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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published June 19, 2001
Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed about $35-million in community social service and youth programs last week. Here is a sampling of the projects that didn't make it:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hernando County: $95,000
Boys & Girls Club of Escambia County Delinquency and Crime Prevention: $18,000
East Unit of the Boys & Girls Club of Pasco County: $100,000
Boys & Girls Club of Monroe County: $25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Nassau County: $100,000
Boys & Girls Club of Citrus County Inc: $200,000
South Side Boys and Girls Club: $100,000
Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center: $515,465
Children's Advocacy Center -- Orange County: $200,000
Manatee Children's Group Home: $1-million Manatee County Nursery School: $450,000
Haven for Children -- Brevard: $75,000
Center for Children and Families: $100,000
Child Abuse Project -- Palm Beach County: $300,000
Children's Medical Director -- New Horizon/Treasure Coast: $100,000
Isabel Collier Read Prenatal Care Clinic Collier and Lee Counties: $300,000
Hispanic Adolescents And Their Parents (HAAP): $200,000
Early Truancy Prevention Project -- Lee: $100,000
Santa Rosa County Truancy Pick-Up Program: $50,000
City of Jacksonville, Truancy Interdiction Program: $200,000
Palm Beach County Truancy Interdiction Program: $250,000
Eckerd Youth Academy Dorm Replacement: $580,000
Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc., Early Intervention Enhancements: $450,000
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of NW Florida: $8,000
Alternative Diversion and Prevention Training -- Brevard: $150,000
Monroe County Youth Center: $20,000