• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites for 2010
• AARP Tax Assistance sites for 2010
• Presentation by the Economic Self Sufficiency Collaboration Work Group - October 2008
• Sarasota COAD - Long-Term Recovery Planning Committee
• Sarasota COAD website: www.sarasotacoad.org
• IDEAS Website address:  https://suncoast.communityos.org/cms/
• Economic Impact Survey Results - Final Report

• Sarasota Resource Guide
• CDC H1N1 Business Preparedness Guide
• Additional information is available and updated regularly at:   www.sarasotahealth.org (Sarasota County, www.myflusafety.com (State of Florida), and www.flu.gov (Federal Government).

For further information, please contact Diane Ramseyer at (941) 650-4856 or by email diane_ramseyer@doh.state.fl.us
 

Web Highlights

• VFC presents: Make A Difference Day - October 27, 2007 (click to see project ideas)
• SMH presents:  Community Educational Event - Preventing Suicide, Treating Depression - Nov. 3, 2007
• CHAT Forum: Addiction - A Community Disease  - Nov. 10, 2007
• The Community Foundation of Sarasota County presents:  Property Tax Forum - Dec. 4, 2007
• Property Tax Forum PowerPoint presentation by Commissioner Nora Patterson and Jeff Seward on Dec. 4, 2007 at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.
• Behavioral Health Awareness Training for Terrorism and Disasters - May 16
• Communities That Care:  Sarasota County Middle School Report
• Communities That Care:  Sarasota County High School Report
• FAC 2005 Annual Conference PowerPoint Presentation - June 22, 2005
• Community Residential Alternatives Program - Sarasota Approves Detox Program - June 30, 2005
• HCUC Health Forum - Presentation from Hillsborough Healthcare Program
• HCUC Health Forum - Presentation from Santa Clara County's Children’s Health Initiative

Legislative Updates

• Florida Healthy Kids Legislative Update:

  • March 8, 2006 and Total Enrollment Report

• Legislative updated provided by Children's Campaign, Inc.:

  • Session 2006 Wrap-Up

• Legislative update provided by Florida Coalition for the Homeless:

  • Veto Summary May 25, 2006

  • 2006 Florida Legislative Summary June 5, 2006

• Legislative updates provided by The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

  • 2006 Legislative Session Successes

• Legislative updates provided by The United Way of Florida

  • May 19, 2006

  • 2006 Bill Briefs

  • 2006-2007 Human Services and Education Final Budget Comparison

2004:

• What Could a Waiver to Restructure Medicaid Mean for Florida?

• Florida Medicaid:  A Case for Modernization (Alan Levine, Secretary of AHCA)

• Florida's Medicaid Budget: Why are Costs Going Up?

• Medicaid Reform:  What Could a Federal Waiver Mean? (Joan Alker, Georgetown Health Policy Institute

• Florida Medicaid:  A Case for Modernization (Steven Grigas, Assistant Deputy Secretary of AHCA)

2005:

• FAC Medicaid Reform Overview - March

• Medicaid Policy Brief - March 18, 2005

• Medicaid Policy Brief - June 2005

• Questions Surround Changing Medicaid - June 20, 2005

• Medicaid Policy Brief - September 2005

• Website with Governor Bush's Official Plan for Medicaid Transformation

• Gov. Bush's staff puts final touches on proposed Medicaid overhaul

2006:

• Issue Brief:  Medicaid's Role for Women - May 2006

2007:

• Issue Brief:  "Medicaid Pilots at One Year: How is the new Medicaid marketplace faring?"