Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1471 Community Public Health Leadership Center
Requester:	Dr. Cynthia Harris		Organization:		Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University
Project Title:	Community Public Health Leadership Center		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 10:51:01 AM
District Member:	James Hargrett		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Leon
Recipient:	Institute of Public Health, FAMU		Contact:		Dr. Cynthia Harris
	Science and Research Center, Room 207E		Contact Phone:		(850) 599-8655
	Tallahassee 32307
Project Description:
The Community Public Health Leadership Center, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University, will be established so that students and faculty can provide culturally-sensitive service and expertise to communities suffering from disease disparity through student externships, community internships, and community workshops. Through this process, students and faculty will understand health needs from a community-based perspective. By receiving expertise from students and faculty, community members can be empowered to resolve health disparities and causes, and promote health in minority communities. As a foundation for the Center, there will also be created a Commission on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for All People at the Institute of Public Health. This Commission will evaluate government policies and programs which inadvertently contribute to disease disparity, and community beliefs, customs and other barriers to accessing health care which contribute to disease disparity.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Services provided to the state include: 1) community leadership training addressing policy development, grant writing, disease and risk understanding, and fiscal management; 2) student outreach and service to communities, including but not limited to internships and volunteer services; 3) faculty training that is culturally-sensitive and community-based; 4) development of model programs which ensure the availability and accessibility of culturally-sensitive, community-based health care; and 5) advice, through but not limited to preparation of a report, to the Governor and Legislature on findings and recommendations on measures to eliminate disease disparity in Florida.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Outcomes anticipated include: 1) students who are trained in culturally-sensitive, community based public health; 2) faculty who provide expertise and advice to students, communities and governments on eliminating disease disparity; 3) empowerment of community leaders within the minority population who are equipped to perform measures to reduce disease disparity and secure additional support for such measures from the private and philanthropic sectors; and, 4) model programs which overcome barriers to health promotion and disease prevention in minority communities.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$600,000
Total cost of the project:		$800,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Unknown
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
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:	1996 Environmental Equity and Justice Commission Report
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No