Senate Committee Publications
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1093 | |||||||||
| Community Clean and Feed | |||||||||
| Requester: | Patricia Glasper | Organization: | Love South Dade, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | Community Clean and Feed | Date Submitted | 1/4/2008 3:14:29 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bullard | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Health and Human Services, Revitalization. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Love South Dade, Inc. | Contact: | Patricia Glasper | ||||||
| 19701 S.W. 127 Ave. | Contact Phone: | (305) 251-0876 | |||||||
| Miami 33189 | Contact email: | info@lovesouthdade.com | |||||||
| Counties: | Miami-Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Adopt neglected communities in South Dade that need revitalization and introduce healthily eating by distributing nutritious food. The Community Clean and Feed Projects focus is to identify neighborhoods within the city that have been neglected and clean them up. During the cleaning process we distribute nutritious food to those who are in need. This project serves a dual purpose. It helps clean up and revitalize communities by showing the residents that someone cares about their living conditions, while encouraging them to also take pride in their own community. It enables us to feed families which may not otherwise have nutritious food. Love South Dade has been providing this service, on a smaller scale, for approximately five years at least one time per year. We have also taken this time on occasions to hold job and health fairs to address any other needs the residents might have and it has been a great success. Our goal is to have this as an on going project perhaps on a monthly or by-monthly basis. When done on a larger scale we feel that this program can be instrumental in contributing to stronger and better communities. Our Future vision is to be able to: � Have volunteers to help with cleaning up and distributing food within the communities. � Have a larger food bank to provide food. � To continue to conduct health and job fairs in order to address other social needs. � Plant flowers and trees to beautify the neighborhood. � Encourage whole communities to become active and interested in revitalizing their own neighborhoods. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Assist local government with recycling efforts and to improve neighborhoods. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $150,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $5,000 | In-kind Amount | $80,200 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $250,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Yes | ||||||||
| Agency | Community Affairs, Department Of | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Yes | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Governor Charlie Crist Policy & Budget Recommendation: Keeping Floridians Healthy | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||