation:
Commission Meeting Date:
Additional Comments:
Completed by (Print & Sign):
Date:
To be completed by the Department
Received by (Print & Sign):
Date:
Additional Comments:
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