Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #571FY0001 Micro Enterprise Loan Program
Requester:		Micheline Ducena			Organization:		Haitian Organization of Women, Inc.
Project Title:		Micro Enterprise Loan Program			Date Submitted:		02/05/2001 2:44:25 PM
Sponsors:		Phillip Brutus
Statewide Interest:		Reduce unemployment rate.
Recipient:		Haitian Organization of Women, Inc.			Contact:		Micheline Ducena
		162 SW 1st Avenue			Contact Phone:		(305) 245-8158
		Homestead 33030
Counties:		Dade
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
Micro-Enterprise loan program including technical assistance, counseling, business incubator, supportive services and business retention.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Reduce high turnover of grassroots disadvantaged business through the facilitation of more effective business planning.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$250,000
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Amount to be reduced:			$
Fund Source:
Total cost of the project:			$500,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations and Construction
Type of funding match:		Federal
					Total In-Kind Amount:		$78,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Unknown
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$175,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Yes
	Agency:		Environmental Protection, Department Of
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Metro-Miami Action Plan, Community Development Block Grants & Community & Economic Development Plan
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 Commissioners
	Meeting Date:		10/31/2000