Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1617

Elder Access to Civil Justice Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Dave Shern

Organization:

Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Elder Access to Civil Justice Program

Date Submitted:

01/28/2000 3:13:48 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

John Grant

Service Area:

Statewide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Brevard, Broward, Hillsborough, Leon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Department of Elderly Affairs Trust Fund

Contact:

Jerry Woelfel

 

4040 Esplanade Way

Contact Phone:

(813) 975-6658

 

 

Tallahassee 32399-7000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program that would study and monitor elder access to the civil justice system to be administered by the Office of the Statewide Public Guardian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Program would allow the establishment of a program at FMHI(Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida in cooperation with the Elder Justice Center of Hillsborough County)using the annual income revenue from the trust to study and monitor elder access to the civil justice system. Would insure that all the elderly of the state had appropriate and adequate knowledge and access to use the system on their behalf.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

The ever growing elderly population of the state would be allowed access to the process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,000,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Amount:

$300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

Comprehensive study by the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

No