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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #713 |
| Women's HIV/Substance Abuse Treatment |
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| Requester: |
Derya E. Williams |
Organization: |
River Region Human Services, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Women's HIV/Substance Abuse Treatment |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2004 3:13:33 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wise |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The unmet need of targeting African American women to reduce Substance Abuse and HIV. |
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| Recipient: |
River Region Human Services, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Stephen Hill/Derya E. Williams, CEO |
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660 Park Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(904) 899-6300 |
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Jacksonville 32204 |
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Contact email: |
dwilliams@RRHS.org |
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| Counties: |
Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns |
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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 purpose of this program is to reduce the spread of drug-related HIV among African American women and subsequently their children by providing gender and culturally specific risk reduction through Street Outreach Services that include a fully equipped "mobile" substance abuse treatment intake unit, HIV/AIDS Health Education/Risk Reduction (HERR) and Substance Abuse Treatment/Mental Health Services. |
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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: |
| 1. Increase access to substance abuse treatment to 3600 AA females annually; 2. Provide a risk reductiom for 100 women annually; 3. Behavioral change among 70% of AA women after one year of completion. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,250,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$125,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$125,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2003-2004 |
Amount: |
$500,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Children And Families, Department Of |
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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: |
Fla. Dept of Health, of the 20,196 AIDS cases reported among women in Fla 72 % were African American |
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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: |
Duval County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/14/2003 |
