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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2346 |
| Miami-Dade Mobile Library Program |
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| Requester: |
Miami Dade Public Library System |
Organization: |
Miami-Dade County |
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| Project Title: |
Miami-Dade Mobile Library Program |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 1:05:41 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Margolis |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The purpose of Mobile Library Services is to provide informational service and outreach literacy activities to those residents of Miami Dade County that do not have access to these vitally needed resources. Due to the large numbers of new immigrants, high rate of poverty and low literacy rates, the Library is making it a priority to expand these services to reach as many people as possible. |
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| Recipient: |
Miami Dade Public Library System |
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Contact: |
Raymond Santiago, Library Director |
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101 West Flagler Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 375-5026 |
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Miami 33130 |
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Contact email: |
santiagor@mdpls.org |
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| Counties: |
Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The Library currently has two in-service bookmobiles that make scheduled stops on a bi-weekly basis at 30 locations. Two additional bookmobiles have been approved by the County and are on order. These four bookmobiles will serve only one-quarter of the needs for outreach and early literacy programs. In order to serve the at-risk population as quickly as possible, the Library is requesting funds to expand its mobile services by adding 4 bookmobiles. Two of the new bookmobiles will focus on the Library's Project Jump Start, a program that provides early literacy training and materials to over 600 licensed childcare centers including Head Start, Title XX, Early Intervention, parent co-ops, private and church sponsored nursery schools, and family day care centers come to their nearest library to check-out these materials. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The addition of four bookmobiles will allow expansion of service to the children in approximately 1800 of the 3600 childcare centers in underserved areas - thus doubling the clients served yet still only filling one-half the total need. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,234,200 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$3,705,985 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$2,471,785 |
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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: |
The Florida Public Library Association's Standards for Public Libraries 2004; Miami-Dade Public Libr |
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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 Board of County Commissioners |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
11/15/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
