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CBIRS Request 1919
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1919
P. John Darby Recuperative Care Center
 
Requester: Charles Bottoms Organization: Tampa Community Health Centers, Inc
 
Project Title: P. John Darby Recuperative Care Center Date Submitted 1/3/2008 3:48:02 PM
 
Sponsors: Joyner
 
Statewide Interest:
The improvement of the health status of the community, reduction of racial disparities and reduction of health care costs incurred by Medicaid and hospitals among chronic and acutely ill homeless persons.
 
Recipient: Tampa Community Health Centers, Inc   Contact: Charles Bottoms  
  1502 E. Fowler AVE   Contact Phone: (813) 866-0930  
  Tampa 33612   Contact email: CBottoms@HCNetwork.org
 
Counties: Hillsborough
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
Project Description:
Tampa Community Health Centers, Inc.�s project is for the renovation of its former North Tampa Health Care Center to open its P. John Darby Recuperative Care Center, a transitional, 23-bed free-standing housing based model serving homeless persons who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury while living on the streets, but are not ill enough to be in a hospital. Participants will have dormitory style rooms, access to 24 hour onsite care to address medical needs, comprehensive supportive services tailored to the individuals' needs, along with showers, meals, laundry and other basic services.
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Researchers compared homeless patients who received recuperative care following hospital discharge with patients with similar diagnoses denied access to recuperative care due to a lack of beds. The group that received recuperative care averaged five fewer inpatient days and a 36 percent reduction in emergency room visits during the year following their recuperative stay (Buchanan et al. 2006). These data helped HCH administrators in Austin, Texas, project savings for local hospitals that would result from their proposed recuperative program. They calculated their program�s capacity to be 834 admissions per year, averaging 14 days per admission. This provided the basis for the net savings projections of $2,053,400 if their program reduced three inpatient days per recuperative admission, and $4,889,000 for five inpatient days.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $551,420
 
Total cost of the project: $1,301,420
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? Federal
  Cash Amount $750,000  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   No
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   No
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? Unknown
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: FY 2007 Continuum of Care�s Strategic Plan Submitted to HUD and the Office of Homelessness
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   Yes
  Hearing Body: Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
 
Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?   No