One week from tomorrow night!
This event is VERY important to make access to human services and help available to all of Walton County! The 2-1-1 info network will not happen unless the community makes it happen. This service will touch more lives in Walton County than any one single service can- it will connect the people to all available resources.
If you are unable to attend the event, please consider a donation and/or buy a calendar. Our community is long overdue for a 2-1-1 system!
From the website:
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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Every hour of every day, hundreds of people need essential human services. You and your neighbor may need training, employment, food pantries, help for an aging parent, addiction prevention programs for your teenage children, affordable housing options, rent or utility payment assistance, or other social support group assistance.
Do you know where to go for such help, or how to find a community resource?
The 2-1-1 information referral network is our community resource connecting you and your neighbor to the social services agencies ready and able to help.
2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number connecting people with important community services. The implementation of 2-1-1, managed through local United Way agencies, connects local social service and information referral agencies to people in need. United Way of America (UWA) and the Alliance for Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) continually seek federal funding so that every American has access to this essential service, but the local needs are truly meet through local funding and support. The national 211 program serves over 234 million Americans (more than 78% of the entire population) covering all or part of 46 states (including 31 states with 90%+ coverage) plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico. The remaining states are all in various stages of planning and implementation. Presently, parts of Florida, Tallahassee to Key West, have 211 coverage. In fact, the 211 program does not cover the ten counties of NW Florida.
[FONT=times new roman,serif]Walton County, Florida does not yet have a 2-1-1 system. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,serif]Community Walton is on a mission to change that. [/FONT]
We have plenty of energy going towards this project. Community Walton's 211 Committee is working on a collaborative effort with the United Way of Okaloosa/Walton Counties, local government, and some eighty local social service agencies to provide this service to the community. While we always need more volunteers to work on project, we also need your financial support to cover the capital and operating costs of running the telephone system, hiring and training the 211 telephone operators.
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