| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1697 | |||||||||
| Collision Avoidance Training for Teens | |||||||||
| Requester: | Paul E. Burris | Organization: | Partners for Highway Safety | ||||||
| Project Title: | Collision Avoidance Training for Teens | Date Submitted | 1/16/2004 11:24:53 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Sebesta | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This project is a statewide program which meets a need as documented by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The most obvious need it addresses is educating teen drivers. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Partners for Highway Safety | Contact: | Paul E. Burris | ||||||
| 1920 Thomasville Road | Contact Phone: | (850) 681-0800 | |||||||
| Tallahassee 32303 | Contact email: | ||||||||
| Counties: | Leon | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Collision Avoidance Training is an advanced defensive driving and vehicle control program designed to train treenage drivers to understand the complex task of operating a motor vehicle. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Reduce the number of crashes, injuries and deaths of Florida's youngest drivers. Reduce the demand for public health and social services created by automobile crashes; thereby reducing the need to fund these expensive services. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $316,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $421,450 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | In-kind Amount | $105,450 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $316,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| 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: | 2000 National Highway & Transportation Safety Administration Vehicle Collision Report | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Leon County Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 01/14/2003 | ||||||||