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CBIRS Request 88
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #88
Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Outreach Program
 
Requester: Molly Nobles Organization: : Andrew�s Research and Education Institute (Baptist Health Care)
 
Project Title: Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Outreach Program Date Submitted 1/4/2008 2:57:26 PM
 
Sponsors: Peaden
 
Statewide Interest:
Health and wellness for North/Northwest Florida. Economic development for Northwest Florida.
 
Recipient: Andrews Research and Education Institute   Contact: Molly Nobles  
  1020 Gulf Breeze Parkway   Contact Phone: (850) 525-5393  
  Gulf Breeze 32561   Contact email: mnobles@bhcpns.org
 
Counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
Project Description:
The comprehensive Sports Medicine outreach program would be a venture under an inclusive umbrella for a center of excellence for Sports Medicine outreach, research and education. The comprehensive Sports Medicine outreach program could be developed with a multi-pronged multi-disciplinary (sports medicine, orthopaedic spine, human performance) mission: (1) Athletic training education and services assigned to each high school (dependent on need), Junior College and University encompassed in the regions from Escambia to Levy counties; (2) Athletic training education and services assigned to each of the 8 military instillations (dependent on need) housed in North Florida, (3) development of an institute structure for educational conferences and seminars to address a multitude of local, regional, and national health related issues; (4) A multi-disciplinary research agenda to address the research interest of the consortium; (5) A comprehensive multi-disciplinary fellowship program. A detailed proposal is available on request.
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Creation of approximately 60 new jobs in highly educated fields of technical and professional research & sports medicine. The reduction of injury rate and severity among Florida youth as well as the specialized military populations in North Florida.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $2,500,000
 
Total cost of the project: $12,000,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? Local
  Cash Amount $  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Yes
  Amount: $2,500,000 To Fund: Operations, Construction
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   No
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? No
 
Is there a documented need for this project? No
 
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