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HomeMy WebLinkAboutlaw enforcement fund application -4CITY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND APPLICATION REQUEST FOR FUNDING 2003 DATE: January 1, 2003 1. NAME OF ORGANIZATION: Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council ADDRESS: 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 2210, Miami, Florida 33128 3. PHONE: 305-375-4448 FAX: 305-375-5290 E-MAIL: jmarsh@miamidade.gov PAGER: 4. NAME OF CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Hon. Jeffrey A. Mishcon, Chairperson 5. NAME OF PRINCIPAL CONTACT PERSON: John C . Marshall, Secretary 6. PROGRAM TITLE: Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council 7. TYPE OF ACTIVITY: (Check Appropriate Category) DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM CRIME PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD DRUG TREATMENT X OTHER (EXPLAIN) Criminal Justir' System Planing and Coordination 8. REQUESTED AMOUNT: $35,000 9. AGENCY OPERATING BUDGET: $108,00 4 OF FULL-TIME STAFF: 1 c: 1/3_ 10. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AREA: (Check Appropriate Service Area(s)) See Attachment 1A Allapattah Flagami Overtown West Little Havana Coral Way Downtown East Little Havana Little Haiti Model City NE Coconut Grove SW Coconut Grove Upper Eastside Wynwood/Edgewater Citywide 11. LIST ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, IF ANY, FOR THE PROGRAM: FUNDING SOURCE OF FUNDS AMOUNT Miami -We e Canty $75,0(Xl PURPOSE Cc moil Support PERIOD 10/01/03 - m/11/04 Page la 12. HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUNDS THROUGH THE AUSPICES OF THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THIS REQUEST? X YES NO IF "YES". INDICATE BELOW THE NAME OF EACH PROGRAM. THE AMOUNT FUNDED THROUGH THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE YEAR OF FUNDING: NAME OF PROGRAM AMOUNT t ant Criminal nal Justice Carci.1 Dezle-Miarti. Criminal $35,000 Justice Caren t anL Criminal $355,CCO Justice Ca cil PURPOSE C.arcil Contribution FUNDING PERIOD 2002-2003 Carcil Contribution 2001-2002 Ca uxil Ca triEution 2000-2001 Page lb ATTACHED DOCUMENT 1A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AREA(S) Page is Neighborhood Service Areas Served by Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council Crime Prevention Grants (City of Miami) Name of Agency Aspira of Florida, Inc. The Biscayne Institute Number of Grant Geographic Area Dollar Amount CPC 009 CPA 055 Wynwood N.E. 87th Street to N.E. 1st Street to Biscayne Bay to N.W. 32 Avenue $ 100,000 90,000 Program Neighborhood Empowerment Family Empowerment The Children Psychiatric, Inc. CPA 010 Opa Locka, Lake Lucerne, Carol City, Nor Miami, Golden Glades, and Westview Concerned African Women CPC 016 Liberty City and Little Haiti 90,000 Family Empowerment 88,716 Easter Seals Miami -Dade, Inc. CPD 061 Miami -Dade County 77,250 Neighborhood Empowerment Jobs for Miami CPA 018 Little Haiti 90,000 MAD DADS of Miami -Dade CPC 033 Liberty City 50,000 New Horizons Mental Health Center CPA 033 N.W. 38th Street South -Miami River and Dolphin Expressway 90,000 Stay -In School Family Empowerment Neighborhood Empowerment Family Empowerment Nisei Goyu Ryu/Jujitsu P.A.C. CPD 030 County -Wide Proposal County Line Road, Goulds Florida, Overtown, to North Miami, North Miami Beach, To Turnpike 50,000 Stay -In School Non -Violence Project CPC 042 Little Haiti 43,088 SABER, Inc. CPD 060 North Miami, East Little Havana, North Beach, Coconut Grove 77,250 Neighborhood Empowerment Stay -In School SER Jobs for Progress, Inc. CPD 034 Districts 3 and 9 50,000 Switchboard of Miami, Inc. CPA 044 North: Life Zones 1 & 5 East: Life Zone 8 West: Life Zones 6 & 7 90,000 Stay -In School Family Empowerment YWCA CPC 057 N.W. 20th Street from F.E.C. railroad to 7th Avenue East: F.E.C. Railroad N.W. 17th Street West: SR 836 from 1-95 to the Miami River 99,996 Neighborhood Empowerment PROGRAM INFORMATION 1. Summary: Please provide a clear and concise summary of the project/program that includes the following: (a) objective (what do you hope to accomplish, i.e., what type of behavior change), (b) target population (include number of services recipients), (c) rationale/statement of need, and (d) methodology you will utilize to implement the project/program. It is recognized that serious crime in Miami -Dade County and the City of Miami is counterproductive to the well being of the residents of this metropolitan area, A means of ensuring that our community will be peaceful and our residents safe is by recognizing the need for criminal justice system planning and coordination on a county -wide basis. As a result of resolutions by the City of Miami Mayor and Commission and Miami -Dade Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council (DMCJC) was established for the purpose of coordinating criminal justice activities which will improve and strengthen law enforcement, criminal justice and crime prevention. The target population