| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #769 | |||||||||
| Healthy Start Services | |||||||||
| Requester: | Sarah Gosney, President | Organization: | Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions | ||||||
| Project Title: | Healthy Start Services | Date Submitted | 1/12/2006 5:06:10 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Aronberg, Campbell, Jones | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Reducing the number of infant deaths and low birth weight babies by increasing funding to Healthy Start Coalitions to help more at-risk moms and babies. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Florida Department of Health/Healthy Start Coalitions | Contact: | Sarah Gosney | ||||||
| 4025 Esplanade Way | Contact Phone: | (772) 463-2888 | |||||||
| Tallahassee 32399 | Contact email: | hscgosney@yahoo.com | |||||||
| Counties: | {Statewide} | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Additional funding is requested for Healthy Start Coalitions across the state of Florida to provide services to 28,900+ more at-risk moms, babies, and young children up to age 3. Services include:(1) Healthy Start care, coordination and enhanced services (2) well-care for at-risk women between pregnancies/before conception; and (3) un-funded prenatal care | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| A decrease in infant mortality and an increase in access to prenatal care for the uninsured. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $9,500,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $33,952,387 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private, Federal | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $6,600,000 | In-kind Amount | $2,721,641 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2004-2005 | Amount: | $28,000,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $9,500,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Florida Vital Statistics-rising low birth weight, loss in gains on infant mortality, OPPAGA rpt | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Collier Count y Delegation Meeting | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/14/2005 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||