Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #496 Adolescent Preventive Health Program
Requester:	Thomas Chiu, MD		Organization:		Children's Medical Services (CMS)
Project Title:	Adolescent Preventive Health Program		Date Submitted:		01/20/2000 1:20:15 PM
District Member:	Patsy Kurth		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	{Statewide}
Recipient:	Children's Medical Services/Department of Health		Contact:		Thomas Chiu, M.D.
	2020 Capitol Circle, S. E. Bin A-06		Contact Phone:		(904) 549-3056
	Tallahassee 32399-1707
Project Description:
To partner existing agencies to combat high teen birth rate, high adolescent sexually transmitted disease rate and low adolescent preventive health care.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
To pilot a program to plan and develop a community medical home for adolescents regardless of socio-economic status or contact with medical system. To provide a specialized staff for an endeavor such as this.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
A decrease in high cost repetitive medical care for the above listed
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$500,000
Total cost of the project:		$1,000,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Yes
	Cash Amount:	$200,000		In-Kind Amount:	$300,000
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:	Florida Department of Health/Florida Medicaid Program
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Yes
	Hearing Body:	Duval County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:	01/13/2000