Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

Florida Statutes 932.7025(4) requires that proceeds from the disposition of liens and forfeited property obtained from criminal procedure and corrections be deposited in a special law enforcement trust fund to be used for law enforcement purposes. Recommendation of the Sheriff and Board approval are necessary to appropriate LETF funds.

A. Provides LETF funding in the amount of $50,000 to support Junior Achievement of South Florida Inc.
B. Provides LETF funding in the amount of $149,888 for various organizations' crime prevention, safe neighborhood, and drug abuse education and prevention programs.
C. Provides LETF funding in the amount of $100,000 to support the Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County.
D. Provides LETF funding in the amount of $15,000 to support CIT International Inc.

None.

A. The Broward Sheriff's Office supports this LETF request for the Junior Achievement of South Florida Inc. (JASF). The JA BizTown for Broward County Public Schools is a bustling simulation that all fifth graders in Broward County attend each year, along with private, charter, and home school students. After sixteen hours of classroom curriculum, the program culminates in a hands-on simulation at JA World's JA BizTown, where students apply their learned concepts in a life-like business environment. The Broward Sheriff's Office storefront within JA BizTown focuses on educating students about the Sheriff's Priority Areas; JA staff work with BSO to customize this curriculum to achieve the specific outreach and educational goals of BSO.

B. The Broward Sheriff's Office supports this LETF request to provide funding for the various organizations' programs listed in the table below. These programs include local area crime prevention, safe neighborhood, and drug abuse education and prevention initiatives.
 

Organization	Program Name	Amount
Kidz Count Inc.	Project L.O.L. (Leading out Loud)	$10,000
Child Rescue Coalition, Inc.	Child Protection Initiative	$10,000
Harvest Fire Worship Center Hollywood	Harvest Fire Youth Outreach	$10,000
Pompano Beach Rotary Fund, Inc.	Broward Outreach Playground Project	$10,000
The Poverello Center, Inc.	Getting to triple Zero: 0 Crime/0 Virus/0 New Admissions	$9,975
N.E.W. Community Development Center	NCDC-Empowering At Risk Youth Program (ERYP)	$9,927.50
A Child is Missing	Child Safety Education Program	$10,000
The Optimist Club of Cooper City, Inc.	Cooper City Optimist Tackle Football and Cheer	$9,984.60
KidSafe Foundation	ChildNet and KidSafe Partnership for Kids	$10,000
Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Inc.	Supportive Treatment and Engagement Program (STEP)	$10,000
Urban League of Broward County Incorporated	Crime Prevention Intervention (CPI)	$10,000
Men2Boys, Inc.	M2B for DJJ	$10,000
The Dennis Project, Inc.	Game Changers	$10,000
Fore Life, Inc.	LETF 10 Fore Life Project	$10,000
Delta Education and Life Development Foundation, Inc.	Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence (EMBODI)	$10,000
TOTAL		$149,887.10

C. The Broward Sheriff's Office supports this LETF request for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Transportation System. The funding will provide afterschool transportation for low-income children from Title I schools in Broward County to their local Boys & Girls Club. Funds will ensure children, who may not have anywhere to go after school, have a safe passage to a Club where they are fed a healthy snack and a hot supper, assisted with homework, and participate in developmentally appropriate recreational activities.

D. The Broward Sheriff's Office supports this LETF request for CIT International, Inc. This conference brings in over 1,100 law enforcement officers and deputies as well as mental health professionals and advocates. It will bring cutting age training and information specific to Broward County Sheriff's Deputies and Municipal Police Officers that will help in their duties when responding to calls involving people with mental illness and other disabilities as well as building and maintaining local partnerships with the mental health systems, consumers, families, and improving crisis de-escalation techniques. This conference is a catalyst for Broward County to further grow and sustain its CIT program as a community program sharing their new knowledge and skills for a strong CIT program.

Lt. Col. Tom Harrington, BSO Dept. of Administration, 954-831-8180
Norman Foster, OMB, 954-357-6346