| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #220 | |||||||||
| Alzheimer's Caregiver Program | |||||||||
| Requester: | Steven D. Sonenreich | Organization: | Mount Sinai Medical Center | ||||||
| Project Title: | Alzheimer's Caregiver Program | Date Submitted | 1/10/2003 4:27:13 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Gelber | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Provides home/community-based services; allows for better informed caregivers and families to take responsibility for their own. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Contact: | Elise Lipoff Mayer | ||||||
| 4300 Alton Road | Contact Phone: | (305) 674-2700 | |||||||
| Miami Beach 33140 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Seeks to coordinate care and provide training to caregivers to enable Alzheimer's patients to stay in their homes. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Reduction in placement in long-trm facilities. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $200,000 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
| Specific Appropriation #: | 473 | ||||||||
| Specific Appropriation Title: | Community Care Programs For the Elderly | ||||||||
| Amount to be reduced: | $200,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | In-kind Amount | $50,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2002-2003 | Amount: | $180,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $200,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Most of the 46,000 Alzheimer's patients in Dade County are cared for by spouses & adult children. | ||||||||
| 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 County Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 12/17/2002 | ||||||||