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State LECFTF Funding for the Corner Drug Store Interface Youth Program and Spotlight on Youth (B)
Explanation
The annual Spotlight on Youth fundraiser is a unique program that features talented youth throughout Gainesville/Alachua County and exhibits their artistic talents in one gala event held annually at the University Performing Arts Center. State LECFTF funding of an amount not to exceed $2,500 will be used to enhance services in the Interface Youth Program/Shelter Central for at-risk youth who are in the early stages of system penetration and may be diverted from incarceration. The facility provides short-term residential care to truants, runaways, and ungovernable youth. Funding will provide tickets for under-privileged youth to attend the gala will be issued at no cost and credited as compliments of the Gainesville Police Department.
Fiscal Impact
Funds in an amount not to exceed $2,500 for this project are available in the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund and is allowable per Florida State Statute 932.7055. The available balance is $179,511 (unreserved fund balance) as stated in the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture fund comparative balance sheet ending September 30, 2010.
Recommendation
The City Commission authorize the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $2,500 from the State Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund, for the Corner Drug Store Interface Youth Program and Spotlight on Youth.