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    An Open Discussion About Available Job Vacancies with City of Ft Walton Beach Schuyler Black & Bobby Dewrell

Health

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Health

Governor DeSantis Signs Florida’s Mental Health and Substance Abuse Bill

On June 14, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law CS/CS/HB 7021 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse, a bill championed by State Representative Patt Maney to modernize Florida’s Baker and Marchman Acts for the first time since their original passage 53 and 31 years ago, respectively. This action will significantly improve the navigation, service delivery and expected outcomes of Florida’s mental health system. Unanimously approved by both chambers of […]

todayJune 16, 2024 245

Community

Okaloosa County Begins Opioid Abatement Initiatives Funded by the Florida Opioid Settlement

A special press release meeting was held on June 6 by Okaloosa County to honor Revive Awareness Day and and the County’s key opioid epidemic abatement initiatives beginning in June. Representatives from local agencies outlined the problems and strategies it is implementing to address strategies response to the drug epidemic and how those strategies will be funded. Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County Administrator Elizabeth Smith introduced the newly formed […]

todayJune 10, 2024 52

Featured

Preventing Human Trafficking: A Close Look at Florida’s Battle and Resources for Victims

A Presidential Proclamation in 2010 designated January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month with January 11 as National Human Trafficking Day. While the United Nations estimates the human trafficking issue affects more than 40 million victims, the Florida Alliance to End Human Trafficking reports that Florida ranks third in the nation for human trafficking crimes with more than 1,800 victims statewide. Okaloosa County is itself a trafficking target […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024 141

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