includes all inhabitants of Miami -Dade County and the various agencies of the local criminal and juvenile justice systems. The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council seeks to cultivate and enrich local criminal justice policy, practice and program developments. It will continue to accomplish this by serving as a catalyst to bring together criminal justice and related agencies into a common partnership. Page le , 2. Statement of Need: In the space provided, (a) describe the need for this project/program; (b) provide a demographic profile of the target population you wish to serve and (c) indicate the present level of services to this population. There is a need for a criminal justice coordinating council in major urban areas to assure improved planning and coordination of criminal justice agencies and activities within those jurisdictions. While there has been a 41% reduction in the crime rate 1989-2000, the large number of people who are victims of crime requires continued effort. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the rate of Index Crimes (murder, forcible sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft) in Miami -Dade County between 1989 and 2000 decreased by 5,736.2 Index Crimes per 100,000 people; from 13,970.1 in 1989 to 8,233.9 Index Crimes per 100,000 people in 2000. The population increased, the number of crimes decreased, and the crime rate decreased. But, in 2000, there were still 185,540 Index Crimes, all with victims, plus all the other crimes against people or their property not included as Index Crimes. According to the Department of Juvenile Justice, in FY 1995 to 1996, 12,992 youths were arrested in Miami -Dade County on 21,149 referrals for all crimes for a referral rate of 99 per 100,000 aged 10 - 17 population. The most recent fiscal year for which there are similar statistics, 1999 - 00, 11,754 youths were arrested on 16,128 referrals for a referral rate of 68 per 100,000 age 10 - 17 population. The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council is committed to continuing the spiraling down trend of crime in Miami -Dade County. The U.S. Census reported that Miami -Dade County was home to an estimated 2,253,362 persons in 2000. The population included 1,570,558 whites, 69.7% of the total, 457,214 blacks, 20.3% of the total and 140,168 persons of other races, 6.2% of the total. 85,422 persons considered themselves in more than one race category and represented 3.8% of the total population. 1,291,737 residents identified themselves as Hispanic, 57.3% of the total, for all races. 20.6% of the residents were 0-14 years, 13.3% were ages 15 - 24 years, 43.6% were ages 25 - 54 years, 9.2% were ages 55 - 64 years and 13.3% were ages 65 and older. During 2002, the Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council conducted four (4) quarterly meetings: ➢ January 18, 2002 ➢ May 3, 2002 ➢ July 19, 2002 ➢ October 18, 2002 Also during 2002, six (6) committee meetings and two (2) public policy forums (Boot Camp and Youth Gangs) were held. The Council contracted with The Thurston Group, Inc. to conduct thirteen (13) training sessions with the DMCJC funded Neighborhood Empowerment, Family Empowerment and Stay -in School Crime Prevention Programs. Additionally, the Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council facilitated the award of $2.49 million in crime prevention grants to thirty-two (32) community based organizations and recommended funding for (13) thirteen local jurisdictions that will result in the award of Local Law Enforcement Block Grants totaling $6,460,218 including a $2,031,878 award to the City of Miami. Page 1f 3.. Agency Capacity: Using the space provided, describe (a) your agency's mission and (b) and your agency's prior experience in delivering this type of proposed service to this specific target population. If you are partnering or collaborating with other organizations, please describe their specific roles in the project/program (a letter from each partnering organization should be attached). If you are not partnering, please provide the rationale for self-contained project/program. The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council was jointly created by the City of Miami Commission and the Miami -Dade County Board of County Commissioners in 1978. The Council's purpose is to encourage and facilitate coordination and cooperation between and among the various agencies of the criminal justice system in Miami -Dade County and to provide advice, analysis and technical assistance to criminal justice related agencies. The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council has been serving the community for over 30 years by monitoring new developments in research and practice across the nation, in an effort to stay up-to-date and focused on possible opportunities to creatively respond to local criminal justice issues. The Council consists of up to 36 members, composed of local criminal justice agency administrators, public