An Interview With Isabelle Benditte, Director of Development, South Florida Urban Ministries

The general purpose of the organization was then refined in the late 1990s, and a new strategic plan was formulated that would seek to stabilize the organization. Several years later and the result of much hard work, current program emphasis has proven to be effective in the following four areas: 1) children and youth services; 2) economic development; 3) hunger reduction; and 4) financial stability services. From a modest $108,000 in 2000, the budget has grown to more than $2 million in 2010.