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Mental Illness Awareness Week Oct 5-11, 2008
Building Community, Taking Action
Mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning and that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion or income.
Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and borderline personality disorder. The good news about mental illness is that recovery is possible.
To learn more about mental illness, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness at www.nami.org
 Need Insurance For Your Kids? Florida KidCare is our state’s children’s health insurance program for uninsured children under age 19. Eligibility for Florida KidCare is based on family size and household income. You can get more information when you call 2-1-1 or by clicking on this link:
Attention, Men Who Like To Cook!
The 15th annual Men Cooking from the Heart event, benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Florida, is looking for cooks and volunteers. Please contact jennifer@bbbscfl.org by noon on tuesday, Oct 7. An organizational meeting will be held on Oct. 8th
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Register to Vote
To register, or your change your information, to vote; you have until 5:00 pm Oct. 6, 2008. Click here for more information.
Important Medicaid News
Parents/Children & Education
Are you looking for information on ways to increase parental involvement in your children's education? Wondering what No Child Left Behind (NCLB) really means to you and your child? Thanks to a partnership between the Florida PIRC (Parental Information and Resource Center) at the University of South Florida and the Florida Alliance of Information & Referral Systems/2-1-1 Network, we can offer you a wealth of information about school choice, school accountability, FCAT, supplemental educational services and more! Click the link above to be directed to the PIRC section of our online library.
It is Hurricane Season - Are You Prepared?
Preparedness and other Hurricane related information click here.
Special Needs Shelter Application - click here For further information go to http://brevardcounty.us/EOC/index.cfm
Hurricane Preparedness Flyer compliments United Way of Brevard County
October 2008 - Sites of Interest Monthly Observances
2-1-1 Brevard Directory of Community Services Available NOW
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Help For Those In Suicidal Crisis Please remember that free and confidential help for callers in crisis is available 24-7 by calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255) - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
News You Can Use
Do you know about the Florida Drug Discount Card Program? The program is designed to lower the cost of prescriptions for qualified Florida residents. For more information, click here.
Brevard County Prescription Discount Drug Card
On August 19, 2008, the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners and the Brevard County Housing and Human Services Department will be bringing the “free” NACo / Caremark Rx, Inc., Prescription Discount Drug Card to the residents of Brevard County. The NACo card helps consumers save money on their prescription medications any time their prescription is not covered by insurance. Brevard residents who are uninsured or under-insured will be able to save an average of 22 percent off the retail price, depending on the drug and quantity of purchase. Card holders can also save on pet medications through retail pharmacies.
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Florida Dept. of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles A chance to provide emergency contact information in case of an accident. More Info
2-1-1 Data Available Each month we post the 2-1-1 Service Snapshot on our NEWS page. This report summarizes service activity and demographic information for users of the 2-1-1 Helpline and Online Database, contacts for the Sunshine Service and activity within the Homeless Management Information System.
Brevard County Disaster ReliefWe know many members of our community are still being impacted by the hurricanes of 2004. To see a list of national, state and local resources for long-term recovery, click here.
2008 Directory
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