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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1198 |
| Traumatic Brain Injury Family/Community Support Services |
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| Requester: |
Elynor Kazuk |
Organization: |
Brain Injury Association of Florida, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Traumatic Brain Injury Family/Community Support Services |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2004 5:17:00 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Campbell |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project provides long-term information, education, guidance and support to people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and their families, as well as community and state agencies and programs so that people with TBI may remain in their communities as contributing members of society. TBI affects approximately 300,000 people in Florida, who have life-long problems as a result of their injuries. Outside of the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Medicaid Waiver (which is limited to 200 people), BIAF is the only organization in Florida that provides long-term support for these under-served people who have no other place to turn. |
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| Recipient: |
Brain Injury Association of Florida, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Elynor Kazuk |
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201 East Sample Road |
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Contact Phone: |
(954) 786-2400 |
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Pompano Beach 33064 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| This proposed project is an integral part of a unique, statewide public/private delivery system that serves a population not served by any other state agency or program: people with TBI and their families. Individuals who incur a moderate to severe TBI are mandated by Florida law to be reported by hospitals to the Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Central Registry. If eligible, short-term rehabilitation services are provided by the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program (BSCIP). When this rehabilitation ends and the individual is placed in the community, Brain Injury Association of Florida (BIAF), a statewide private, nonprofit organization, is made available to provide continuing, long-term support as needed in order to help the person and family remain in the sommunity as a contributing citizen. This project targets the needs of both the person living with TBI, the family and the community and is part of a continuum of services that ranges from access to a toll free HELPLINE, internet sites, printed educational materials, resource directories and TBI prevention and education to home visits by Family Support Specialists funded by this request. |
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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: |
| During FY 2004, outcomes fro ten sites would include: 1) 3,000 individuals will be educated about TBI and the Family Support Program; 2) 950 individuals/families would be provided home/local community support; 3) 250 community programs and agencies will be educated about TBI so that those programs and agencies may serve people with TBI; 4)Over 10,000 requests for information and support on TBI will be handled by the continuum of BIAF services. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$785,400 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,365,633 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$100,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$96,350 |
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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: |
$270,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$785,400 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
1)"Evaluation of the Family and Community Support Project, Brain Injury of Florida", FSU 8/1999 |
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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: |
Broward County Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/02/2003 |
