House Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1833 Women's Business Center |
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Requester: |
Dolores K. Benjamin |
Organization: |
Resource Center For Women of Pinellas/Pasco |
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Project Title: |
Women's Business Center |
Date Submitted: |
01/31/2000 1:01:43 PM |
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District Member: |
Rudolph Bradley |
Service Area: |
Regional |
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Counties Affected: |
Pasco, Pinellas |
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Recipient: |
Resource Center for Women |
Contact: |
Kim Griffin |
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1301 Seminole Boulevard, Suite 150 |
Contact Phone: |
(727) 893-1840 |
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Largo 33770-8113 |
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Project Description: |
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Financial Counseling and Other Management and Technical Assistance Services to women to train prospective and current women entrepreneurs. To assist women with emphasis on those who are socially and economically disadvantaged or special populations, to start, expand and develop businesses. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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A Women's Business Center would be the first such funded and recognized center in Florida. The on-line training of the WBC would be available locally, regionally, statewide and nationally. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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Anticipate the WBC will increase the number of women served in both established and start-up business by ten percent this year. At the end of each year, service evaluations will be analyed and changes made or programs strengthened for the next year. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$24,523 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$147,140 |
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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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Yes |
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In-Kind Amount: |
$24,524 |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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No |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$24,524 |
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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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Unknown |
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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: |
Resource Center for Women's Five-Year Comprehensive Plan |
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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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