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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1613 |
| Pediatric Care and Ultrasound Project/Cape Coral |
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| Requester: |
Lalai Hamric |
Organization: |
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Pediatric Care and Ultrasound Project/Cape Coral |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 12:24:21 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bennett |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Improved access for women and children to primary, evidence-based health care services which directly supports the Florida Department of Health's priorities for maternal and child care, as well as recommendations contained in the Governor's Task Force on Access to Affordable Health Insurance Final Report, 2004. |
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| Recipient: |
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Lalai Hamrick, CEO |
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2256 Heitman Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(239) 278-3600 |
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Fort Myers 33902 |
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Contact email: |
lhamric@hcnetwork.org |
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| Counties: |
Lee |
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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 Pediatric Care project will establish a 2-medical provider primary care practice for children aged 0-14 living in and around the City of Cape Coral. The Ultrasound project will allow Family Health Centers to perform in-house ultrasound assessments as part of providing more effective and accurate prenatal care to more than 1500 pregnant mothers. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The Pediatric Care project will result in an estimated 3000 new pediatric patients receiving primary care during a projected 9000 office visits each year. The is will help meet the growing need to care for the 27,091 children under age 15 living in Cape Coral, 3001 of whom live in households earning less than poverty level incomes. The Ultrasound project will result in an estimated 1500 women receiving improved diagnostic care during their pregnancies. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$600,000 |
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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, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$625,000 |
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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? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Governor's Task Force on Access to Affordable Health Insurance, Final Report 2004 |
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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: |
Lee County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/17/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
