| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #833 | |||||||||
| Enterprise Community of SW Fla. | |||||||||
| Requester: | Barbara Cacchoine | Organization: | Enterprise Allaince of SW Fla | ||||||
| Project Title: | Enterprise Community of SW Fla. | Date Submitted | 1/14/2004 3:32:50 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bullard | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Program providing housing , economic development, education, training and community revitalization. Specific projects for small business development counseling; vocational scholarship program; 26 single family homes for low income families; books for the Harlem library; tutorial program and funding for a fiscal agent for the Week and Seed Program. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Empowerment Alliance of SW Fla CDC | Contact: | Barbara Cacchione | ||||||
| 640 Ninth Street North | Contact Phone: | (239) 395-3527 | |||||||
| Immokalee 34142 | Contact email: | ||||||||
| Counties: | Collier, Hendry | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Program providing housing , economic development, education, training and community revitalization. Specific projects for small business development counseling; vocational scholarship program; 26 single family homes for low income families; books for the Harlem library; tutorial program and funding for a fiscal agent for the Week and Seed Program. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Tutoring:raise skill levels of students Training: residents employed in living wage jobs, success based on number of positive completions Affordable housing: Construction of 26 single family homes Entrepreneural training: Attendance by local business owners and development of business plan for the Trucker's Association Homeownership workshops: Consumer and credit counseling, mortgage funding Crime reduction: Decrease in area criminal activity and community revitalization through Weed and Seed strategy | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $225,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $475,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Federal | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2001/2002 | Amount: | $225,000 | ||||
| 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: | The 1998 Federal Designation as a Rural Enterprise Community and Fla. Empowerment Zone | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Southwest Fla. Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/25/2003 | ||||||||