Bill Text: FL S1156 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Children's Initiatives
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs [S1156 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1156-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1156 By Senator Braynon 35-00192-20 20201156__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to children’s initiatives; amending s. 3 409.147, F.S.; revising requirements for the 4 implementation of certain children’s initiatives; 5 requiring the Department of Children and Families to 6 contract with a not-for-profit corporation for certain 7 purposes and for specified amounts; providing an 8 effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (13) of section 13 409.147, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14 409.147 Children’s initiatives.— 15 (13) IMPLEMENTATION.— 16 (b) In order to implement the legislative intent and 17 purpose of this sectionfor the Miami Children’s Initiative,18Inc., the Department of Children and Families shall contract 19 with a not-for-profit corporation in the amount of $500,000 per 20 year per designated Florida Children’s Initiative site. Such 21 funds must be used to support each site’s respective efforts to 22 implement a community-based service network to develop, 23 coordinate, and provide quality education, accessible health 24 care, youth development programs, opportunities for employment, 25 and safe and affordable housing for children and families living 26 within each site’s respective boundaries, to work in27collaboration with the governing body to adopt the resolution28described in subsection (4), to establish the planning team as29provided in subsection (5), and to develop and adopt the30strategic community plan as provided in subsection (6).The not31for-profit corporation is also responsible for the development32of a business plan and for the evaluation, fiscal management,33and oversight of the Miami Children’s Initiative, Inc.34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.