SUBJECT:
Title
Request Ratification of Letter of Support for the Estella Byrd Whitman Wellness and Community Resource Center 2025 Appropriations Request from the Florida House of Representatives Dated December 23, 2024
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Jennifer Clark, Executive Assistant Commission Office
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The Estella Byrd Whitman Wellness and Community Resource Center (EBWCHC) is submitting a 2025 Appropriations Project Request from the Florida House of Representatives. A letter of support was requested from Marion County. The request will help their resource center that is in the federally declared medical desert of the West Ocala community. The center delivers essential primary care services to residents who would otherwise lack access and addresses significant barriers such as transportation, lack of financial resources, and other socioeconomic disparities affecting many of the residents they serve.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to ratify letter of support for the Estella Byrd Whitman Wellness and Community Resource Center (EBWCHC) in its 2025 Appropriations Project Request from the Florida House of Representatives.
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