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Agricultural Workers

The Mental Health Crisis Hidden Behind Your Grocery Store Vegetables Dover Daily News March 11, 2019

In one year, the number of Florida kids with no health insurance went up by 37,000. Why? Tampa Bay Times November 29, 2018

10 Farm Labor Scandals Making News in 2018 Growing Produce July 23, 2018

Trump admin. moves to bar Haitians from agricultural, seasonal worker visas ABC News – January 17, 2018

Health Risks To Farmworkers Increase As Workforce Ages Kaiser Health News, December 7, 2017

Florida's orange crops have been quietly dying for over a decade as growers fight to

save them ABC News, January 30, 2018

Florida’s Migrant Worker Problem US News, January 26, 2018

Citrus industry remains ‘in crisis’ from Hurricane Irma News Service of Florida, January 12, 2018

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Homeless and Housing Challenged

Sulzbacher Center is the Florida Blue 2019 Sapphire Award Winner

‘It’s pure hell’: Hurricane Michael leaves housing crisis Associated Press, March 4th 2019

The Intersection of Behavioral Health, Mental Health, and Health Literacy National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

Pilot program will expand medicaid to the chronically homeless in central Florida starting in July WMFE, March 29^th 2019

Florida Panhandle Housing Crisis Remains Six Months After Hurricane Michael CBS Miami, March 22^nd 2019

2019 Spring Virtual Training: Her Health, Her Housing: Improving Services for Women Experiencing Homelessness an eight-part webinar series hosted by the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council, beginning March 6^th

Homeless young people are hiding all over Central Florida — including at the airport |Commentary Orlando Sentinel, January 25^th 2019

HUD Sending $85 Million to Florida to Fight Homelessness Sunshine State News, February 12^th 2019

Rates of hospitalization rising among homeless, study finds Healthcare Finance

Jax Study: Supportive Housing Helps Low-Income, Homeless; Saves Community Money WJCT, November 29^th 2018

Fort Lauderdale shifts gears to clear large homeless camp downtown November 26^th 2018

Most and Least Affordable Cities in Florida for Homeowners & Renters November 2018

Couch surfing hides homelessness: Guestview Pensacola News Journal, July 19, 2018

Roving psychiatrists among recommendations for West Palm homeless Palm Beach Post, July 14, 2018

State Budget Glitch Could Doom Homeless Money Panama City News Herald - June 17, 2018

Count of Central Florida's homeless youth reveals 'hidden' population Orlando Sun-Sentinel - April 10, 2018

Key to Attainable Housing is Community Cooperation,Southwest Florida News-Press, April 12, 2018

Lawyers are helping homeless youths Miami Herald, April 11, 2018

Providing Homeless Veterans with Housing Works Gainesville Sun, February 23, 2018

Florida Facing Affordable Housing Crisis WLRN News, February 1, 2018

Study: Housing the Homeless Can Drastically Cut the Government's Health Care Costs Governing.com December 6, 2017

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Hurricane Evacuees

PanCare ‘tent clinic’ in full swing Dothan Eagle, November 23^rd 2018
Exodus From Puerto Rico: A Visual Guide CNN, February 21, 2018

Immigrants

HUD plan to end public housing aid for undocumented immigrants could lead to evictions of 55,000 children Housing Wire, May 10^th, 2019
One in Seven Adults in Immigrant Families Reported Avoiding Public Benefit Programs in 2018 Urban Institute, May 22^nd 2019

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Justice Involved

Stealing a phone in Florida can be a life-changing felony. Big retail companies want to keep it that way Tampa Bay Times, April 2^nd 2019

LGBT

HHS Proposes To Strip Gender Identity, Language Access Protections From ACA Anti-Discrimination Rule Health Affairs, May 2019

Homeless shelters could deny transgender people under proposed Trump administration rule USA Today, May 23^rd, 2019

School-Based Health

Twenty Years Of School-Based Health Care Growth And Expansion Health Affairs, May 2019

Veterans

The Battle Quietly Brewing Over Privatization Of Veterans’ Health Care Kaiser Health News, November 2018
VA reverses plan to cut homeless veteran housing program after outrage The Hill, December 7, 2017
A Veteran’s Guide to Navigating Healthcare After Services The Week November 27, 2017

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