Geodataset Name:       GC_SOCIALSERVICE_JAN16
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         1528

DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20160129
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 20150501    End Date: 20160107
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_SOCIALSERVICE_JAN16.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
PARCELID	Parcel Identification Number, derived from the 2014 statewide parcel layer.
NAME	The name of the facility.
ADDRESS	A description of a facility's physical location providing direction for delivery and provision of emergency services.
CITY	City of facility's physical location.
ZIPCODE	US postal delivery designation of facility's physical location.
COUNTY	County of facility's physical location.
PHONE	The phone number of the facility.
TYPE	Type of facility
SUBTYPE	Sub-type of facility
CNTY_SERV	County or counties served by the facility.
OWNER	Owner of the parcel where the facility is located.
OPERATING	The responsible organization for management and operation of a facility (county, federal, municipal, private)
OP_CLASS	Classification of the operating entity
FSOURCE	Feature Spatial Source
DATASOURCE	Feature Data/Tabular Source
LAT_DD	Latitude in decimal degrees
LONG_DD	Longitude in decimal degrees
MGRS	Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinate of the Facility. The MGRS is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the earth. The MGRS provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. Hierarchical references are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. The MGRS is used for the entire earth. http://mgrs-data.org/
GCID	The GeoPlan Center identification number that links this point feature layer with its corresponding polygon feature layer.
ACRES	Location acreage.
DESCRIPT	Field added by FGDL based on NAME.
FLAG	Describes if the facility was visually verified or not. NV = Not Verified V = Verified, in most cases this NAME field verification was based on ESRI/Google Imagery and Google Street View. The exact facility boundaries are not always verified and may only be based on parcel boundaries.
UPDATE_DAY	The date the data was last updated by the Source.
FGDLAQDATE	The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan

The TYPEs and SUBTYPEs that were selected to be included in the social services layer include: Adoption - Adoption specialists, Licensed adoption agencies, Heart of adoptions organizations Children's Services - Guardian ad litem, United way Orphanages - Florida Baptist Children's Homes, Children's Home Society, Florida United Methodist children's home Job Training - Careersource centers, Americorps, Jobcorp, Youthbuild Natural Disaster - American red cross, Salvation army, Emergency housing shelters, Relief agencies Paratransit - County paratransit services Access/Benefits Eligibility - Access service centers, Community partner agencies, Refugee assistance, Social security offices, Community action agencies Food Assistance - Food banks, Food pantries, Food providers, Women Infants and Children (WIC), IFAS extension Homeless Services - Homeless shelters Housing Assistance - Florida supportive housing coalition, Public housing Legal Services - Legal services Handicapped and Protective Services - Adult protective services, Agency for persons with disabilities, Group care facilities, The ARC of Florida, Service centers for the deaf, Vocational rehab, Service centers for the blind

USER NOTES:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is as complete as possible to our knowledge.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

This social services dataset was derived from a variety of online sources including websites managed by public and private organizations. What is Geocoding? Geocoding is term used to describe the act of address matching. Geocoding is the process of finding a geographic location (x, y point) for an address (such as street number and name, city, state, and ZIP Code) on a map. Geocoding is based off the typical address scheme for the US, in which one side of the street contains even house numbers while the other side of the street contains odd house numbers. The geocoding process uses an algorithm to find the geographic location of addresses. First, a street segment is identified using the zip code and street name. Next, the geographic location of the address is matched using the building number to determine how far down the street and on which side of the street the building is located. Geocoding Accuracy The locational accuracy of geocoded addresses may vary from urban to rural areas due to the algorithm used to generate the geographic locations of addresses. The algorithm assumes that the size of parcels are equivalent along a road route. This assumption tends to be more consistent in urban areas, where the size of parcels vary less than in rural areas. Consequently, the results of geocoded addresses in urban areas are usually more reliable than those in rural areas. For example, the locational accuracy of rural addresses can be slightly off because some parcels along a rural route may be 15 acres while others may be 2.5 acres, but the geocoding algorithm assumes that the addresses are distributed evenly along the route.

This data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems and for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

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The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist. Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data provided by the data sources. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no representations or warranties about the quality or suitability of the materials, either expressly or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center shall not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of using, modifying, contributing or distributing the materials. A note about data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our webpage at: http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:

