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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #117 |
| Father Flanagan's Girls and Boys Town of Central Florida |
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| Requester: |
Mary Kate O'Leary, Executive Director |
Organization: |
Girls and Boys Town of Central Florida |
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| Project Title: |
Father Flanagan's Girls and Boys Town of Central Florida |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2005 4:47:44 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Posey |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Girls and Boys Town serves over 1,000 youth and families from Florida each year. Since inception in 1986, over 14,000 youth have been helped. However, each year the needs are greater than the number of beds we have. Expanding will allow Girls and Boys Town to help meet the need of our at risk children in Florida |
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| Recipient: |
Mary Kate O'Leary, Executive Director |
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Contact: |
Mary Kate O'Leary |
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37 Alafaya Woods Blvd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 366-3667 |
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Oviedo, 32765 |
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Contact email: |
olearym@boystown.org |
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| Counties: |
Seminole |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Walt Disney World and others have started the expansion by building an emergency shelter that will help over 300 girls a year. The next phase is to build and administration building on the campus, which will allow more effective admission, continuation of services and the ability to oversee all expansion and services on the campus. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Girls and Boys Town of Central Florida will help transition thousands of Florida children from and residential treatment facility's back to community based care. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$600,000 |
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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 |
$250,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$50,000 |
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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? |
No |
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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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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Orlando Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
01/07/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
