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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Does my money support inmates or inmate programs?Absolutely not! Each program has its own designated funding source. Memberhship dues soley benefit the Employee Assistance Program and your fellow officers and employees. Can anyone be a member or are you required to be a DC employee?Anyone can join the Corrections Foundation. Membership is open to anyone who wishes to join. However, financial assistance through the Employee Assistance Program is limited to DC employees. OPS employees are eligible to join and benefit from membership, too. I’m a contractor for the Department of Corrections. Can I join the Foundation?Certainly! You can oin the Foundation and welcome your membership. However, contract employees are currently not eligible for financial assistance through the Employee Assistance Program. Why is financial assistance limited to DC employees?The Corrections Foundation is established by state law (FS 944.802). This law sets up the Foundation to benefit the Department of Corrections and its employees. I’m an employee of the Department of Corrections. How do I request assistance?Please make sure you review the criteria to receive assistance to make sure you are eligible. Here is the appropriate chain to make a written request for employee assistance:
Each request is evaluated by Foundation staff and Foundation staff and the Foundation's Executive Board has final authority to approve or deny any request. You can also click here for the full set of criteria and guidelines for employee assistance. Do you provide a listing of how many people have been assisted and how much assistance has been given around the state?Absolutely! You can access the most recent information here. This contains a listing of all DC offices across Florida and the amount of assistance provided at each. What is your administrative investment and where does it go?A full 90 cents of each payroll deduction dollar goes to support Employee Assistance Programs. The ten cents goes to support administrative items such as salary and office supplies. In addition, the ten cents enables Foundation staff to seek additional funding outside the Department. The funds raised from these efforts exceed the total amount deducted, thus making it a wise and thoughftul investment. How can I be sure the funds I donate are properly used?Funds from DC payroll deduction are put into a seperate account and utilized only for the Employee Assistance Program. All expenditures are documented and receipts and authorizations are required. The Corrections Foundation has a finance committee and an executive committee that reviews and oversees financial procedures of the Foundation. In addition, the two senior officers in the Corrections Foundation - the President and Vice President - are not DC employees. Each year an audit is performed by a Tallahassee-based accounting firm. The audit is performed with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. The result of that audit and other documents are available for inspection by members of the Foundation by contacting Chris Akins at 850-488-1250 or by e-mail at chris@correctionsfoundation.org. |
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| Assistant Warden, Lee Colson, suggested asking the Corrections Foundation for help. At the time, I never even thought of it. My financial situation was not at the top of my list of priorities then. He made sure the necessary paperwork was filled out for the request and filed. I was surprised at how quickly the Foundation responded. Until you are in a situation such as mine, you don’t realize how much it means for someone to extend that helping hand. To all of you who donate to the Corrections Foundation, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You were there for me when I needed it the most. Suprenna Ard, Recruitment Supervisor, Lancaster C.I. |
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