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Increasing access to education whether through a laptop loaner program to bridge the digital divide, a food pantry to address hunger or a grant to help eligible students pay for child care is in the works for Santa Fe College.
SF College President Paul Broadie II offered his vision for the school at Wednesday s monthly meeting of the Black on Black Crime Task Force held via Zoom.
Broadie said the $40 million gift in December from Mackenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is the largest single donation in the college’s history and will support programs that increase access to education, enrich the community and advance the school s mission.
Clinic will be free, schedule to come
The exact times of the stops will be set after the plan is reviewed by lawyers and signed, city officials said.
The program provides UF undergraduate, medical, physician assistant and other health professions students with hands-on experience.
“I’m really excited to do this in East Gainesville because I know that there is a real hunger and desire to take control of health care,” Grant Harrell, the clinic s medical director, said last Thursday.
Harrell said the mobile clinics, in addition to offering services like prescribing medications and health screenings, assign “care coordinators” to help patients implement their health care plans, which is more important to a person’s health than clinic visits.
Clinic will be free, schedule to come
The exact times of the stops will be set after the plan is reviewed by lawyers and signed, city officials said.
The program provides UF undergraduate, medical, physician assistant and other health professions students with hands-on experience.
“I’m really excited to do this in East Gainesville because I know that there is a real hunger and desire to take control of health care,” Grant Harrell, the clinic s medical director, said Thursday.
Harrell said the mobile clinics, in addition to offering services like prescribing medications and health screenings, assign “care coordinators” to help patients implement their health care plans, which is more important to a person’s health than clinic visits.