PALM BEACH COUNTY

"Do not make the mistake of thinking that concerned people cannot change the world; it’s the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

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 community’s 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 Governor’s 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.

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 doctor’s 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 Clinic’s 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:

 

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:

 

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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