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4/11/91
RESOLUTION NO. 9 1` 300
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE TAX=EXEMPT
STATUS CLAIMED BY INFANTS IN NEED, INC., A
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, IN SUPPORT OF ITS
REQUEST FOR RETURN OF MONIES TO BE PAID BY IT
BECAUSE OF ITS FAILURE TO FILE APPLICATIONS
FOR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF PROPERTY LOCATED '
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI; AUTHORIZING AND
INSTRUCTING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO REIMBURSE
SAID ORGANIZATION THE AMOUNT OF $3,562.16,
SAID SUM BEING CONFIRMED AS THE AMOt1NT TO BE
RECEIVED BY THE CITY AS A RESULT OF THE
ORGANIZATION'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE FILING
REQUIREMENT; FURTHER DESIGNATING PROPERTY
TAXES ACCOUNTS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND
GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE FUND AS THE
FUNDING SOURCE FOR SUCH REIMBURSEMENT.
WHEREAS, the Infants in Need, Inc., a charitable
organization, has been recognized as having a tax-exempt status
under provisions of the Internal Revenue Service and the State of
Florida; and
. WHEREAS, the City is to receive $3,562.16 from tax monies to
be paid by said organization due to its having failed to perfect
its claim for recognition of such status;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The tax exempt status recognized under Federal
and Florida law and claimed by Infants in Need, Inc., a
charitable organization, in support of its request for the waiver
of monies owed to the City because of its failure to timely file
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an application for tax-exempt status of property located in the }
City of Miami, is hereby recognized and the Finance Director is
hereby authorized and instructed to reimburse said organization
the amount of $3,562.16, from applicable Property Taxes Accounts
in the General Fund and General Obligation Debt Service Funds,
said sum being confirmed as the amount to be received by the City
as a result of the noncompliance with the filing requirement of '
applying for tax-exempt status by Infants in Need, Inc.
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immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of P,pr,1
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711 NW 72nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33126
`lblephone (305) 261-3800
"telex No. 522028 MDMART MIA
March 19 ► 1991 + J1 �r{{
Mayor Xavier Suarez
3500 Fan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
RE: AD VALOREM TAXES/INFANTS IN NEED, INC. A 501(C)(3)
CORPORATION NOT -FOR• -PROFIT
Dear Xavier:
On September 21► 1989, Infants In Need, Inc./Linda Ray Center
for Abused and Abandoned Children, a not -for -profit organi-
zation, purchased two apartment buildings, one at 1477 N.W.
8th Avenue and one at 750 N.W. 15th Street. These former
"crack houses" are being renovated by Infants In Need to
house abused and abandoned infants.
Infants In Need, Inc. did not realize that it was required to
file an Ad Valorem tax exemption by March, 1990 to be exempt
from taxes. The Board of Directors, as well as Linda and I,
would appreciate being placed on the agenda with the Board as
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HISTORY AND MISSION
OF
INFANTS IN NEED, INC.
ORGANIZATION:
Infants In Need, Inc., a 501-(c) (3) not for profit organization, was formed in 1987
to renovate a duplex . building to provide emergency shelter for abused and
abandoned infants in Dade County. The various boards of Infants In Need, Inc. are
composed of dedicated doctors, lawyers, businessmen and women, various
government officials including a Secretary of State, two senators, and two university
presidents. These men and women, from diverse walks of life, share a common
.interest: their love for children and a recognition that our future lies in their hands.
The Board of Infants In Need, Inc. realized that there were not enough shelters to
care for the ever growing demand and expanded their vision to include the
purchase of property near the Linda Ray Infant Center for additional facilities.
FACILITIES:
Infants In Need, Inc. is presently involved with the following properties.
BUILDING "A" : LINDA RAY INFANT CENTER --Located at 14911 N.W. 8th .
Avenue, Miami, Florida.
The Linda Ray Infant Center was established in 1987 as an emergency shelter to
house twenty abused and abandoned infants from birth to 'one year of age. It was
purchased by the Children's Home Society with fifty per cent of the funds provided
BUILDING "B" : TODDLER CENTER --Located at 1477 N.W. 8th Avenue
Miami, Florida. '
This building was a six -family residential building. Plans were completed in April of
1990 with input from Odldren's Home Society staff, board members of Infants In
Need, Inc and architects associated with Sasaki and Associates, Inc..