officials, and interested citizens, based upon their generally recognized expertise, involvement and interest in improving the total criminal justice system. STATEMENT OF THE MISSION OF THE DADE-MIAMI CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL Funding and Distribution Function * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council is the best mechanism to distribute Miami -Dade County crime prevention funds to community based organizations. * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council's mechanism for evaluating the performance of community based organizations that have been allocated Miami -Dade Council crime prevention funds is the best process for determining the importance and viability of those projects. * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council will seek to leverage, in partnerships, additional funds for crime prevention and criminal justice improvement activities and to distribute these funds in partnership with community based organizations. * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council will seek to create partnerships between agencies and to develop county -wide approaches and county -wide initiatives to provide for funding and other necessary resources for crime prevention and criminal justice system improvements. * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council will engage in capacity building functions with crime prevention programs to enhance their capacity to better deliver the services for which they have been funded. Page 1.g Policy Forum Function * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council will serve to the best of it's ability as a catalyst and a reservoir for gathering information and expertise, for conducting assessments, studies and comparisons and for amassing the knowledge necessary to educate the criminal justice community about viable strategies for effective funding, operations and policy making. * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council will seek to disseminate information and data that will help inform the decision making process on issues relating to criminal justice, * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council will serve as a mechanism for engaging policy makers, the media, the criminal justice community and the community -at -large in objective and informed analysis, dialogue, interpretation, and eventual decision making on important issues relating to criminal justice in Miami -Dade County. * The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council will, when appropriate, seek to guide, impress and influence the community to adopt effective strategies that address important criminal justice related issues. The Dade Miami -Criminal Justice Council seek to collaborate with all agencies of the local criminal and juvenile justice systems as well as agencies and community groups represented on the Council by the members. See Attachment "9". 4. Goals and Objectives: (a) What is the overall goal(s) for the project/program, and (b) what are the specific measurable objectives you will use to achieve this goal(s)? The overall goal of the Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council is to combat crime and violence and to enhance the effectiveness of the administration of justice in Miami -Dade County. The goal is achieved by coordinating activities which will improve and strengthen law enforcement and criminal justice, encourage research and development activities directed toward the improvement of law enforcement and criminal justice and assist in developing new methods for the prevention and reduction of crime and juvenile delinquency. The primary objective of the Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council is to promote greater interaction and cooperation between agencies concerned with the administration of justice in Miami -Dade County; provide a forum for informed discussion, planning and coordinated approaches to funding and innovation and provide guidance for the selection and administration of Miami -Dade County crime prevention grants which are awarded to community based organizations. The Council's performance measures developed to determine its own effectiveness in achieving its stated goals are as follows: Specialized reports developed as a result of Council directed collection and analysis of criminal justice data. Materials developed and activities initiated for the purpose of preventing crime through public awareness, education and information. Page Ih Forums conducted for the discussion of criminal justice issues relevant to the maintenance of interagency relationships within the criminal justice system as well as with those agencies serving the needs of the system and its clients. Serve as multi jurisdictional Advisory Board for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants. 5. Project/Program Design: Please describe (a) the activities you will undertake to achieve the project/program's objectives; (b) the