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CBIRS Request 1797
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1797
JCS - Senior Meals Program (homebound meals)
 
Requester: David B. Saltman, LCSW, Presi Organization: Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Inc.
 
Project Title: JCS - Senior Meals Program (homebound meals) Date Submitted 1/11/2006 3:43:59 PM
 
Sponsors: Margolis
 
Statewide Interest:
This program meets the strategic goals of the Department of Elder Affairs and addresses a documented need for seniors in our community.
 
Recipient: Senior Meals Nutrition Program   Contact: Ela Goldfarb, MBA, Vice Presid  
  800 NE 125th Street   Contact Phone: (305) 899-8390  
  North Miami 33161   Contact email: Egoldfarb@jcsfl.org
 
Counties: Dade
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
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.
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
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.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $300,000
 
Total cost of the project: $1,709,745
 
Request has been made to fund: Operations
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local, Private, Federal
  Cash Amount $1,400,000  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $300,000 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: The State of Florida 2005-2008 State Plan on Aging supports the need for the establishment and cont
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Miami Dade Legislative Delegation: City of Miami Beach
  Hearing Meeting Date: 11/30/2005
 
Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?   No