House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3027 Mills Health Center
Requester:	Pauline Grant		Organization:		Mills Health Center
Project Title:	Mills Health Center		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 10:11:27 PM
District Member:	Josephus Eggelletion		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Broward
Recipient:	Mills Health Center		Contact:		Pauline Grant
	900 N.W. 31st Avenue		Contact Phone:		(954) 327-2100
	Fort Lauderdale 33311
Project Description:
The Florida Community Protection Act of 1999 established a pilot project in Broward County for the communities surrounding the Mills Health Center in Ft. Lauderdale. The purpose of the project, for which funding is sought, is to promote disease prevention and health promotion among the low-income persons living in that area and to eliminate disease disparity so that the low-income persons can participate in economic, environmental and health revitalizatioon of the area.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Demonstration of techniques and approches to ensure community-based, culturally sensitive health care for disease prevention and health promotion for the low-income people; Promotion of partnerships between existing health care providers and community-based organizations to promote health and prevent disease for the low-income people; and development of educational and outreach programs for community-based organizations and health care provides that increase awareness of health care needs for low-income persons in the area.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The implementation of community-based, cultural sensitive health care services which prevent disease and promote health in low-income communities; model approches for achieving disease prevention and health promotion in minority communities; and partnerships between government, community-based organizations, and the private sector which promote economic, health and environmental revitalization of low-income communities.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$300,000
Total cost of the project:		$600,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations and Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Unknown
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Yes
	Amount:	$250,000
	Purpose for future year funding:			Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?				Yes
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:	Environmental Equity and Justice Commission Report
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No