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41 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
Governor Jeb Bush Secretary Anthony J. Schembri
May 22, 2006
Mr. Raul Herbello
CHOICE - DP522
400 NW 2nd Avenue Room 406
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Mr. Herbello:
On behalf of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, I am pleased to endorse and extend to
you my sincerest congratulations on your decision to implement CHOICE for fiscal year 2006-
07.
I have asked the Delinquency Prevention Specialist to provide technical assistance to you and
assist with programmatic budgetary amendments to your proposal. When this process is
completed, you will be required to sign the Delinquency Prevention Grant Apreement, which will
formally create the contractual relationship between your organization and the Department. The
grant award, which is contingent on the amendatory process, as well as legislative funding, is not
final until the Department has signed the agreement.
Please be reminded that your program should help fulfill the goals of the Department's
Delinquency Prevention Plan and its mission to reduce juvenile crim. Your program should
serve school-11 th most like) to enter or re-enter t 'le ' 'ce s ste , as well als
thefamilies. Each youth mus meet at east three of the following four risk factors:
1) Significant family problems;
2) Significant problems at school;
3) Pattern of substance abuse, including drugs, alcohol or smoking cigarettes; and
4) Pre -delinquent behavior as evidenced by gang membership, or chronic running away.
Furthermore, you are encouraged to work with struggling schools in your area and with the
Department's Juvenile Probation Officers to assist with appropriate referrals to your program.
The Department encourages you to build partnerships with other community service agencies
that can provide meaningful mental health and substance abuse treatment and other needed
services. Youth and their families may need extensive services that your agency alone is not
prepared to deliver.
Youth served should come from those communities where significant populations of delinquent
youth reside. Your efforts can help break the cycle of delinquency that permeates these
traditionally under -served neighborhoods.
Accountability is very important to the Department, the Legislature, and the public. Therefore,
you will be required to submit data on a regular basis through the Department's Juveni el Justice
InformatiQlLSvstem-MIS an a quarterly narrafi ereps) . In addition, a measure of the success
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The mission of the Department of Juvenile Justice is to protect the public by reducing juvenile crime and delinquency in Florida.
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of our grogram will be the number of youth completingyourlarogram who remain crime free for
t sip owin cam I Lion.
You, or a representative of your organization responsible for admi-' eying the p ••ram and
submitting invoices, must attend a mandatory training Monday, + une 12.290 • rom 9:
until 0 ando. Florida. This training wwi be con■+ _ _ - - grant award
recipients.—"5:0p. The department will reimburse up to tWo 2) attendees perprozam:
➢ Advise the Program Director and the Fiscal Agent
➢ Hotel rooms will be available for those traveling more than 50 miles (one-way)
Travel shall be in accordance to Florida statute 112.061, using the most economical means of
travel. Please call your local Delinquency Prevention Specialist if you have any additional
questions.
This training will cover several important issues for which you will be responsible in order to be
reimbursed. Training topics include how to:
■ Target your efforts and secure referrals;
• Get reimbursed for expenses related to delivery of services;
■ Conform with employee criminal background screening requirements;
■ Establish a JJIS account and enter data;
• Report incidents to the DJJ Inspector General; and
• Comply with grant program monitoring.
I wish you much success with your program. Please call your Delinquency Prevention Specialist
or Kristin Avery, Grant Manager - Bureau of Delinquency Prevention, at (850) 488-3302, for
answers to your questions or technical assistance. Again, thank you for your commitment to help
prevent and reduce juvenile crime.
Cordially,
Greg John on
Assistant Secretary, Prevention & Victim Services
Enclosures
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cc: Kristin Avery, Grant Manager of Delinquency Prevention
Delinquency Prevention Specialist
Circuit Manager
Chair, County Council/Circuit Board
Finance Office
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