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Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #360 |
Healthy Start Services |
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Requester: |
Sarah Gosney, 2005 President |
Organization: |
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions |
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Project Title: |
Healthy Start Services |
Date Submitted |
12/30/2005 12:36:19 PM |
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Sponsors: |
Bullard |
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Statewide Interest: |
Reducing the number of infant deaths and low birth weight babies by increasing funding to Healthy Start Coalitions to help more at-risk moms and babies. |
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Recipient: |
Florida Department of Health / Health Start Coalitions |
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Contact: |
Sarah Gosney |
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4025 Esplanade Way |
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Contact Phone: |
(772) 463-2888 |
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Tallahassee 32399 |
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Contact email: |
hscgosney@yahoo.com |
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Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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Project Description: |
Additional funding is requested for Healthy Start Coalitions across the state of Florida to provide services to 28,900+ more at-risk moms, babies, and young children up to age 3. Services include: (1) Healthy Start care coordination and enhanced services; (2) well-care for at-risk women between pregnancies/before conception; and (3) un-funded prenatal care. |
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Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
A decrease in infant mortality and an increase in access to prenatal care for the uninsured. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$9,500,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$9,500,000 |
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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, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$6,600,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$2,721,641 |
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Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2004-2005 |
Amount: |
$28,000,000 |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$9,500,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Health, Department Of |
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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: |
Florida Vital Statistics,OPPAGA report, US Census,Vital Satistics and Fetal/Infant Mortality reports |
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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: |
State Legislative Delegation meetings |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
10/28/2005 |
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Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |