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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1842 |
| Lisa Merlin House "A Safe Place For A New Beginning" |
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| Requester: |
Lisa Merlin |
Organization: |
Lisa Merlin House, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Lisa Merlin House "A Safe Place For A New Beginning" |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2006 2:40:17 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Constantine |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Assist Homeless women and children by providing housing while they recover from alcohol, substance and mental health issues. Enables them to become responsible, self-sufficient, tax-paying members of the community. |
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| Recipient: |
Lisa Merlin House, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Bruce Merlin |
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3101 N. Pine Hills Rd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 718-8066 |
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Orlando 32808 |
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Contact email: |
magicspfx@aol.com/ lmh3101@aol.com |
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| Counties: |
Orange, Seminole |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Construction of a new 9200 sq. ft. home for pregnant, post-partum, and parenting women with children up to the age of 5 years old who are healing from various types of abuse. The services provided are individual, group, and family counseling, grief and anger work, self-esteem workshops, employment readiness, job skill training, GED preparation, relapse prevention and substance abuse education, nutrition and fitness, domestic violence counseling and education, HIV/AIDS/STD education, testing, and counseling, parenting and life skills, child play therapy, early childhood developmental testing, on-site childcare licensed by DCF, case management, transportation, residential housing up to 24 months, and aftercare services, which include finding permanent housing. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| New home to house homeless women and children healing from mental health and substance abuse issues, assisting them to become independent, self-sufficient, self-reliant. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$763,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$317,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$196,000 |
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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: |
Homeless Services Network of Central Florida Continuum of Care |
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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: |
Orange County Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
10/10/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
