Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #300FY0001

Support for Statewide Food Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Rita Reese

Organization:

Florida Impact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Support for Statewide Food Banks

Date Submitted:

2/16/01 9:16:54 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Burt Saunders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

Provides additional nutrition to Florida's indigent children, families, and elderly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Florida Association of Food Banks

Contact:

Rita Reese

 

c/o Second Harvest Food Bank, 2008 Brengle Ave

Contact Phone:

(850) 309-1488

 

 

Orlando 32808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

{Statewide}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Private Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obtain, transport, and distribute an additional 8,750,000 pounds of food product for food emergencies that exist in Florida with funds used primarily for transportation, storage, and limited processing; 20% targeted to be distributed to rural areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Will provide 8.75 million pounds of food valued at $14.6 million with 20% of the allocation dedicated to transporting and distributing food to rural areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,987,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Private

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total In-Kind Amount:

$1,487,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

2000-2001

Amount:

$200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

"Hunger: The Faces and Facts," by America's Second Harvest, 1997; Community Childhood Hunger identif

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Palm Beach County Delegation

 

Meeting Date:

2/16/01