House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1833

Women's Business Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Dolores K. Benjamin

Organization:

Resource Center For Women of Pinellas/Pasco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Women's Business Center

Date Submitted:

01/31/2000 1:01:43 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Rudolph Bradley

Service Area:

Regional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Pasco, Pinellas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Resource Center for Women

Contact:

Kim Griffin

 

1301 Seminole Boulevard, Suite 150

Contact Phone:

(727) 893-1840

 

 

Largo 33770-8113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$24,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$147,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Amount:

$24,524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$24,524

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

Recurring Operations

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Resource Center for Women's Five-Year Comprehensive Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

No