2000-23950 RESO
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2000-23950
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION
OF AN APPLICATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF $669,496, TO THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES
(CFS), FOR CONTINUATION OF FUNDING OF THE LOG CABIN
TRAINING CENTER, FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: THE
DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM, CONSISTING OF AN
INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS PROGRAM; SUPPORTED
EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;
AND THE SUPPORTED INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM; ALL
PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT DEVELOPMENT ALLY DISABLED
ADULTS; APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS, IF APPROVED; AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
CONTRACT(S), INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, FOR THE FINAL GRANT
AWARD(S), FROM THE PERIOD OF JULY 1,2000, TO JUNE 30, 2001.
WHEREAS, the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families Services (CFS) is
desirous of having the City apply for continued funding to provide independent living skills training,
supported employment training, and transportation services for developmentally disabled adults; and
WHEREAS, the City has been successfully operating these programs since 1983 and wishes
to continue to provide these essential services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Log Cabin Training Center is currently serving
Medicaid-eligible clients, and the Log Cabin Training Center is a certified Medicaid provider; and
WHEREAS, the City is desirous of submitting a grant application for continued funding, in
order to provide essential support and services to developmentally disabled adults, in the estimated
amount of $669,496, for the period from July 1,2000, through June 30, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the City will prepare the budget in accordance with the applicable grant period
and the amount negotiated with CFS; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that such funds be appropriated for the final grant award,
including amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MA YOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission herein authorize the submission of an application, in the amount of $669,496, to the
State of Florida, Department of Children and Family Services (CFS), for continuation of funding of
the Log Cabin Training Center for the following programs: the Developmental Training Program,
consisting of an independent living skills program; Supported Employment Training Program;
Transportation Services; and the Supported Independent Living Program; all designed to benefit
developmentally disabled adults; appropriating said funds if approved; and authorizing the City
Manager to execute any and all contract(s), including amendments, for the final grant award(s), from
the period of July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 7th day of June , 2000.
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. <+<)0 -00
Mayor Neisen o. Kasdin and DA TE: June 7, 2000
Members of the City Commission
Lawrence L~V W6
City Mana er
A RESO ION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION
OF AN APPLICATION, IN THE AMOUNT OF $669,496, TO THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES
(CFS), FOR CONTINUATION OF FUNDING OF THE LOG CABIN
TRAINING CENTER, FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: THE
DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM, CONSISTING OF AN
INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS PROGRAM; SUPPORTED
EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;
AND THE SUPPORTED INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM; ALL
PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
ADULTS; APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS, IF APPROVED; AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL
CONTRACT(S), INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, FOR THE FINAL GRANT
A W ARD(S), FROM THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2000, TO JUNE 30, 2001.
ADMINISTRA TION RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution.
ANAYLSIS
This is an application for grant funding to the State of Florida, Department of Children and
Families Services (CFS) designed to benefit up to fifty-seven (57) developmentally disabled
adults.
The City's Log Cabin Training Center (LCTC), located at 8128 Collins Avenue, contiguous to
the Log Cabin Plant Nursery since 1983, has operated a State of Florida, Department of Children
and Families Services (CFS) program entitled Adult Day Training Program (ADT). The program
consists of a training center for Independent Living Skills and Vocational Skills Training and it
is administered by the City's Community / Economic Development Department.
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Clients participating in this program are referred from either the State of Florida, Department of
Children and Families Services, or are sponsored by their own families. There is a limit of
thirty-nine (39) participants to this program. The program strives to teach clients basic living
skills, such as housekeeping, cooking, horticulture, and interviewing techniques. The Program's
goal is to teach the participants to become self-reliant. Daily transportation is also provided to
and from the program. The successful graduates of the program are then able to maintain a
household and engage in meaningful employment.
In 1989, the City's LCTC became involved in another CFS program for developmentally disabled
adults entitled Supported Employment. There is a limit of fifteen (15) participants to this
program. The program focuses exclusively on preparing and training clients to assume jobs
utilizing the skills already learned under the Developmental Training Program, detailed above.
(Both ofthese programs, while funded separately, are intricately linked together.) A counselor
makes the initial contact with a prospective employer to secure potential positions for graduates
of the program and then matches a client's skills and abilities with the job duties and
responsibilities required by the position. Follow-up and progress reviews are conducted by the
counselor to ensure that the client is able to perform the job effectively.
On July 1, 1993, the Log Cabin Training Center started to operate a program entitled Supported
Independent Living (SIL) Services. The purpose of that program is to provide an independent
living environment for three (3) clients currently served through the City's Program(s). Matching
funds are only required for the Developmental Training Program and for the Supported
Employment Program.
Through this grant, component clients are being provided with appropriate rental housing.
Specific support services and supervision are being provided by present staff and a Supported
Living Coach, in order to ensure the clients' health and safety in their new environment.
Presently, the City provides services for up to fifty-seven (57) developmentally disabled adults
of which all are funded through these CFS Grants. The City must apply annually to the State of
Florida, Department of CFS for funding for the Developmental Training programs, as the grant
awards are not guaranteed from year to year, nor are funds automatically allocated to the City.
As such, a grant application has been prepared which includes narrative program descriptions and
proposed operating budgets for each program: Independent Living Skills Training, Supported
Employment Training, and Transportation Services. The City of Miami Beach Log Cabin
Training Center is a medicaid provider and is currently serving medicaid eligible clients.
The State of Florida, Department of CFS has informed the City that it will consider the same
grant requests under the Independent Living Skills Training (Developmental Training) Program
(which include the Supported Employment Training Program and transportation services) and for
the Supported Independent Living Program. Combining these programs results in a total grant
request of$669,496 for Fiscal Year 2000-01 to fund the Log Cabin Training Center's Program(s);
this will provide over one-half of the Center's operating budget with the remainder to be funded
by the City.
Funding at this level will allow the Log Cabin Training Center to continue providing services for
up to fifty-seven (57) developmentally disabled adults. The program period begins on July 1,
2000 and ends on June 30, 2001, in order to coincide with the State of Florida's fiscal year.
The State of Florida, Department of CFS requires that the City adopt resolutions which
demonstrate the Commission's authorization to apply to the State of Florida, Department of
CFS, for funding of these essential programs.
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends adoption of the attached resolution which authorizes the
preparation and submission of a grant application in the amount of $669,496 to the State of
Florida, Department ofCFS; authorizing the continuation of the Supported Independent Living
Program; the appropriation of funds for the final grant awards, including amendments; and
authorization for the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the two (2) corresponding contracts.
After the City's grant application has been negotiated and approved by State of Florida,
Department of CFS, a final contract for each program, similar in form to the contract attached
hereto, will be executed by the Mayor and City Clerk.
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