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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2769 |
| League Against Cancer |
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| Requester: |
Manny Alfonso |
Organization: |
League Against Cancer Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
League Against Cancer |
Date Submitted |
1/15/2003 4:45:51 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Diaz de la Portilla |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Assures quality health care for indigent cancer victims. |
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| Recipient: |
League Against Cancer Inc. |
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Contact: |
Georgina S. Prats |
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2180 S. W. 12 Ave. |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 856-4914 |
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Miami, Florida 33129 |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The mission of The League Against Cancer(LAG)is to provide free top service to uninsured, low-income cancer victims who lack the resouces to cover the costs of their treatment, League Against Cancer provides from case review and social services to surgery, radiation, therapy, chemotherapy, laboratory, radiology, medication, prothetics, home nursing and nurse aide services, home medical equipment, transportation, and moral support to patients and their families. League Against Cancer count with a network of more than 350 volunteer physicians. League Against Cancer also recieves discounts from hospitals and medical providers.
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Increase of the preventive screenings, mammograms, pap smears, occult blood. This augmented our patient number the results in many tests were positive. Thanks to these screenings League Against Cancer can detect cancer at an earlier stage many lives can be saved in our community. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$2,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$9,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$4,500,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$2,500,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2002 2003 |
Amount: |
$900,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Health, Department Of |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
The League currently treats over 1750 uninsured active patients. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
State of Florida Department of Health |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/04/2002 |
