House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #927 HOMELESS COALITION GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM
Requester:	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY		Organization:		MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOMELESS TRUST
Project Title:	HOMELESS COALITION GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM		Date Submitted:		01/24/2000 11:12:41 AM
District Member:	Sally Heyman		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Dade
Recipient:	MIAMI-DADE COUNTY HOMELESS TRUST		Contact:		HILDA FERNANDEZ
	111 NW 1ST STREET, #2710		Contact Phone:		(305) 375-1490
	MIAMI 33128
Project Description:
IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES STATEWIDE HOMELESS COALITION GRANT-IN-AID ALLOCATION BE INCREASED TO $900,000.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
THE STATEWIDE POPULATION OF HOMELESS PERSONS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT 52,500 (PER DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ANNUAL REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS, 1999). THE COORDINATION OF HOMELESS SERVICES DELIVERY TO THIS POPULATION IS LARGELY DONE BY LOCAL "HOMELESS COALITIONS," AS DEFINED BY STATE STATUTE, AND AS MAY BE LOCALLY APPOINTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DISTRICTS. FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THESE COALITIONS (GRANT IDENTIFICATION AND COORDINATION, COORDINATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS TO BETTER USE RESOURCES, CLIENT OUTREACH, PROVIDER EDUCATION, STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION, NEEDS AND GAPS ANALYSIS HOMELESS CENSUS, ETC.) HAS NOT KEPT ABREAST OF THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS PERSONS AND SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS. INCREASED FUNDING WILL ENSURE BETTER COORDINATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCES, THUS REDUCING THE IMPACT OF HOMELESS PERSONS ON STATE-FUNDED SYSTEMS (CSU'S, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, SUBSIDIZED HEALTH CARE, ETC.)
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
INCREASED COORDINATION OF SERVICES; INCREASED LEVERAGING OF OTHER RESOURCES (FEDERAL, PRIVATE, LOCAL, ETC.)
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$900,000
Total cost of the project:		$900,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
	Cash Amount:	$627,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	99-00		Amount:		$180,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$900,000
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
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:	ANNUAL REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS, AS PREPARED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Yes
	Hearing Body:	MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
	Meeting Date:	12/07/1999