Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1775 Order My Steps AIDS Program
Requester:	Dr. Tony Drayton		Organization:		Bridge the Gap Empowerment Center
Project Title:	Order My Steps AIDS Program		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 3:54:44 PM
District Member:	Mandy Dawson		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Palm Beach
Recipient:	Bridge the Gap Empowerment Center		Contact:		Dr. Tony Drayton
	1524 West 35th Street		Contact Phone:		(561) 842-3899
	Riviera Beach 33404
Project Description:
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Bridge the Gap- Empowerment Center, Inc. is a minority community based organization. Order My Steps AIDS Ministry is the program providing prevention to address the high priority HIV prevention needs in African American and Latino populations. Order My Steps provides services in the areas of case management, education, prevention counseling, testing, outreach, formal referral services, transitional housing, transportation and network through collaborative efforts with other community based providers. Our activities include workshops, seminars, health fairs, and HIV/AIDS classes and courses. This component and all components will be strategically provided at various sites within the community through collaborative efforts with other service providers. The organization is involved with prevention by structuring classes, seminars, distributing condoms, and information about HIV/AIDS to the non-infected, the infected, and affected community. Our goal is to have a direct effect on the target population. As a certified testing site, one of our methods is to test for HIV/AIDS. This will in turn provide a link to STDs, TB, and substance abuse providers. The organization is constantly involved in outreach. The outreach includes door-to-door involvement by our organization, flyers being distributed, seminars to the community, and media announcements. Our outreach includes materials one can employ to avoid infection.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Service provided HIV / AIDS prevention, education, outreach, counseling and testing programs.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
1. Two Case Managers ? measurable outcome will be determined by the number of clients that case mangers are able to access (35 per case manager is the state maximum) 2. Workshops and Seminars ? The number of persons in attendance 3. Education and prevention Measurable outcomes will be determined Pre and Post Tests ( a universal standard for testing knowledge in all fields) and the number of condoms distributed 4. Transitional Housing ? will be determined by the number of clients serviced
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$175,000
Total cost of the project:		$200,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Yes
				In-Kind Amount:	$25,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Unknown
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:	Center for Disease Control Statistics for Palm Beach County; Palm Beach Health Department
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Yes
	Hearing Body:	Palm Beach Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:	02/01/2000