Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1734FY0102

Franklin County Senior Citizens Council Van

Requester:

Donna Butterfield

Organization:

Franklin County Senior Citizen Council

Project Title:

Franklin County Senior Citizens Council Van

Date Submitted:

1/18/2002 2:23:09 PM

Sponsors:

Alfred Lawson

Statewide Interest:

Providing services to senior citizens to prevent or delay the necessity for their placement in a nursing home.� Without this type support they are homebound.

Recipient:

Franklin County Senior Citizen Council

Contact:

Donna Butterfield

P.O. Box 814

Contact Phone:

(850) 697-3760

Carrabelle 32322

Counties:

Franklin

Gov't Entity:

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Yes

Project Description:

Purchase of a wheelchair equipped 15 passenger van to be used to transport seniors to the center on a daily basis, for hot nutritious meals, social interaction and physical stimulation.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

Senior Citizens we serve become more frail and mobility becomes an inhibitor to activity, the wheelchair equipped van will allow them to continue community interaction

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$40,000

Total cost of the project:

$40,000

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

What type of match exists for this project?

None

Was this project previously funded by the State?

No

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:

Budget

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

No