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CBIRS Request 1266
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1266
Mental Health Consumer Network and Council
 
Requester: Kathleen Cavanaugh Hale, Presi Organization: South Florida Mental Health Association, Inc.
 
Project Title: Mental Health Consumer Network and Council Date Submitted 1/11/2006 10:51:58 AM
 
Sponsors: Wilson
 
Statewide Interest:
Mental Health Services, Mental Health Consumers
 
Recipient: South Florida Mental Health Assocation, Inc.   Contact: Kathleen Cavanaugh Hale, Presi  
  2140 S. Dixie Highway #201   Contact Phone: (305) 854-2463  
  Miami 33133   Contact email: khale@sfmha.org
 
Counties: Dade
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
Project Description:
This is a new initiative with a main goal of promoting recovery, quality of life advocacy and empowerment, education, mutual support, peer directed service, and partcipation in mental health policy design and evaluation through the creation of a consumer network and Mental Health Consumer Council.
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Evaluation of the goals outlines below will be documented via minutes and attendance records of meetings, brief user surveys at meetings, copies of press releases and articles, network lists, documentation of all project initiatives, council activites and work plans and the final report.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $25,000
 
Total cost of the project: $70,800
 
Request has been made to fund: Operations
 
What type of match exists for this project? Private
  Cash Amount $70,800  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $25,000 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: Human Services Coalition( Brandeis University), Community Voices Miami(Kellogg Foundation)
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   No
 
Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?   No