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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1765 |
| Community Health Report Cards |
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| Requester: |
Sonya R. Albury |
Organization: |
Health Council of South Florida |
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| Project Title: |
Community Health Report Cards |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2005 3:24:44 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Margolis |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Local health planning councils (LHCs) provide professional, objective health planning services at the local, district and community levels. LHCs serve as non-profit agencies established by Florida Statute 408.033. LHCs represent local community interests by coordinating efforts to improve health status, promote access to care, reduce health disparities, and identify best practices in health care delivery. LHCs play an important role in translating data into decision-making and community tracking tools and are proposing to deliver this service through the development of community health report cards as a special project. |
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| Recipient: |
Health Council of South Florida |
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Contact: |
Sonya Albury |
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8096 NW 12th Street, Suite 300 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 592-1452 |
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Miami 33126 |
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Contact email: |
salbury@healthcouncil.org |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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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 Health Council of South Florida is requesting funding for the creation of community health report cards for the ll local health planning districts throughout the state of Florida. The purpose is to provide a valid and unified method of tracking health indicators over time to measure improvements in the community health. To date, these community-driven report cards have been shown to be an essential tool for improving community health and have been developed by more than 115 communities nationwide. To date, however, no statewide effort has been undertaken to employ this user-friendly tracking method. Florida is positioned to be a leader in this effort, working through the local health planning councils and a statewide advisory council involving the expertise of state universities and other health leaders to track 25-30 indicators on: Health Promotion and Wellness; Health Status; Access to Care; and Health Disparities as well as selected predictive indicators of community health. Flexibility will be employed to address local issues unique to particular communities. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The measurable outcome of this project is to develop "best in class" Community Health Report Cards for the state of Florida. The process will include 25-30 selected health indicators for the 11 community health planning districts across the state of Florida to be utilized by state and local health officials, state legislators and other elected officials, private health foundations, and health care providers responsible for development of programs identified needs. The report cards will be available in hard copy and web-based format with links to detailed datasets for more rigorous and detailed analysis at the community level. Five-year trend analysis will also be presented for selected datasets. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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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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Yes |
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Amount: |
$750,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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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: |
Healthy People 2010 |
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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: |
Miami-Dade County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/12/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
