PALM BEACH
COUNTY
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"Do
not make the mistake of thinking that concerned people
cannot change the world; its the only thing that
ever has." Margaret Mead
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Jeanette L. Freeman, Director
Division of Public/Private Partnerships
Room 111, 826 Evernia Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-0029
(561)355-3013 or SC: 273-3013
Jeanette_Freeman@doh.state.fl.us
Volunteers play
a major role in the delivery of quality medical care and
in the development and implementation of health and human
services programs:
- Over two hundred health
center volunteers including physicians and
nurses work in seven clinic and administrative
office sites located strategically throughout the
county.
- Auxiliary groups sponsor
each clinic and work on special projects
enhancing the lives of our families. They run
emergency food pantries, clothing stores, and
recruit materials and donations as needed.
- Coordination for PBC Teen
Pregnancy Prevention Coalition. Group
oversees communitys teen pregnancy
prevention plan. Special programs and promotion
projects implemented twice a year.
- Special outreach programs and
projects are created under the auspices of the Governors
Council for Community Health Partnerships:
* Godparent
Volunteer Program--mentoring Head Start children
and assisting in the classroom.
* Summer Camp Scholarship
Program--raising funds for needy children to go
to camp.
* Breastfeeding Peer
Counselor Program--providing education and
support for new moms.
* School Health Services--providing
volunteers working in conjunction with nurses in our
schools doing a plethora of tasks.
These volunteers
have the same legal protection that is available to all
state employees and receive sovereign immunity protection
under Chapter 110, Florida Statutes, Volunteer Program.
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Diane
Carlson
Regional Program Coordinator
Volunteer Health Care Provider Program
(561) 355-4514 or SC: 273-4514
Diane_Carlson@doh.state.fl.us
The Palm Beach Care Network is
comprised of over 200 physicians, all specialists, who
provide medical services to uninsured residents whose
income falls below the Federal Poverty Level. Patients
are seen by appointment, in the doctors private
offices and, if special diagnostic tests or surgery is
needed, are referred out to one of the eight partnerships
hospitals. All Network services are free and provided by
volunteers.*
- Project: Dentists Care has
volunteer Dentists seeing patients at no cost,
through two Palm Beach County programs. Eligible
patients who are victims of domestic assault
and/or homeless, are referred through the Café
Joshua Program to dentists who see patients by
appointment, in their private offices. Other
volunteers serve on a yearly rotation basis at
the Caridad Health Clinics evening and
weekend dental clinics.*
- The Caridad Health Clinic serves
the migrant and Florida farmworker population and
their families. An all-volunteer staff of medical
and dental licensed professionals, as well as
other ancillary health care providers see
eligible patients Tuesday through Saturday during
regular clinic hours.*
- Health Department
Volunteers are retired physicians with
Florida licenses who volunteer to see patients at
any of our seven countywide health centers.
Volunteer nurses see patients in our centers, and
also perform a variety of functions, through the
Childhood Immunization Coalition and at weekend
outreaches and health fairs co-sponsored by the
Department of Health.*
*All Florida
licensed professional volunteers receive sovereign
immunity protection under Florida State Statute 766.1115,
the Volunteer Health Care Provider Act.
Do you
have special talents or skills? Would you like your
time and energy to improve a community health need?
Are you good at developing resources? We welcome you
to join us at any of the following locations. Make a
difference. Volunteer today.
West Palm Beach
Health Center
705 North Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 653-2525 SC:
255-2525
Riveria Beach
Health Center
851 Avenue P
Riviera Beach, FL 33404
(561) 844-3561 SC:
263-4508
C.L. Brumback
Health Center
38754 State Road 80
Belle Glade, FL 33430
(561) 996-1600 SC:
273-1600
Jupiter Health
Center
6405 Indiantown Road
Jupiter, FL 33458
(561) 746-6751
Delray Beach
Health Center
225 South Congress Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33445
(561) 274-3156 SC:
273-3156
Lantana/Lake
Worth Health Center
1250 Southwinds Drive
Lantana, FL 33462
(561) 547-6870 SC:
270-6870
Contact
Information
Postal address,
telephone and fax:
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- Region 9
Coordinator:
Diane
Carlson
Palm Beach County Health Department
826 Evernia Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-5708
Telephone (561) 355-4514 or (SC) 273-4514
Fax (561)355-3225 or (SC) 273-3225
- State
Coordinator:
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- Shannon
Lease, M.S.
Department of Health Headquarters
BIN #A13
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee FL 32399-1722
Telephone (850) 245-4104 (SC)205-4104
FAX (850) 414-6091
(SC)994-6091
Electronic
mail:
Volunteer
opportunities contact regional coordinator: Diane_Carlson@doh.state.fl.us
General Program Information: Shannon_Lease@doh.state.fl.us
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