| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #713 | |||||||||
| Women's HIV/Substance Abuse Treatment | |||||||||
| Requester: | Derya E. Williams | Organization: | River Region Human Services, Inc. | ||||||
| Project Title: | Women's HIV/Substance Abuse Treatment | Date Submitted | 1/12/2004 3:13:33 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Wise | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The unmet need of targeting African American women to reduce Substance Abuse and HIV. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | River Region Human Services, Inc. | Contact: | Stephen Hill/Derya E. Williams, CEO | ||||||
| 660 Park Street | Contact Phone: | (904) 899-6300 | |||||||
| Jacksonville 32204 | Contact email: | dwilliams@RRHS.org | |||||||
| Counties: | Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The purpose of this program is to reduce the spread of drug-related HIV among African American women and subsequently their children by providing gender and culturally specific risk reduction through Street Outreach Services that include a fully equipped "mobile" substance abuse treatment intake unit, HIV/AIDS Health Education/Risk Reduction (HERR) and Substance Abuse Treatment/Mental Health Services. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| 1. Increase access to substance abuse treatment to 3600 AA females annually; 2. Provide a risk reductiom for 100 women annually; 3. Behavioral change among 70% of AA women after one year of completion. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,250,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $125,000 | In-kind Amount | $125,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2003-2004 | Amount: | $500,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Yes | ||||||||
| Agency | Children And Families, Department Of | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Fla. Dept of Health, of the 20,196 AIDS cases reported among women in Fla 72 % were African American | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/14/2003 | ||||||||