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Budget Narrative PERSONNEL Salaries: List each individual position dedicated to this project. List title, percentage of full time equivalent (FTE) or the amount of time to be charged to this project. Benefits: List each individual position dedicated to this project. ,List title, percentage of full time equivalent (FTE) or the amount of time to be charged to this project. Key Staff and staffing level rationale The Foster Youth Liaison Project will staff three part-time peer mentors. The peer mentors will be currently enrolled in college level studies with a focus on Counseling and/or related fields. The peer mentors will also be youth that have emancipated from the foster care system and have successfully provided mentoring services through Orangewood Children's Foundation. The use of part-time staff is critical to this project. The Foster Youth Liaison Project will provide a 5:1 participant to case manager (peer mentor) ratio as well as provide the peer mentors with valuable work experience and training. This project will also provide a Peer Mentor Supervisor who will provide oversight on client progress and peer mentor performance and the Staff Accountant who will track program expenditures and provide overall finance support. The following is a description of the individual positions dedicated to this project: 3 Peer Mentors @ .375 FTE each (Peer Mentor positions are PT 15 hours per week) Peer mentor hourly rate is $14.00 per hour. Three peer mentors at .375 FTE equals 1.125 FTE at 2340 hours is $32,760. $34,000 is designated for this line in case more peer mentor hours are needed to serve program participants and meet program objectives. 1 Peer Mentor Supervisor @ .25 FTE/ 23% Benefits ($11,850 + $2,850 = 14,700) 1 Staff Accountant @ .05 FTE/ 23% Benefits ($2,500 + 575 = $3,075) OPERATING EXPENSES Rent or User Fee: Provide percent of office space that will be charged to this project. Describe how percentage was determined. The Orangewood Resource Center will be greatly utilized for Foster Youth Liaison Project client services. The ORC utilized approximately 1,000 square feet of our 22,000 square feet of space. Based on a conservative rate of $1.85 per square foot the total monthly cost for this portion of the facility is $1,850 so for 12 months the cost is $22,200. 15 clients at an average of two hours per week is 30 hours per week so for 52 weeks clients will utilize 1,560 hours in one year. Out of the ,3000 duplicated clients served in the ORC 25 percent of them are FYLP clients.