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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1588 |
| Mobile Health Unit |
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| Requester: |
Brodes H. Hartley, Jr., Pres. & CEO |
Organization: |
Community Health of South Dade, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Mobile Health Unit |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 11:38:20 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bullard |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Pursuant to Chapter 216.052(1), the proposed Mobile Health Unit project addresses a statewide health care interest through providing a mobile health unit in the community of South Miami, including West Kendall, Florida. This mobile health unit addresses 6 of the 7 goals within the Miami-Dade County Health and Human Services component of the Miami-Dade County strategic plan. |
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| Recipient: |
Community Health of South Dade, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Brodes H. Hartley, Jr., President & CEO |
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10300 SW 216th Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 252-4850 |
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Miami 33190 |
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Contact email: |
bhartley@hcnetwork.org |
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| Counties: |
Miami-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: |
| Miami-Dade County continues to grow in population among low income, uninsured and underinsured residents. Community Health of South Florida, Inc. proposes to operate a mobile health unit in the area of South Miami, including West Kendall focusing on providing accessible, affordable, health care services to section 8 housing residents, homeless, the uninsured and underinsured. The goal of this mobile health unit will be to assist residents in reducing reliance on other health resources such as hospital emergency departments. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The mobile health unit will provide health related services to 4,200 individuals in the first year. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$300,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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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: |
Miami-Dade County Strategic Plan, Agency Needs Assessment |
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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 Delegation |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
