| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2872 | |||||||||
| House of Hope | |||||||||
| Requester: | Regina Eason | Organization: | UTM Outreach, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | House of Hope | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 4:41:22 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bendross-Mindingall | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This project addresses the plight of HIV/AIDS infected persons in their hospice stages. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | UTM Outreach, Inc. | Contact: | Regina Eason | ||||||
| 2508 Superior Street | Contact Phone: | (305) 953-8146 | |||||||
| Miami 33154 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| House of Hope is a hospice house that provides a warm, caring, homelike environment for terminally ill HIV/AIDS clients. House of Hope is an alternative to regular hospital and nursing home care that often leave AIDS patients feeling lonely and deprived. The ultimate goal is to ensure that the clients' last memories are those of tenderness and love. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| All Program participants will spend their last days feeling loved and well cared for, thus helping to ease the fear and trauma associated with dying. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $150,000 | ||||||||
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| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $200,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $250,000 | To Fund: | Operations, Construction, expansion | ||||
| 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: | Agency Need Assessment and Community Awareness and Support Team Results | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||