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