House Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #493 Dunbar Center Pilot Project and Study |
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Requester: |
Lalai Hamric |
Organization: |
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida |
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Project Title: |
Dunbar Center Pilot Project and Study |
Date Submitted: |
01/27/2000 5:35:29 PM |
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District Member: |
Bruce Kyle |
Service Area: |
Neighborhood/Community |
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Counties Affected: |
Lee |
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Recipient: |
Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida |
Contact: |
Beth Blair |
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1620 Medical Center Lane, Suite 211 |
Contact Phone: |
(850) 222-6333 |
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Fort Myers 33907 |
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Project Description: |
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Programmatic study to identify WAGES clients transitioning from welfare to work to teach skills necessary to be proactive in procuring preventative and primary care health services for self and family. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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To provide an educational program to WAGES clients targeting the appropriate procurement of primary health care services to reduce utilization of more costly services through hospital emergency rooms; included in supplemental budget for Dept. of Health. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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To decrease utilization of costly emergency room services and increase utilization of primary care services at the Dunbar Center on a self-pay basis. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$150,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$187,500 |
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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: |
$37,500 |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
1999 |
Amount: |
$150,000 |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency: |
Health, Department Of |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Yes |
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Documentation: |
Decreasing Medicaid reimbursement to Center because of WAGES clients are losing in Medicaid benefits |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Lee County Delegation |
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Meeting Date: |
12/10/1999 |
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