Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #761FY0102
Manatee Glen's Clubhouse Employment Project
Requester:		Gaye Wells			Organization:		National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Project Title:		Manatee Glen's Clubhouse Employment Project			Date Submitted:		1/16/2002 5:39:09 PM
Sponsors:		Lesley Miller
Statewide Interest:
Community-Based Care; Closure of G. Pirece Wood State Hospital.
Recipient:		Natinal Alliance for the Mentally Ill			Contact:		Mary Ruiz
		391 6th Avenue West			Contact Phone:		(941) 741-3111
		Bradenton, FL 34205
Counties:		Manatee
Gov't Entity:			Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):					Yes
Project Description:
The Manatee Glen's Employment Project will provide a restorative, vocational center for severe and persistently mentally ill members. Through member participation in meaningful work activities, members prepare to enter the workforce. The Clubhouse will be self-contained, not attached to other mental health facilities. Through meal preparation for members, horticulture, office work, computer training, and educational activities, members learn to arrive at a regularly scheduled time and successfully learn to complete work tasks. Transitional employment will be offered for up to six months where a job is provided in community (often job shared). This is followed by supported employment and independent employment. The facility will provide adequate space for all of the above activities to occur, approximately 5,000 square feet. The goal is to enlist 100 members with attendance averaging 25 per day. The Clubhouse would operate Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Priority for this service would include: Discharges from hospital or residential treatment; Class members of the federal lawsuit or FACT team consumers; Those at risk of admission to state hospital, residential treatment, or crisis unit; Two staff and two prospective members will be trained at an approved International Center for Clubhouse Development site.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
100 members with attendance averaging 25 per day.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$600,000
Total cost of the project:			$6,000,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
What type of match exists for this project?					None
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$630,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		The G. Pierce Wood Hospital Closure Interagency Management Committee for Sarasota/Manatee
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Manatee County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		12/12/2001