Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: April 16, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Kurt N. Petersen, Director, Office of Management and Budget
CONTACT: N/A
PHONE: 407-836-2902
DIVISION: Office of Management and Budget
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office to spend $293,000 from the FY 2025 Law Enforcement Trust Fund-State Forfeitures for eligible contributions to Legal Aid Society ($5,000), Pace Center for Girls Inc. ($5,000), and Community Crime Prevention Grant Program ($283,000). (Office of Management and Budget)
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PURPOSE:
Contributions:
Legal Aid Society - $5,000. This contribution provides funding for a sponsorship for the 18th Annual Breakfast of Champions fundraising event on November 13, 2025, that raises funding to provide free, quality legal services to qualified, low-income residents in Orange County. The fundraising event will be held at the Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida.
PACE Center for Girls Inc. - $5,000. This organization is a nationally recognized, researched-based model that emphasizes academics and social service as a path to a better future for girls and young women ages 11 through 18. A nonresidential delinquency prevention program with 21 locations across the state of Florida, PACE helps girls confront a wide range of serious risks including school failure, substance abuse, histories of abuse and neglect, and health and psychological issues. The Believing in Girls Breakfast - The BIG 40, will be held on June 6, 2025, at the Alfond Inn in Winter Park Florida.
Community Crime Prevention Grant Program - $283,000. This program contribution will provide micro-grants ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 to thirty-four nonprofit organizations, neighborhood groups and others engaged in projects or programs that address neighborhood safety, crime prevention, and drug abuse education and prevention. The Sheriff’s Office would like to provide micro-grants to the following recipients:
$10,000 to Total Restoration Transformation Center, for its youth program that serves children whose parents are incarcerated or otherwise involved in the criminal justice system.
$5,000 to Global Not Local Cares Inc., for its Champions of the Community Youth Program serving young people in East Winter Garden.
$10,000 to GROW Healthy Kids, for its GROW Steps Program, providing athletic shoes to children in need.
$5,000 to ACEs Matter, Inc., for its Operation Zip Code Heroes Program.
$8,500 to Eight Waves, for its Student Mentorship Program.
$8,500 to Let Your Voice Be Heard, for its Community Response Team Program, which provides mobile services for victims and survivors of violence.
$8,000 to She-Lion Foundation, for its Braiding and Financial Literacy Program for young women.
$10,000 to Informed Families/The Florida Partnership, for its Building Safe Homes, Smart Families Initiative.
$8,000 to United Foundation of Central Florida, for its Youth Summit: Empowering Youth for Community Transformation.
$6,735 to Recovery Connections of Central Florida, for its Mobile Recovery Support Services Program.
$8,000 to Paving the Way Foundation, for its Cyber Savvy Kids Online Safety Program.
$10,000 to Mentors for Fatherless Children and Abused Families, for its career pathing, mentoring, and family support programs.
$10,000 to I See My Destiny Inc., for its Teen Nights - Keeping Teens Safe Program.
$8,000 to Mental Health Association of Central Florida, for its Guardian Advocates for Baker Act patients.
$5,600 to Limitless and Infinite Transformation Inc., for its Outpatient Substance Abuse and Mental Health initiative.
$6,250 to iHope Mentoring Inc., for its Breathe Easy vaping awareness campaign.
$9,000 to Butterfly Transformation Outreach Inc., for its Girls Mentoring Program.
$10,000 to Gray’s Project Inc., for its On the Bus, Off the Streets crime prevention program.
$10,000 to Skate Bud Program Inc., for its Boys and Girls Club Skate Lab.
$10,000 to So You Want Your Name in Lights, for its Summer Camp/Youth Biz workshops.
$10,000 to Make an Impact Foundation, for its Barbering and Braiding Skills classes for youth.
$10,000 to L.O.V.E. Our Youth, for its East Orlando Youth Advisory Board.
$10,000 to Fresh Breath International, for its Boys2Men Mentoring Program.
$10,000 to Young Business Entrepreneurs, Inc., for its YBE Academy.
$6,265 to Man Up Mentoring Inc., for its programs preparing youth for employment.
$7,300 to Redemption Home 1, for improvements at its at-risk teen boys group home.
$3,350 to My Coping Lab Inc., for its Safe-Zone fostering emotional growth among teens.
$8,500 to the Orlando Urban Film Festival Foundation, Inc., for its Discover Yourself, Find Your Talents mentoring program.
$8,000 to Wright the Vision Inc., for its Youth History and Culture Tours initiative.
$8,000 to Big Sis Inc., for its Grow (Girls Reclaiming Our Worth) Program.
$10,000 to Credible Messengers of Florida, for its Gloves Up, Guns Down Program.
$5,000 to Joshua’s House Foundation Inc., for its Break the Chain drug abuse education and prevention program.
$10,000 to Harbor House of Central Florida, Inc., for its Camp HOPE sleepaway camp for youth.
$10,000 to Youth, Families and Communities United, Inc., for its Family Time alcohol and drug prevention program.
BUDGET: N/A