House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #150 Freeport/South Walton Health Facility
Requester:	Walton County Health Department		Organization:		Department of Health
Project Title:	Freeport/South Walton Health Facility		Date Submitted:		01/25/2000 12:53:24 PM
District Member:	Bev Kilmer		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Walton
Recipient:	Walton County Health Department		Contact:		Virginia D Carroll or Dr. Susan Turner
	493 North 9th St		Contact Phone:		(850) 892-8040
	DeFuniak Springs 32433
Project Description:
Complete construction of a facility for which the initial phase was funded during the 1998/99 Legislative Session. Facility will provide health services to one of the most rapidly growing areas in the State of Florida.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Communicable Disease, Disease investigation and prevention, Immunizations, Family Planning, Public Health Education, WIC Services, Environmental Health Services. Benefits will be to provide health and environmental services to the Freeport and South Walton clients in a more efficient manner, and in a safe environment for clients and employees. The new facility will meet established space and security requirements of the Department of Health. Increased public space will contribute to reaching larger numbers of Florida citizens and visitors with a wider variety of effective and valuable services, emphasizing disease prevention and health education. Increased workspace will allow resolution of confidentiality, disabled access, and substandard workspace issues.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Staff will be headquartered in the facility where previously thee has only been a piece-meal provision of services. All program activities/clients will be monitored and data provided via the CIS/HMC reporting system (Client Information System/Health Management Component).
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$991,000
Total cost of the project:		$1,491,000

Request has been made to fund:			Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Unknown
Was this project previously funded by the State?					Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1999/2000		Amount:	$500,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					Yes
	Agency:	Health, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	Growth rate of Walton County and demonstrated need by services provided at two satellite facilities,
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Yes
	Hearing Body:	Board of County Commissioners Workshop meeting
	Meeting Date:	07/26/1999