Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2580 | |||||||||
| Recording For the Blind and Dyslexic | |||||||||
| Requester: | Christine McCarthy | Organization: | Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic | ||||||
| Project Title: | Recording For the Blind and Dyslexic | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 3:43:40 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Diaz de la Portilla | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Provides equal education opportunities to those with various print disabilities. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Christine McCarthy | Contact: | Christine McCarthy | ||||||
| 6704 SW 80th ST | Contact Phone: | (305) 666-0552 | |||||||
| Miami 33143 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Educational outreach provided by Learning through Listening services covering Kindergarten to postgraduate student who are state identified as print disabled. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Meeting the educational needs of Florida's print disabled children and adults. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,916,160 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $1,187,650 | In-kind Amount | $728,510 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2002-2003 | Amount: | $750,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $1,000,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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: | Statistics related to the number of print disabled adults in Florida. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Miami-Dade Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/17/2002 | ||||||||