House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2841 Brookwood, Inc. Third Site Expansion
Requester:	Pamela Mesmer		Organization:		Brookwood, Inc.
Project Title:	Brookwood, Inc. Third Site Expansion		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 3:09:16 PM
District Member:	Leslie Waters		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Pinellas
Recipient:	Brookwood, inc.		Contact:		Pamela Mesmer
	901 Seventh Ave, South		Contact Phone:		(727) 822-4789 12
	St. Petersburg, FL 33705
Project Description:
Expansion of highly successful group home to a third Florida site to better meet the needs of troubled teenage girls and their families and address the serious shortage of programs providing treatment and transitional living preparation.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
A therapeutic group home providing independent living skills, training and mental counseling for Florida's abused/neglected teen girls.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
40 teen girls (at each site every year) and their families will receive the full array of services in Brookwood's community based enviroment, preparing them for self-sufficiency and/or family reunification.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$400,000
Total cost of the project:		$400,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?				No
Was this project previously funded by the State?				No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?				No
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:	Statewide needs' assessment & 73 yeras of agency history.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?				Yes
	Hearing Body:	Pinellas County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:	01/13/2000