target population to be addressed and the anticipated number of participants; (c) your strategies for reaching the target population; and (d) the time frame for implementation of the project/program. ACTIVITIES OF THE DADE-MIAMI CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL • To encourage and facilitate coordination and cooperation between and among the various agencies of the criminal justice system of Dade County. • Plan, design and conduct meetings, special events and training activities that bring together representatives of the criminal justice community to address and facilitate system improvements. • To provide for coordination through the efficient and effective use of funds from various sources to improve the criminal justice system. Conduct needs assessments, surveys, cost benefit analysis and utilize other research methodologies to facilitate the implementation of cost effective approaches to local or system- wide concerns. • To provide advice to local officials on city and county criminal justice programming needs. Assist in the development of strategies that draw upon the research and expertise of state-of-the- art crime prevention and intervention approaches. • To provide legislative analysis and development at the local, state and federal levels. Respond to requests for information and input on legislative proposals, develop legislative proposals in response to community and criminal justice system concerns and support legislative appropriations for specific system improvement and crime prevention and control initiatives. • To consider local criminal justice issues as they arise and are brought to the attention of the Council or its staff, thus encouraging appropriate cooperative criminal justice agency response. Monitor trends and remain abreast of community and criminal justice system concerns and facilitate community outreach and participation. • To provide technical assistance to criminal justice -related agencies in the areas of concept development, grant writing, data collection, record keeping, evaluation, etc. Conduct research into criminal justice related issues, assist in the design of appropriate programmatic responses, identify resources and facilitate program implementation. Page Ii • To serve in an advisory role in comprehensive planning for all segments of the criminal justice system in Dade County. Provide overall guidance and support for the development and implementation of comprehensive strategies. • To serve in an advisory capacity, when asked, to any private or public agency whose activities are related to the criminal justice system. Apply members' expertise and facilitate collaboration in support of appropriate neighborhood, community -wide, state-wide or national crime prevention and control and system improvement initiatives. h. Evaluation Methodology: What methodology and indicators will you use to measure your progress in achieving the desired results and objectives? Please be as specific as possible. The Council has developed performance measures to determine its own effectiveness in achieving its stated goals during FY 2003 - 2004. • Number of general meeting conducted with specific agenda's to address council matters, including crime prevention program funding and other issues developed quarterly by Chairperson and Staff. • Number of specialized reports developed as a result of Council directed collection and analysis of criminal justice data. • Number of materials developed and activities initiated for the purpose of preventing crime through public awareness, education and information. • Number of forums conducted for the discussion of criminal justice issues relevant to the maintenance of interagency relationships within the criminal justice system as well as with those agencies serving the needs of the system and its clients. • Number of police agencies for which the Council serves as the local multi jurisdictional Advisory Board for Local Law Enforcement Block Grants. 7. Budget Summary: Please attach a total budget for the project. Indicate revenues and expenses and indicate (a) specifically what the Miami Police Department is being asked to fund (b) total number of participants program will reach (c) cost per participant (d) other funding sources for the project/program and (e) how you propose to secure ongoing support to sustain this project/program. Please be as specific as possible. (a) See Attachment "3". (b) See Attachment "1A". The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council consists of up to 36 members and provides services to all inhabitants of Miami - Dade County including the City of Miami. (c) Not applicable. (d) See Attachment "4". (e) See Attachment "2". It is anticipated that Miami -Dade County will continue to financially support the Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council (DMCJC) at its current service levels for the following two years, as it has since the Council's establishment in 1972. There are no recurring costs. Page lj