Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #225FY0001 Therapeutic Early Childhood and Elementary SED Center
Requester:		Julian Rice			Organization:		Mental Health Care, Inc.
Project Title:		Therapeutic Early Childhood and Elementary SED Center			Date Submitted:		2/15/01 10:23:17 AM
Sponsors:		Tom Lee
Statewide Interest:		To enhance education and behavioral health services to severely emotionally disturbed children.
Recipient:		Mental Health Care, Inc.			Contact:		Julian Rice
		5707 N. 22nd Street			Contact Phone:		(813) 272-2244
		Tampa 33610
Counties:		Hillsborough
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
This cooperative effort between the District School System and the Mental Health Center provides educational and therapeutic services to severely emotionally disturbed children to enable them to return to less restrictive classroom settings and to prevent placement in DCF assigned residences or Juvenile Justice facilities.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
To return 60-65% of the children to less restrictive classroom settings.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$1,600,000
Total cost of the project:			$2,100,000
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
Type of funding match:		Local
					Total In-Kind Amount:		$500,000
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:		52 SED children are being served in space designed to serve 30 children.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		1/5/01