Bill Amendment: FL S2500 | 2015 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Appropriations

Status: 2015-05-01 - Died in returning Messages [S2500 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S2500-House_Floor_Amendment_995037.html

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995037                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  ACJ              12


Senator(s) Montford moved the following amendment:

Section: 04              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 119             Provides $50,000 in recurring general revenue funds 
                         in the Department of Corrections for the Gadsden 
Spec App:  766           County Jail Faith Behind Bars re-entry program.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Education And Programs
        Adult Offender Transition, Rehabilitation 
        And Support  70450300

        In Section 04  On Page 119
766     Special Categories  100777
        Contracted Services  IOEA

DELETE the fifth paragraph of proviso following Specific Appropriation 
766:

From  the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriation 766, $200,000 in recurring
general  revenue funds is provided for the Bethel Empowerment Foundation
Reentry  Program.  Funds  used  for  startup  activities  for the Bethel
Empowerment  Foundation Reentry Program may not exceed 25 percent of the
total  funds appropriated. Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry Program
will   provide  pre-release  risk  assessment,  a  plan-of-care,  career
development  and  life  skills  training, and referrals for incarcerated
inmates  who  may  be eligible for Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry
Program  services  upon  release.  Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry
Program   will   also   provide  post-release  services  including  case
management,  career  development and life skills training, life-coaching
(mentoring),  family  reunification,  and  job  placement  assistance to
offenders   on  community  supervision.  Bethel  Empowerment  Foundation
Reentry  Program may also provide such post-release services to formerly
incarcerated   persons  (ex-inmates)  who  have  been  released  from  a
Department  of  Corrections' facility no more than one year before entry

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into  the Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry Program. Eligibility for
participation  in  the  Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry Program is
limited  to  inmates,  offenders  on community supervision, and recently
released  ex-inmates who are transitioning back into the communities and
workforce  of  Leon  County and surrounding counties. The department may
request a budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, to
transfer  funding between Specific Appropriations 616, 628, 641, 726 and
766  in  order  to  serve  incarcerated inmates as well as persons under
community corrections supervision.

AND INSERT:

From  the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriation 766, $150,000 in recurring
general  revenue funds is provided for the Bethel Empowerment Foundation
Reentry  Program.  Funds  used  for  startup  activities  for the Bethel
Empowerment  Foundation Reentry Program may not exceed 25 percent of the
total  funds appropriated. Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry Program
will   provide  pre-release  risk  assessment,  a  plan-of-care,  career
development  and  life  skills  training, and referrals for incarcerated
inmates  who  may  be eligible for Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry
Program  services  upon  release.  Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry
Program   will   also   provide  post-release  services  including  case
management,  career  development and life skills training, life-coaching
(mentoring),  family  reunification,  and  job  placement  assistance to
offenders   on  community  supervision.  Bethel  Empowerment  Foundation
Reentry  Program may also provide such post-release services to formerly
incarcerated   persons  (ex-inmates)  who  have  been  released  from  a
Department  of  Corrections' facility no more than one year before entry
into  the Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry Program. Eligibility for
participation  in  the  Bethel Empowerment Foundation Reentry Program is
limited  to  inmates,  offenders  on community supervision, and recently
released  ex-inmates who are transitioning back into the communities and
workforce  of  Leon  County and surrounding counties. The department may
request a budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, to
transfer  funding between Specific Appropriations 616, 628, 641, 726 and
766  in  order  to  serve  incarcerated inmates as well as persons under
community corrections supervision.

        In Section     On Page 000
766        000000  IOE

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 766, INSERT:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 766, $50,000 in recurring 
general revenue funds is provided for the Gadsden County Jail Faith 
Behind Bars re-entry program. The Gadsden County Jail Faith Behind Bars 
re -entry program offers pre-release activities such as substance abuse 
counseling, anger management, employment skills, drug and alcohol 
awareness education, family counseling, job search training, GED 

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preparation, and horticultural training. The re-entry program partners 
with the Gadsden County Chamber of Commerce to connect inmates with 
employment opportunities following release. 
















































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