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Scott right to be wary of Medicaid expansion
Tallahassee officials are talking with federal officials about expanding Medicaid, let's hope they don't break the Florida budget in the process.
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Natural way to rediscover North Port
One of our favorite local groups is back this year sponsoring one of our favorite local events, a good bike ride on a fall day for a good cause
Punta Gorda Herald
Empty promises
The St. Andrew clinic — and the indigent population it serves — may pay a steep price for the county’s failure.
Panama City News Herald
Bosch represents best of area's 'pro bono' heroes
When a Flagler County woman was drowning in legal problems, a Palm Coast attorney reached into the waters and pulled her out of a sea of misery.
Daytona Beach News-Journal
You can make a difference on Oct. 27
Created by USA Weekend magazine in 1992, the nation’s largest day of volunteering is set for Saturday, Oct. 27.
Fort Myers News-Press
Mascara, Kelly urging donations to save club location for Boys and Girls Club of St. Lucie County
If the Chuck Hill Unit of the Boys and Girls Club of St. Lucie County doesn't raise $150,000 by the end of the year, it may have to close the doors.
Treasure Coast Palm
You can make a difference Oct. 27
Make a Difference Day is approaching. On the fourth Saturday of October, millions of Americans rally into action to improve the lives of others.
Fort Myers News-Press
Killings tell us we can't stop caring
The latest, senseless killing in Fort Myers should stand as a powerful reminder community outreach efforts must continue.
Fort Myers News-Press
Legal aid lapse
Funding for legal assistance for the poor and financially troubled has hit rock-bottom all across Florida.
Panama City News Herald
Jobs must replace food stamp rhetoric
The topic of food stamps seems more designed to demean government assistance than to develop a viable alternative.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Cheers: Another great night for Sulzbacher Center
Like so many homeless people who end up at the Sulzbacher Center, Nita Wilkes arrived with children, two teenage daughters and a baby on the way.
Florida Times-Union
Two prominent Manatee County nonprofits celebrate milestone anniversaries
Forty years after its first delivery of meals to the homebound, disabled and elderly, Meals on Wheels today sends out about 1,100 meals daily.
Bradenton Herald
The 47 percent
Imagine their surprise when the 47 percent of Americans who pay no income taxes learned that they are all a bunch of government-dependent sponges.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Food-stamp cut makes no moral or practicel sense
Gridlock often is bad. In this case, it’s better, and more practical, than bashing the poor.
Palm Beach Post
Volunteers hit beaches Sept. 15 for International Coastal Cleanup
Hundreds, possibly thousands, of volunteers will hit the beaches in the Sunshine State Sept. 15 as part of the International Coastal Cleanup.
Treasure Coast Palm
Cheers: Family Foundations' good work receives a boost
People who go through the Family Foundations programs are helped to restore their credit and build the ability to buy a house and keep it.
Florida Times-Union
Manatee County community united in meeting food bank challenge
Donations have been pouring in since word spread about the rising tide of hunger and the Food Bank of Manatee's barren shelves.
Bradenton Herald

Letter To The Editor

Join us on the heart walk

More than 1 in 3 adults have some form of cardiovascular disease – the No. 1 killer of American men and women. The good news is 80 percent of...

Fort Meade Leader
Inside charities

A number of philanthropists like Gov. Romney give millions to charity, and many others give just a few dollars to help the less fortunate in our...

Citrus County Chronicle
Influencing young lives

A visit to our church men’s group by Judge David Dugan in 2008 was pivotal for me. He expressed concern about kids in poor neighborhoods getting...

Florida Today
SNAP cards explained

Only food can be bought — not toilet tissue, soap, alcohol or cigarettes – on a food assistance card. The government uses one card for both. To...

Hernando Today
Government failing to aid the disabled

 

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Bradenton Herald
Food resources available for poor parents

For families struggling economically, the WIC program (Women, Infants and Children) is available for purchasing staple food products. There is no...

Tampa Bay Times

Op Ed

A call to arms on Florida's HIV epidemic

Our patients face multiple roadblocks to getting tested for HIV. Showing up at the hospital or doctor’s office should not be another one.

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Florida Times-Union
Value our assisted living facilities

The FALA does not agree that additional layers of regulation and government oversight of these private enterprises are warranted.

Tallahassee Democrat
Amendment 8 would help the helpers, stem discrimination

Singling out capable social service providers simply because they are faith-based is fiscally unsound and, without a doubt, discrimination.

News Press of Fort Myers
We don't have to fear this socialism

 

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Orlando Sentinel
Cost of Cuts to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Eldercare is a Family Value
Gov. Rick Scott: Medicaid Expansion is Bad for States
For Safety’s Sake, Reopen State Mental Hospitals and Reception Centers
Premium Plan Will Pull Plug on Medically Needy
Floridians Deserve Better Access to Critical Vaccines
Give Seniors Vital Weapons in Fight to Survive Pneumonia
Privatization Bill Best Hope for Overdue Prison Reform
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