Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1409 Mildly Ill Childcare Pilot Project
Requester:	Mason Jackson		Organization:		Broward Employment & Training Administration (BETA)
Project Title:	Mildly Ill Childcare Pilot Project		Date Submitted:		01/27/2000 10:05:25 PM
District Member:	Howard Forman		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Broward
Recipient:	BETA		Contact:		Steve Sampier
	3800 Inverrary Blvd #400		Contact Phone:		(549) 872-0205 449
	Lauderhill 33319
Project Description:
The Workforce Development Board, the WAGES Coalition and Broward County Health Department want to develope a pilot project to provide hospital-based childcare for mildly ill children. Parents eligible for this service will be WAGES clients and parents receiving subsidized childcare who need the serice to report for work. The Memorial Healthcare System, the tax assisted hospital district for the South Broward area, will be heavily involved in this project. This pilot project is designed to be replicable throughout the State.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Children will be provided age appropriate activities suitable for the stage of recovery from their illness. Immunization reviews and appication assistance for state KidCare coverage will be offered. It is estimated that young children are absent from childcare due to illness approximately 10 days per year. This is especially significant in families with more than one child. For single parents or families where both parents must provide incomes to meet expenses, these sick days can put the parents at risk of losing their jobs because of excess absenteeism. Parents will be able to reporrt to work on days because a hospital based childcare center will be available for the sick children. WAGES clients will be able to avoid sanctions and continue their progress toward self-sufficiency/ Employers will benefit from reduction in employee absenteeism, also reducing the costs of training new employees.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Reduced loss days at work and increased job retention, updated immunizations and KidCare applications will result from the implementation of this project.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$1,116,410
Total cost of the project:		$1,132,779

Request has been made to fund:			Operations and Construction
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
				In-Kind Amount:		$16,369
Was this project previously funded by the State?						No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$585,000
	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:	number of WAGES clients and children receiving subsidized day care
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Unknown