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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #666 |
| United Food Bank and Services of Plant City Expansion Project |
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| Requester: |
Kelleigh Klein, Executive Director |
Organization: |
United Food Bank and Services of Plant City |
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| Project Title: |
United Food Bank and Services of Plant City Expansion Project |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 2:30:46 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Storms |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Decrease hunger in Eastern Hillsborough County and the surrounding areas by providing food and job readiness training. |
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| Recipient: |
United Food Bank and Services of Plant City |
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Contact: |
Kelleigh Klein |
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712 E. Alsobrook St. Suite 9 |
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Contact Phone: |
() 81-3764 |
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Plant City 33563 |
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Contact email: |
unitedfoodbank.ofplantcity@verizon.net |
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| Counties: |
Hillsborough |
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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 United Food Bank Expansion Project will allow the Food Bank of
Plant City to expand services to include education and training for
clients to enter or re-enter the workforce. The United Food Bank of
Plant City currently provides services including food distribution,
prescription funding and last resort funding (i.e. electricity, water,
rent, . . . ) to over 6,000 truly needy individuals annually. Clients
are provided for based on a "referral only" system. Referrals come
from the Department of Children and Famlies, local churches, the Spring,
South Florida Baptist Hospital, East Hillsborough County Schools and
more.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Increase in job readiness & workforce participation by low income residence of eastern Hillsborough County leading to a reduction of dependency on social services. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$600,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$80,000 |
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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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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: |
Children�s Board of Hillsborough County studies on poverty and hunger in Hillsborough County |
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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: |
Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
