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Flagler Health+ To kick-off its expansion into Flagler County, Care Connect+ awarded Innovators Micro Grants to four Flagler County nonprofit organizations for the purpose of supporting new or existing programs that positively impact persons experiencing homelessness, hunger, behavioral health issues, financial instability, affected by COVID-19, lack of access to affordable housing, transportation, medication or health care in Flagler County. Care Connect+ is a social health organization, developed by Flagler Health+, that connects area residents with a single access point to services that ad...

Mental Health Watchdog Hosts Baker Act Continuing Education Course in Campaign to Protect Citizens from Abuse Tampa Bay area attorney and former Assistant Public Defender of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Carmen Miller, Esq., was the featured speaker at the seminar on mental health rights. The virtual course identifies the basic human rights impacted by the Baker Act, areas of abuse and the unintended consequences. If the law itself is understood and applied from the viewpoint of using the least restrictive means possible to help someone in crisis then the potential for abuse is greatly red...

Baker Act abuse runs rampant and calls for reformation are resounding from press to parents. CCHR says it is time for change, one that is a long time coming.

By Madalen Erez Intro Three years ago, Valentine’s Day in our community was transformed. Innocent happiness and flower bouquets now yield to the echoes of tragedy. A day of love is also one of remembrance. Each year, this being the third anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, it is important for our community to reflect on the 17 lives lost—and the promise made—that this would never happen again. “Never Again to our MSD students means never again will we take no for an answer when we know that is not acceptable,” said Ivy Schamis, who was an MSD teacher when the ...

Hartsfield Elementary School Hartsfield Elementary School in Tallahassee employs a concept called conscious discipline to help address early childhood trauma and keep children from being committed under the Baker Act. To keep children from being committed under the Baker Act, some schools are addressing early childhood trauma and changing their approach to student discipline. Among the best predictors of whether a child will be taken for an involuntary psychiatric exam under the Baker Act in Florida, is a history of trauma. But school psychologists, who know most about how to treat early chil...