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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1087 |
| Morton Plant Hospital Community Education Center |
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| Requester: |
Philip K. Beauchamp, President and CEO |
Organization: |
Morton Plant Hospital Association, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Morton Plant Hospital Community Education Center |
Date Submitted |
1/11/2005 3:55:29 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Jones |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project diretly addresses the state and nationwide nursing shortage as well as the job and health care education acess disparity for underserved members of our community. Our honorable Representatives and our local partnerships with colleges and universities have helped us identify this regional gap in health care education services. |
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| Recipient: |
Morton Plant Hospital |
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Contact: |
Philip K. Beauchamp, President and CEO |
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300 Pinellas Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(727) 462-2777 |
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Clearwater 33756 |
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Contact email: |
phil.beauchamp@baycare.org |
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| Counties: |
Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The Morton Plant Hospita Community Education Center will be a regional center filling the gaps in resoures, space, technology and expertis4e to provide the community with the best possible health care. The project will allow construction for a new 120,000 sq. foot facility including a 250-300 person auditorium, conference and class room space, and provide for the education for our state's future nurses and physicians while also providing much needed community education, screening and educational follow up services. This project supports our National MAGNET desination as a nursing center. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The Morton Plant Hospital Community Education Center will increase: the number of nursing instructors available througgh partnership with state universities and colleges, increase by 48 LPN and RN nurses per year in the community, community courses available for families, physsician education to increase access for the overall community, as well as increase access to all health care continuum systems for the medically underprivileged in our community. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$3,500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$2,500,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Federal Workforce Initiative Assistance (W.I.A.) program, the American Nursing Association analysis, |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