Children's Home Society determined that the greatest need in their program was a
facility for toddlers, children from one year to three Years of age. Work on this unit.
began in June of 1990 with the employment of a Project Manager to coordinate the
various trades of the Miami Building and Trades Council whose 22 locals were to
donate labor to renovate this apartment house into a Toddler Center for abused
and abandoned children.
This renovated building includes a reception room, office for social services, office
for Infants In Need, Inc. staff, and a medical room for visiting doctors to use in
examining and treating the children housed in the Infant Center, Toddler Center
and McLamore Children's Center. Also included is a kitchen to serve both the
Linda Ray Infant Center and the Toddler Center and a dining room that would
double as a class or meeting room. In addition, it will contain two large playrooms,
five bedrooms, an isolation unit for sick children, and special bathroom facilities. In
total, thirty-five toddlers will be sheltered here.
Estimated cost for renovations including in -kind services, is three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ($350,000.00). The projected opening date is June 1, 1991, when
Infants In Need, Inc. plans to lease the facility to Children's Home Society for one
dollar ($1.00) a year. The facility will be owned and maintained by Infants In Need
and the Toddler Program will be run by Children's Home Society.
BUILDING "C': INTERVENTION CENTER --Located at 750 N.W. 15th Street,
Miami, Florida.
This large twenty -family apartment building is a very important addition to the
Linda Ray Center. It will add enough space to - give the flexibility needed for
research programs with substance exposed infants and cocaine -addicted mothers.
The University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics has
developed a model program for exposed infants and mothers involving both a
Home Based Program and a Center Based Program wherein the infants in the two
programs can be tracked and compared from birth through preschool. This
program is entitled "Early Intervention Program for Substance Exposed Infants".
The University of Miami is working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
National Institute of Drug Abuse and Dade County Public School Board to fund
this program. This program will be housed on the first floor of the "C' building
which will be the Intervention Building."
The Children's Home Society has applied for several grants for a program involving
drug addicted mothers and their substance exposed babies. In this program, entitled
Early Intervention", the mother and baby would live in apartments on the second
floor of the Intervention Building in a homelike environment. The mother would be
under the strict supervision of the courts. The baby would be cared for at the
Center °during the day then returned home to be with the mother at night for
natural bonding and a home life."
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Infants In Need, Inc. members have met with Children's Home Society staff, the
University of Miami staff and Sasaki and Associates Inc. architects to develop plans
to accommodate the two programs and meet the strict requirements of Dade
County, City of Miami, , and Dade County Public Schools.
The cost of this renovation, including in -kind labor and materials, is expected to
exceed eight hundredthousand dollars ($800,000.00 . Work commenced on the
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Intervention Building m January 1991 and is expected to be completed by January
1992.
The Linda Ray Center is devoted entirely to abused and abandoned children up to
three (3) years of age. It is a unique facility in its concept. Infants In Need, Inc. is an
or aruzation dedicated to providing facilities or shelters for other established 501
(G �3) organizations that Have been in operation for many years to allow them to
provide programs and operate facilities without the burden of purchasing and
maintaining property.
BOARD GOALS FOR THE LINDA RAY CENTER:
In 1987 the Board of. Directors of Infants In Need, Inc, set certain goals and
objectives and have since moved forward to accomplish them. The following is the
status of some of those goals and objectives.
Building "A", the Linda Ray Infant Center, was completely renovated and furnished
at a cost of nearly four hundred thousand Dollars ($400,000.00). This has all been
paid for and donated to Children's Home Society. Since that time, Infants In Need,
Inc. has continued to maintain the property including lawn service.
At the Boards direction, property next door to the Infant Center was purchased for '
the much needed expansion program.
At the new property, on the corner of N.W. Eight Ave. and N. W. Fifteenth Street,
the following is in progress.
Building's", the Toddler Center, was seventy five per cent complete as of January
30,1991. The Miami Building Trades Locals have donated labor valued at over one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) and have obtained equipment and
materials in a like amount from various vendors. These gifts, coupled with cash
donations, amount to over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00)
and will enable us to complete this phase of the project by June 1, 1991 at a total
cost of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00). The mortgage
obligation is being reduced by monthly payments.
Building "C', the Intervention Building has a new roof courtesy of the Locals. The
pplans on this building are. almost complete and will be submitted to the City of
Miami. Necessary zoning and other permits have been obtained. Demolition work
has begun and the target date for completion has been set as June 1992.
