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House Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1681 State of Florida Educational Assistive Project for Print-Disabled Residents |
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Requester: |
Christine McCarthy |
Organization: |
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Florida Unit |
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Project Title: |
State of Florida Educational Assistive Project for Print-Disabled Residents |
Date Submitted: |
01/26/2000 6:34:02 PM |
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District Member: |
Gustavo Barreiro |
Service Area: |
Statewide |
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Counties Affected: |
Dade |
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Recipient: |
RFB&D, Florida Unit |
Contact: |
Christine McCarthy |
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6704 S.W. 80th Street |
Contact Phone: |
(305) 666-0552 20 |
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Miami 33143 |
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Project Description: |
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Provide educational texts and professional resources in accessible formats for blind, learning disabled, and other disabled persons who cannot read standard print. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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Serves children and adults on request with specialized texts in all subject areas and many languages. Provides access to a library of 75,000 titles. Print-disabled individuals become, through education, independent, productive, and employable, saving state money. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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Increased employment and graduation rates among print-disabled individuals. Decreased dependency payments from state. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$175,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$1,308,280 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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Is there Local Government or Private match for this request? |
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No |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
1998-2000 |
Amount: |
$100,000 |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$175,000 |
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Purpose for future year funding: |
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Recurring Operations |
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Will this be an annual request? |
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Yes |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Yes |
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Documentation: |
Division of Blind Services Statistics for the State of Florida; National Disability statistics |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
No |
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