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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2607 |
| Hebni Nutrition Resource Center |
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| Requester: |
Roniece Weaver, MS RD LD |
Organization: |
Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Inc |
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| Project Title: |
Hebni Nutrition Resource Center |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 3:14:54 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Siplin |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Hebni Nutrition Resource Center addresses the statewide interest of reducing health disparities among minority populations in the state of Florida, targeting African Americans living in Orange County who are at risk of nutrition-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer. |
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| Recipient: |
Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Inc |
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Contact: |
Roniece Weaver, Executive Director |
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2009 West Central Blvd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 872-1333 |
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Orlando 32805 |
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Contact email: |
hebni@aol.com |
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| Counties: |
Orange |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The latest growth and successes of Hebni's program have inspired Hebni to look for ways to bring its services closer to the community. Hebni has entered into a long term lease agreement on an office building in Orlando's 32805 zip code, which has the largest percentage of African American residents and the highest poverty level in the city. The 2005 Median Family Income is estimated at $18,232, with 98.8% of the population being Black. 52.54% of the population in this area live below the poverty line. Hebni has already recieved commitment from the City of Orlando to fund $250,000 of the renovations at Hebni's new office site to create a space where Hebni can provide on-site individual and group nutrition counseling, healthy cooking classes, wellness education classes and seminars, exercise demonstrations, health screenings, and a community resource center. Hebni will be adding four test kitchens to hold cooking classes, a large classroom to hold workshops and seminars, a large conference room for meetings and group counseling sessions, a library with nutrition and health resources available to the community, computer stations with internet access to nutrition and health websites, and new offices for Hebni staff, so individual nutritional counseling can be held in private sessions. Hebni's Nutrition Resource Center will allow Hebni to provide an array of nutrition and wellness education services directly to the community at a location that is easily accessible, so that Hebni can reach the populations who are at the greatest risk of diet related diseases. Hebni is requesting $250,000 to fund operating costs associated with providing these on-site wellness and cooking classes for adults and youth, and nutrition and health library resources which can be utilized by residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Complete renovations on Hebni�s Nutrition Resource Center by May 31, 2007; Provide Nutrition and Diabetes Education to a minimum of 100 African-American adults annually at the Nutrition Resource Center; Provide healthy cooking classes to a minimum of 75 African-Americans at Hebni�s Nutrition Resource Center; Provide individual and group nutrition counseling sessions to a minimum of 50 African-Americans at Hebni�s Nutrition Resource Center; Provide nutrition education, cooking and exercise classes to a minimum of 75 African-American youth in Orange County through the K.Y.D.S. (Keeping Your Diet Straight) after-school and summer program at the Nutrition Resource Center; Expand Hebni�s website to provide on-line nutrition education to a minimum of 100 African-American community members; Expand Hebni�s Health and Fitness Now television show to air on LYNX bus transportation system; Increase marketing of health and nutrition messages through billboards and television commercials to reach a minimum of 5,000 residents in Orange County.
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$650,000 |
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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 |
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Cash Amount |
$300,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$30,000 |
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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: |
$175,000 |
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: |
Florida Dept of Health, Closing the GAP, Reducing the Health Disparities among minority populations |
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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: |
City of Orlando City Hall Meeting and Orange County Legislation Meeting |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
