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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1432 |
| School Health Connect |
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| Requester: |
Diana Ragbeer |
Organization: |
The Children's Trust |
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| Project Title: |
School Health Connect |
Date Submitted |
1/11/2006 8:51:12 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Margolis, Rich, Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The proposed program meets a documented need for comprehensive school health services for children in the public school system. The proposed public-private collaborative which includes a significant financial commitment at the local level, with measurable outcomes, will occur in a manner that can serve as a statewide model and be replicated across the state. The project has demonstrated community support as well as support from the Department of Health, and the Agency for Health Care Administration. |
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| Recipient: |
The Children's Trust, act as fiscal agent for School Health |
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Contact: |
Diana Ragbeer |
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4500 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 200 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 571-5600 |
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Miami 33137 |
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Contact email: |
diana@thechildrenstrust.org |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Provision of a comprehensive school health program to ensure that all children have access to quality health care services, including a medical home and behavioral health services through a health team in every school to improve health, health education, school environmental and school success. State funding is requested for start-up costs associated with the development of the Management Information System (MIS) and for other non-recurring costs such as health and medical supplies. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Outcomes would be measured through data collection to determine the number of children linked to a medical home, the number of children receiving well-child checkups and screenings, a variety of health outcomes and the number of days of school missed, which should decrease and consequently school performance which should ultimately improve. |
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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: |
$23,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$11,000,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$10,000,000 |
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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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No |
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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: |
John T McDonald Foundation School Health Initiative, The Department of Health & Miami Dade Schools |
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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: |
Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/30/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
