Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1606FY0102

Project to manufacture Flags and Military Clothing for the United States Armed Forces

Requester:

Dennis Pastrana

Organization:

Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc.

Project Title:

Project to manufacture Flags and Military Clothing for the United States Armed Forces

Date Submitted:

1/18/2002 12:15:28 PM

Sponsors:

Rudolfo Garcia

Statewide Interest:

Workforce development of a hard to serve population; people with disabilities.� After two years of operation 100 workers will be placed outside Goodwill in competitive employment, making room for additional people to be served.

Recipient:

Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Inc.

Contact:

Dennis Pastrana

2121 NW 21 Street

Contact Phone:

(305) 326-4111

Miami 33142

Counties:

Dade

Gov't Entity:

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Yes

Project Description:

Purchase of equipment to create 250 permanent new jobs for persons with disabilities manufacturing military clothing.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

Purchase of equipment to create 250 permanent new jobs for persons with disabilities manufacturing military clothing.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$300,000

Total cost of the project:

$3,825,050

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

What type of match exists for this project?

Private

Cash Amount:

$3,025,050

Was this project previously funded by the State?

Yes

Fiscal Year:

2001

Amount:

$500,000

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

No

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

No

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

In 1997, an Able Trust & the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Study determined that the

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

Hearing Body:

Florida Legislature

Meeting Date:

3/11/2001