Miami Beach, Florida

"Neighborhood Services" works to improve the coordination of neighborhood assets and helps residents access and align City resources through training, education, enhanced communication and information sharing, and to assist in the identification and representation of community needs for the continued development and revitalization of the community. "Planned Progress" began as a coalition, spearheaded by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with concerned residents, community organizations, and the city government to obtain input and identify the improvements that the community felt were needed. After an aggressive "My Neighborhood Now" grassroots campaign and extensive community meetings, residents agreed to pass general obligation bonds so that the improvements would become possible. The $92 million dollars of GO Bond-funded "Planned Progress" capital improvements are now being implemented in each of the City's 13 separate neighborhoods. TIP (Truancy Intervention Program) is a collaborative effort by the City, the public schools, the County, the State Attorney's Office and community-based agencies to identify and provide early intervention services to youth at-risk of school failure and truancy.

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