Websites Used to Compile Records: http://www.adoptflorida.org/contactSpecialists.shtml http://www.adoptflorida.org/docs/Licensed-Adoption-Agencies.pdf http://www.heartofadoptions.com/ http://guardianadlitem.org/get-involved/find-local-program/ https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=603304 https://www.fbchomes.org/contact-us/ http://www.chsfl.org/ContactUs http://www.fumch.org/about-fumch/locations/ http://www.floridajobs.org/onestop/onestopdir/ http://www.volunteerflorida.org/national-service/americorps/current-programs/ http://www.jobcorps.gov/centers/fl.aspx http://www.youthbuild.org/program-directory http://www.cflhands.org/emergency-shelters http://www.dot.state.fl.us/ctd/contacts/ctcsbycounty.htm http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/access/map.shtml http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/access/CPSLookup/search.aspx http://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/refugee-services http://www.socialsecurityofficelocations.com/state/FL.html http://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank/ http://www.findafoodpantry.org/?p=state&type=2&region=FL&sort=name&order=asc&page=0&limit=20 http://networks.whyhunger.org/?page=1&sort=o.name&direction=asc http://www.womeninfantschildrenoffice.com/florida-wic-clinics-wcs9 http://fycs.ifas.ufl.edu/Extension/HNFS/FNP/FNP%20Contact%20List.pdf http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/florida.html http://fshc.org/wp2/area-lead-agencies/ http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/public_indian_housing/pha/contacts/fl http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBConsum.nsf/840090c16eedaf0085256b61000928dc/a949d517a480a5a685256b2f006c5c77?OpenDocument#WHERE%20ARE%20LEGAL%20SERVICES%20OFFICES http://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/adult-protective-services-contacts http://apd.myflorida.com/ddc/ http://www.arcflorida.org/index.php/johnarcfloridaorg.html http://www.fldsca.org/index.php/site/resources/category/deaf_service_centers/P8/ http://www.rehabworks.org/office_directory.shtml http://dbs.myflorida.com/Service%20Providers/index.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

The GeoPlan Center performed the following steps in order to create the 2016 statewide social services data layer. Data for social services in the state of Florida were taken from a variety of online sources. These sources were compiled using a variety of methods. Primarily, an older version of the social services layer was consulted and compared to other datasets managed by GeoPlan to see what overlap may be present and what needed to be carried over to a new dataset. In addition, any other areas that may have been left out were considered by QAQC staff and added. The old layer, named GC_SocialService_May08, contained data that overlapped with other layers. This updated layer version contains data points that were not included in other layers or are services which were not included in the previous layer. If a user is looking for social services in the following categories, which may not be found in this layer, they can be found in these related layers: Correctional Facilities ----------------------- FDEM_CORRECTIONAL_AUG07, GC_CORRECTIONAL_FEB13 Health Department ----------------------------- FDEM_HEALTHDEPT_FEB10 Nursing Homes --------------------------------- FDEM_NURSINGHOME_FEB10 Assisted Living Facilities -------------------- GC_ASSISTED_HOUSING_JUL13 Daycares -------------------------------------- GC_DAYCARE_OCT10 Mobile Home Parks ----------------------------- GC_MOBILEHOMES_2009 Civic Centers --------------------------------- GC_CIVICCENTER_DEC11 Community Centers ----------------------------- GC_COMMUNITYCENTER_FEB15 Government Buildings -------------------------- GC_GOVBUILD_FEB13 Health Facilities ----------------------------- GC_HEALTH_JUL09 Veterans Facilities --------------------------- GC_VETERANS_JUL13 The various types of social services that were selected to be included in the new social services layer were then searched online to find the most complete set of locations to add. The final types and sub-types that were selected to be included in the social services layer include: Adoption - Adoption specialists, Licensed adoption agencies, Heart of adoptions organizations Children's Services - Guardian ad litem, United way Orphanages - Florida Baptist Children's Homes, Children's Home Society, Florida United Methodist children's home Job Training - Careersource centers, Americorps, Jobcorp, Youthbuild Natural Disaster - American red cross, Salvation army, Emergency housing shelters, Relief agencies Paratransit - County paratransit services Access/Benefits Eligibility - Access service centers, Community partner agencies, Refugee assistance, Social security offices, Community action agencies Food Assistance - Food banks, Food pantries, Food providers, Women Infants and Children (WIC), IFAS extension Homeless Services - Homeless shelters Housing Assistance - Florida supportive housing coalition, Public housing Legal Services - Legal services Handicapped and Protective Services - Adult protective services, Agency for persons with disabilities, Group care facilities, The arc of Florida, Service centers for the deaf, Vocational rehab, Service centers for the blind The data for each of the subtypes included in the social services layer was derived from an online source. The data from these websites were copied and pasted into text files and edited to enable easy exportation into an excel file. The excel file was edited further to improve formatting. The social services records in the excel file were then geocoded using an address geocoder to create a shapefile, presenting the social services locations in geographical space. The following fields were added to the social services layer: DESCRIPT, FLAG, UPDATE_DAY, FGDLAQDATE, OPERATING, OP_CLASS These social services locations were then checked for accuracy. Locations were checked using imagery, Google Street View, and internet queries. Good records were retained, bad records or duplicates were removed, and records were marked as Verified or Not Verified in the FLAG field. Extraneous fields were removed from the attribute information. Process Date: 20160129

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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