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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter - Request for Funds970 S.W. FIRST STREET SUITE 304. MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130 PHONE: (305) 545-9298 FAX: (305) 545-0203 COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. April 22, 2013 Hon. Willy Gort, Miami City Commissioner, City of Miami, 2900 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33.133 Ref: Request for Funds to keep our services, until June 30, 2013. Dear Commissioner Gort::• Enclose you will find a Request for funds to keep ACC running until June 30, 2013 our services with the residents of the City of Miami, and takes them to Allapattah Community Center, Las Palmas Group, Brisas Group, etc Thanking you for your help, attention. and contribution to our program participant's to meet of the transportation needy.. Should you need a further information do not hesitate to contact me at (305) 545-9298. Regar Maria del Pilar Albo, Executive Director CC: Com. Francis Suarez Mayor T. P. Regalado Funded through the City of Miami, Miami -Dade County, FD.OT & Department of Elder Affairs &'Alliance for Aging, Inc. ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. Action Community Center, Inc., a Non -Profit Community Based organization registered in the State of Florida, was organized to serve the elderly and handicapped or disable residents of the City of Miami, without regard to sex, nationality, race or creed, since it inception in 1971. Action operates from a main place at Manuel Artime Community Center at 970 SW First Street, Suite 304, Miami, Florida 33130. the administrative officeand parking for our office are located at the same site. Action headquarter are located in the Little Havana Neighborhood, were. a high level of Social and Economic needs exists:among the elderly in the area, economic activity is synonymous with the health of a neighborhood. Market conditions have change in the Little Havana and the disposable income of the residents has decreased in the last Twenty years due in part to the out migration of the higher income residents and immigration of lower income immigrants, thus affecting many of the business that depend on the neighborhood. The target area's economic disinvestments is also the result of image deterioration, relative unattractiveness, crime and social problems. For the past forty years social and public service demand has substantially increased, in the Little Havana neighborhood, this can be attributed to the arrival of the immigrants (many undocumented), and an increased in the number of poor people including a large. elderly community. One of the problems with the existing public transit system, according to the residents, is the waiting time is excessive during non -peak hours, a long walking distance to the bus stop and the weather. Public transportation system is not able to handle the large and special problems of this group. -2- There is a need to provides a transportation service that complements the public transportation system and that links the elderly and handicapped and low income residents of the Little Havana and other areas in the City of Miami with medical. services and other indispensable and basic family needs for their overall well-being and necessities. Transportation services is a necessary part of any effort to deepen theinvolvement of older people in community life. Access to most health and social services is dependent on the availability of transportation to meet of the transportation needy older and handicapped population. Action has been providing for over forty years, to the elderly and handicapped or disabled, door to door; free of charge fundamental transportation services to medical and hospital appointments, food procurement, physical and radiation therapy, hot meal programs, senior centers, rehabilitation and dialysis centers, nursing & boarding homes, cancer treatments, specialty stores, long list of governmental agencies and offices, social activities and other transportation needs for their over-all well-being and necessities. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA TO BE SERVING: CITY OF MIAMI/MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TOTAL AGENCY BUDGET: $ 99,621.00 LSP/STATE OF FLORIDA $60,421.00 AHS/MIAMI-DADE COUNTY 39,200.00. ESTIMATED NUMBE OF CLIENTS: $ 4,146 WHITE 1220 BLACK 356 LATIN 3463 COST PER ONE-WAY TRIP: $7.00 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEE IN THE AGENCY: 7 SERVICE OFFERED Center Based: Adult Day Care Counseling (Social Service Type) Counseling (Mental Health Type) Education Health Support Recreation Access: Escort Shopping Assistance Transportation Managed Care: (ADI only) Case Aide Case Management (Short Term) Screening & Assessment Empowerment: Housing Improvement Material Aid Legal Assistance In -Home:) Chore (Simple) Chore (Enhanced) Companionship Counseling (Social Service Type) FUNDED THRU LSP $60,421.0.0 $60,421.00 FUNDED THRU Miami -Dade $39,200.00 $39,200.00 Applied for under this .CITY'of MIAMI $55,800.00 BUDGET FORM 1 CITY OF MIAMI BUDGET NARRATIVE BY LINE ITEM AGENCY: PERIOD: FUNDING SOURCE: ACTION. COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. 03-25-13 TO 06-30-13 TRANSPORTATION ITEM DESCRIPTION AMOUNT SALARIES 1) Exec Director, 1) Bookkeeping, 2) Drivers (7 pay periods from: 03-25-13 to 06-30-13) $ 33,420.00 FICA 6.20% of salaries 2,075.00 MICA 1.45% of salaries 485.00 F1a.Unemp. Tax 2nd Quarter, 2013 650.00 Health Insurance 2 months 220.00 GASOLINE From 04-01-13 to 06-30-13 16,400.00 MAINT &.REPAIR 2 Months 2,000.00 INSURANCE .550.00 TOTAL. $ 55,800.00 INDEPENDENT Living systems 5201 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, SUITE 270 MIAMI FL 33126 Date: 04/10/2013 ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER INC. 970 SW 1ST ST STW 304, MIAMI, FL 33130 RE: Application for Network Provider status APPROVED ILS NETWORK PROVIDER NUMBER: 10283 Dear Provider, The purpose of this letter is to advise that your provider privileges through Independent Living Systems (ILS) Network were approved.. We appreciate .your effort and trust that you will extend the same considerations to our client MCO Plans. . . 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