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David Lawrence Jr.
Chair
Dr. Wil J. Blechman
Vice Chair
losee Gregoire
Secretary
Hon. Isaac Salver
Treasurer
Isabel Afanador, Chair
Program Services Committee
Nldria A. Alonso, Chair
Procurement Committee
Hen. Norman S. Gerstein
At -large
Dr Miguel Balsera
At -large
Dr. Steven E. Marcus, Chair
Human Resources Committee
Dr. Judith Schaechter, Chair
Health Committee
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Alan Abramowitz
Dr. Nelson Adams
Yvette Aleman
Karen Aronowitz
George M. Burgess
Dr. Rudy Crew
Luis A. Gazitua
Benjamin F. Gilbert, Jr.
Mindy Gould
Charisse Grant
Sara B. Herald
Hon. Barbara Jordan
Dr. Martin Karp
Hon. Lester Langer
Pamela Lillard
Elliott Knofsky McCarthy
Dr. Rosa Martin
Rep. Juan -Carlos "J.C." Planas
Hon. Isaac Salver
Gerald K. Schwartz
Dr. Jose Vicente
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Modesto E. Abety
President & CEO
County Attorney's Office
Legal Counsel
CA.15
The Children'sTrust
Because All Children Are Our Children
June 17, 2008
Vivianne Bohorques
City of Miami
444 SW 2nd Avenue, 5th FI.
Miami, FL 33130
Prevention Programs RFP #2008-08 Funding Recommendation
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Cgratulations! The Children's Trust has finalized funding recommendations
for Prevention Programs for FY 2008-09. Your proposal is recommended for
annual funding in an amount not to exceed $138,122. The amount awarded by
The Children's Trust's Board is the maximum that can be contracted, but could
be less depending on the final budget and scope of services negotiated to
achieve the defined outcomes in the application, as well as due to overall
budgetary challenges further discussed below.
The Trust is not immune from the challenging economic climate Florida faces.
County, state and school board funding sources are also being reduced. Our
overall budget this year is approximately $162,000,000 and next year is
currently estimated at $138,000,000. Constitutional and statutory changes
have reduced The Trust's tax base and impacted our anticipated revenues. We
all must live within our means.
As learned recently at The Trust's Board meeting on June 9, grants were
awarded consistent with available revenues, which developed and were further
understood during the course of this procurement. There are no additional
funds for appeals. In short, any favorable appeals will result in a reallocation
of existing awards, Unfortunately, the same process was applied to out -of -
school awards. We are trying to learn from that appeals process to improve
this one.
We understand and anticipate that some of the disappointed agencies that
were not the recipients of awards and those disappointed in the amount of
prospective grants will appeal. We work very hard to make our process
transparent and fair. Our scoring is not perfect, and for this reason during the
appeal process we provide you with our reviewers' comments so that there is a
complete record.
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Fairness to all starts with our insistence that everyone adhere to strict time
requirements for appeal. You must submit your appeal request within 72 hours
of receiving this emailed copy of your grant award. Otherwise, in
accordance with the appeal procedures set forth in the RFP, we will not honor
your appeal request.
As with out of school awards, we do anticipate that the appeal process will
result in reallocations. We anticipate up to a 20 percent reduction in most
awards to prior Trust providers, We hope to be smart about this reduction,
which we hope to implement ultimately by not funding capital equipment,
conference travel, snacks or meals, and by reducing costs of evaluation.
Congratulations, once again, on your award. The fact that you were successful
in this highly competitive process is a testament to the worthiness of your
agency's proposal, and to the anticipation we all share that you will use these
public funds to the great advantage of the children and families of this
community.
Please feel free to contact Loretta Duvall, Senior Contract Manager, to discuss
any questions you may have.
tfully,
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President &
Attachments
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