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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2153 |
| New Parrish Family Health Care Center |
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| Requester: |
Mickey Presha |
Organization: |
Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
New Parrish Family Health Care Center |
Date Submitted |
1/15/2004 9:00:32 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bennett |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The most obvious benefit to the state is a healthier community. Access to quality primary care for residents of the outlying community is vital. Many residents travel 30 to 45 minutes to the hospital and traditional health care providers. Many residents are retired elderly or migrant worker families who do not have access to transportation on demand. Growth and traffic congestion in NE part of Manatee County is making it more difficult for residents to access quality primary heath care. New schools, new homes, and new retirement developments are in need of health care facilities close by. Additionally the Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc.has observed that the migrant population it serves has begun to establish Manatee County as a home base. Although their working family members continue to travel where the agricultural work is, the non-working members of the family are establishing homes and apartments in Manatee County. Therefore, many of these people rely upon the services they receive in Manatee County for their primary health care. The non-working family members are often the children and the elderly family members who need health care more often. Keeping the family members who reside permanently (or for much of the year) healthy also reduces the spread of sickness, disease, bacteria and viruses to the family members who come home on weekends, holidays, or seasonally. Many communities throughout the state do not have the health care delivery system we enjoy in Manatee and are not capable of addressing these needs at the level to be effective. |
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| Recipient: |
Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Mickey Presha |
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12214 US Hwy 301 N. |
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Contact Phone: |
(941) 776-4000 |
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Parrish 34219 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center organization. The organization currently operaters 10 Community Health Care Centers in Manatee, Sarasota and DeSoto Counties. Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc. currently serves an active patient base of voer 46,000 people per year and provides over 169,000 patient encounters per year. Many of teh patients have no means of paying for their health care. They are "self pay" patients who arenot eligible for Medicaid, Medicare or nay other public assistance program. Additionally, most of these patients do not have private health insurance through their employer. Manatee County continues to experience rapid growth to the northern and eastern parts of the county. The demands of a rapidly growing community, coupled with the current economic environment, have pushed our Parrish Family Health Care Center beyond capacity. The Parrish facility, which opened in 1979, is the first health center opened and operated by MCRHS. The facility is in the old Parrish school and is shared with the Parrish Community Association and Head Start. The patient base we serve and the services we provide have outgrown this facility.
MCRHS purchased some acreage in Parrish, approximately one-quarter mile north of our current location on US 301. Plans are underway to construct a 4000-square foot modular facility on this new site. The facility would provide considerably more room for existing health care services, as well as the ability to expand dental and pediatric services and pharmacy to the Parrish community. Estimates for the new facilty are approximately $1-1.2M. MCRHS has already purchased the land and has already secured over $240,000 for vertical construction. We have developed several other private sector partners that are interested in assisting with this effort. The request is that the state of Florida provide up to 50% funding for the construction budget. |
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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: |
| Anticipated outcomes include higher rate of immunizations (both child and flu shots for adults and elderly). We also anticipate greater access to dental care for residents. We also expect that there will be a significant positive impact in the overall health of northern Manatee County because of the availability of affordable prescription drugs through the New Health Center's Pharmacy. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$500,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Census tract information; regularly conducted Needs Assessment Survey in the Parrish area |
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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: |
Manatee County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
10/08/2003 |
