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            Florida resources via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Rural health and human services resources for Florida, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center
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		<copyright>Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center</copyright>
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        http://www.raconline.org/states/
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  <title>Event: Spring Health IT Summit</title>
  <description>Fort Lauderdale FL May 12, 2010   </description>
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  http://www.ihealthtran.com/springccs.html 
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	                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:39:43 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ihealthtran.com/springccs.html 
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  <title>News: Most States Not Making the Grade in Children's Dental Care</title>
  <description>eMaxHealth article reports that according to a new report issued Tuesday by the Pew Center on the States, at least one in five US children go without annual dental care and 44 out of 50 states fail to meet at least six key benchmarks or policies to ensure access to preventive care.   </description>
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  http://www.emaxhealth.com/1506/79/35816/most-states-not-making-grade-childrens-dental-care.html 
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	                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:02:31 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.emaxhealth.com/1506/79/35816/most-states-not-making-grade-childrens-dental-care.html 
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  <title>Map: Florida's Rural Counties</title>
  <description>A map of the State of Florida highlighting the rural counties with a populationdensity of less than 100 individuals persquare mile or an area defined by themost recent U.S. census as rural.  -- Florida Office of Rural Health  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Workforce/RuralHealth/PDFs/Rural_Counties_Map.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:14:35 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Workforce/RuralHealth/PDFs/Rural_Counties_Map.pdf 
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  <title>Event: &quot;RAYS OF HOPE&quot; National Conference</title>
  <description>Orlando FL April 26, 2010  -- Faith in Action National Network  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.fianationalnetwork.org/FIA-announcements-detail.cfm?id=44 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:02:18 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.fianationalnetwork.org/FIA-announcements-detail.cfm?id=44 
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  <title>Event: 43rd American Association of Suicidology Annual Conference</title>
  <description>Orlando FL April 21, 2010  -- American Association of Suicidology  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/education-and-training/annual-conference 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:18:13 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/education-and-training/annual-conference 
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  <title>Publication: Taking SSTRIDEs to Recruit and Retain Physicians</title>
  <description>Features the SSTRIDE education outreach program, which provides educational enrichment to Florida students interested in health care, from seventh grade through medical school.  -- Health Workforce Information Center  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.healthworkforceinfo.org/news/july09/strides.php 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:30:43 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.healthworkforceinfo.org/news/july09/strides.php 
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  <title>Publication: P-3 Community Foundation: Building a Community Coalition to Advance Rural Family Economic Success</title>
  <description>Profiles the development of a new community foundation to serve struggling families in three Florida counties.   -- Annie E. Casey Foundation  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.aecf.org/upload/publicationfiles/p3_5_22c.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:28:38 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.aecf.org/upload/publicationfiles/p3_5_22c.pdf 
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  <title>Funding opportunity: Gulf Coast Emergency Response Fund</title>
  <description>Emergency grants to grantee organizations working in communities affected by this Hurricane Gustav and possible future disasters.  -- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1998 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:33:36 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1998 
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  <title>Organization: Florida Department of Health: Office of Minority Health</title>
  <description>Provides leadership in improving minority health and reducing health disparities through education, collaboration, mobilization and coordination statewide.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.doh.state.fl.us/MINORITY/ 
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	                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:37:27 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.doh.state.fl.us/MINORITY/ 
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  <title>Funding opportunity: BJs Charitable Foundation</title>
  <description>Funding for safety, security and well-being of children and families, education and health programs, community service opportunities, and  hunger and disaster relief.  -- BJs Charitable Foundation  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1874 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:36:56 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1874 
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  <title>Map: Florida Rural Definition Maps</title>
  <description>Set of maps showing the geographic coverage provided by 9 different rural definitions for the state.  -- USDA Economic Research Service  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/FL.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/FL.pdf 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site:  Florida Health Centers Data</title>
  <description>Provides access to information on Federally Qualified Health Centers for the state. Includes a map of FQHC locations, as well as information on the populations served by health centers, services provided, staff, patient visits, costs of care, and use of electronic health information.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.nachc.com/state-healthcare-data.cfm?State=FL 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.nachc.com/state-healthcare-data.cfm?State=FL 
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  <title>Publication: Border County Health Workforce Profiles: Florida</title>
  <description>Provides information on the health workforce, relevant population characteristics, and basic health indicators in Florida.   -- Health Resources and Services Administration  </description>
  <link>
  ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforce/border_reports/florida.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:07:30 CST</pubDate>
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  ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforce/border_reports/florida.pdf 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site: State Profiles- Florida:  Health Information Technology (HIT)</title>
  <description>Profiles the states health information technology (HIT) issues.  Contains sections on demographics, HIT legislation, telemedicine, Health Information Exchanges (HIE) &amp; Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), grant funded HIT projects, and HIT survey information.  -- Rural Health Resource Center  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/fl/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:35:40 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/fl/ 
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  <title>Funding opportunity: Southeast Rural Community Assistance Loan Fund Program</title>
  <description>Provides low-interest loans to low-income rural communities for predevelopment costs, system upgrades and new construction of water and wastewater services and facilities.  -- Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1588 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:04:54 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1588 
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  <title>Organization: Florida Department of Children and Families</title>
  <description>Serves vulnerable adults (elderly and disabled) who are victims of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or in need of services due to neglect by the vulnerable adult themself. Also serves permanently disabled adults who need assistance to remain in their homes in the community.    </description>
  <link>
  http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:58:49 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/ 
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  <title>Organization: Florida Department of Community Affairs</title>
  <description>Provides housing and community development resources.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fhcd/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:19:21 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fhcd/ 
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