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There is room on the existing site for further expansion. We are exploring plans
with the University of Miami School of Medicine to build a Medical Center to serve
the two hundred children that will be in the Infant Center, Toddler Center,
Intervention Center, and McLamore Children's Center. Even though the Linda Ray
Center is within walking distance of University, of Miami/Jackson Hospital, the
overload makes it impossible to service these children on a daily basis as it would
greatly increase the emergency room case load at University/Jackson.
FUNDING:
Funds for needed capital have been raised from the private sector through various
fundraising events, such as, Koger Golf Classic, Jazzercize event, closed circuit
fights, galas, and other special events. Grants have been obtained from Dade
Community Foundation, Mailman Foundation, Knight Foundation and attorney
controlled estates. All funding is for capital improvements and maintenance. None
of the funds are used for programs as Infants In Need, Inc. does not involve itself in
running programs, just building shelters. Several modest grant requests are being
considered at this time by various foundations.
Infants In Need, Inc. is not involved in United Way or any other organization of that
type.
PROBLEM:
Of the sixteen thousand (16,000) babies born in U.M. /Jackson Hospital each year,
over twelve (12) per cent have been substance exposed and test positive. This
alarming rate has occurred during the late Eighties and continues on into the new
decade with no signs of abatement.
Many of these babies are abandoned in the hospital by their mothers and many -are
taken by. the courts and placed in charge of HRS for care until the future of the
baby can be determined. HRS is again turning to facilities like the Linda Ray
Center and programs run by The University of Miami and Children's Home Society
for emergency shelter.
SOLUTION:
Infants .In Need, Inca strongly believes that their charge is more than just
maintenance of these children. They not only need a safe, clean shelter, they need
therapy, love, and medical attention, quickly after birth if they are to have a fair
chance in life. Finally they need to be placed in loving homes for permanent care.
Education must be the answer if the chain of child abuse is to be broken. Research
programs must be in place to find answers as to the best methods to house and care
for the most babies at the lowest cost as we cope with this massive problem.
Infants In Need, Inc. believes that it can best serve the children by dedicating its
efforts toward providing facilities for worthwhile programs. Historically, research
programs and shelter programs encounter difficulties in finding sufficient funds for
operations and capital improvements at the same time. Our Board believes that
time, effort, and energy of these service organizations should be directed toward
research and proper care of the children.
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PROGRAMS:
The Infant Center and The Toddler Center are both emergency shelters, one from
birth to one year and the other from one year to three years of age. We hope to
add to the regular programs of maintenance via volunteers from the medical
community, complete medical care, and various therapeutic programs. These
programs will include professional and lay volunteers trained on site by
professionals.
After the University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
obtains the rant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NI:DA, and Dade
County Public School System, the research program can begin and build to involve
one hundred twenty babies and their mothers in two model programs. One model
will be a Home Based Program and the other a Center Based Program. In the
Center Based Program, when the cocaine addicted mother is released from the.
hospital she will go into an intensive rehabilitation program and the baby to the
Linda Ray Center for care until the mother can go home. At that time, the baby
will go home to the mother and will be picked up and brought to the Center five
days a week to be cared for, receive therapy of all types, and schooling. The child
would return home with the mother at night. Research records will be kept and -the
progress recorded through preschool by specialized computer programs. The
Home Based Program will send a teacher into the home three days a week, along
with other professionals, to teach and care for the babies. They too will be tracked
through preschool and the data compared with the Center Based Program for
results.
This model program will serve other cities in the United States of America.
The Children's Home Society program will also serve the cocaine addicted mother
and the e-.Tosed baby.
When the mother is released from the iu:;piLai, she will go into a drug rehabilitation
home for six months while the exposed baby will be cared for at the Center. When
the mother is released from the rehabilitation center she will move into one of the
apartments at the Linda Ray Center with her baby for a home life. Each -day while .
the mother continues her rehabilitation and tries to get back into the mainstream,
the baby will be cared for until the mother returns at night to the apartment. After
one year at the Center, it is expected that the mother will be able to resume a
normal drug free life with her baby and, with the programs help, will have gainful
employment, an apartment of her own, and her self esteem.
These programs are designed to keep the mothers and babies together under the
supervision of the courts and under professional help for a long enough period of
time for them to obtain a successful recovery.
CONCLUSION:
The Board of Directors of Infants In Need, Inc./Unda Ray Center continues on its
goal to help the helpless, the children who cannot defend or speak for themselves,
to give them hope, happiness, a sense of worth and return them to their childhood.
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