Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #772

"Self Care" Elderly Meals Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Josefina Carbonell

Organization:

Little Havana ACtivities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

"Self Care" Elderly Meals Program

Date Submitted:

01/31/2000 12:52:12 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Mario Diaz-Balart

Service Area:

County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Dade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

LIttle Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County

Contact:

Josefina Carbonell

 

700 SW 8 Street

Contact Phone:

(305) 858-0887 222

 

 

Miami 33130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provide congregate and home delivered meals to elderly residents of Miami-Dade County who, due to budgetary cutbacks in our Older Americans Act, will lose access to their meals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

12,600 Home delivered meals units and 85, 680 congregate meal units to 390 unduplicated clinets.Self Care and the reduction and delay in nursing home placement and prevention of acute episodes benefits the state by reducing overall costs of nursing home placement and costlier forms of home and community based long term care.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

This program will provide 95% compliance with the DOEA's three outcome measurement standards: 1. Reduction of nursing home placement, 2. Prevention of acute episodes, and 3. Delay in nursing home placement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$232,621

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$232,621

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$19,620

In-Kind Amount:

$6,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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?

 

Yes

 

 

Agency:

Elder Affairs, Department Of

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation

 

Meeting Date:

12/01/1999