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Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1797 |
JCS - Senior Meals Program (homebound meals) |
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Requester: |
David B. Saltman, LCSW, Presi |
Organization: |
Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Inc. |
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Project Title: |
JCS - Senior Meals Program (homebound meals) |
Date Submitted |
1/11/2006 3:43:59 PM |
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Sponsors: |
Margolis |
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Statewide Interest: |
This program meets the strategic goals of the Department of Elder Affairs and addresses a documented need for seniors in our community. |
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Recipient: |
Senior Meals Nutrition Program |
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Contact: |
Ela Goldfarb, MBA, Vice Presid |
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800 NE 125th Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 899-8390 |
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North Miami 33161 |
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Contact email: |
Egoldfarb@jcsfl.org |
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Counties: |
Dade |
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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 JCS Senior Meals Program is the only Kosher provider of homebound meals in Miami-Dade County. Due to extraordinary increases in expenses related to the production of our meals and the stagnant funding of OAA, we will have to eliminate nearly 200 people from our roster of more than 1,200 homebound meals participants. Many of these clients have no place else to turn, have no family and now will have no food deliveries. |
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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 Senior Meals Program will provide more than 56,500 meals to clients who will have to be taken off the meals program due to shortages in the OAA budget. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$300,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$1,709,745 |
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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, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$1,400,000 |
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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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Yes |
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Amount: |
$300,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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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: |
The State of Florida 2005-2008 State Plan on Aging supports the need for the establishment and cont |
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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 Legislative Delegation: City of Miami Beach |
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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 |