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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #398 |
| Peace for the Aging |
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| Requester: |
Teresa Descilo |
Organization: |
Victim Services Center |
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| Project Title: |
Peace for the Aging |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2006 9:55:55 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Reducing elder abuse through education, identification and providing services to this underserved population. |
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| Recipient: |
Victim Services Center |
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Contact: |
Teresa Descilo |
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111 SW 3rd Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 379-8877 |
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Miami 33130 |
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Contact email: |
teresa@vscmiami.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: |
| Provide advocacy, groups, individual treatment to underserved elderly abuse victims. Also, provide a promotional and outreach campaign in order to educate and identify victims. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Elderly victims who recover from their experiences as measured by improvement in validated measurements for traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and expectancy of success. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$125,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$156,250 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$20,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$11,250 |
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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: |
$125,000 |
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: |
US Census, Research by FIU Ctr on Aging; Alluance 4 Hum. Serv. Master Plan; DV Gaps in Services Rep |
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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 |
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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 |
