HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Commissioner Ken Russell-Letter-Little Havana Activities & Nutrition CenterLITTLE
I�AVANA
ACTIVITIES
NUTRITION
CENTERS OF
DADE COUNTY
INC.
700 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33130-3300
305-858.0887 Ext. 222
Fax 305-854-2226
Manuel Marrero
Chairman of the Board/
Treasurer
Ramon P€rez-Dtirrbecker
President and CEO
Mario Luis del Valle
Vice Chair
Luis M. Borges
Secretary
Elisa de Velasco
Vice Secretary
Albert Collazo
Rafael Villaverde
Founder
June 1, 2016
The Honorable Ken Russell
Vice Chairman, City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
Dear Vice Chairman Russell:
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On behalf of Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.
("Little Havana"), I amwriting to inform you that on July 1, 2016, we will be
closing our congregate meal sites at the following locations:
Casa Devon Palermo Lakes Palm Towers Stella Maris UTD Towers
Of these sites, UTD Towers is located within a residential building in your district.
These centers each provide an average of only 40 meals per day. This is because
they either do not have the capacity to serve a greater number of clients or because
there is lack of interest from residents to register for meals in the centers. Upon
reviewing the number of meals being provided at each of its centers, and as a
result of the devastating loss of $500,000 from the State of Florida Local Service
Provider program, Little Havana determined that the best course of action was to
close those centers that are not self-sufficient and are draining funds from Little
Havana's other programs.
Although we usually reduce meals proportionately amongst all of our centers in
instances of funding reductions such as those we just faced from the State of
Florida Local Service Provider program, the centers listed above were not self-
sufficient even prior to these recent cuts. In fact, this has been the case for the
entirety of the time that Little Havana has been providing services at these centers.
Regardless of that fact, Little Havana subsidized these locations for years, using
unrestricted funds obtained through other funding sources. Unfortunately, the
programs from which we obtained these unrestricted founds have also suffered
funding decreases and rate reductions, and we can no longer afford to subsidize
these locations.
Rest assured that we have not taken this decision lightly. We continue to
vigorously search for additional funding for our services in order to ensure that
senior centers operate in a manner that allows them to be self-sufficient, while at
the same time allowing Little Havana to provide other quality service to those
individuals with the greatest need.
Very truly ours,
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Ramon Perez-I3orrbecker
President and CEO
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