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FSCIRC wants to know what you think. We have created a online Client Satisfaction Survey so you can make your opinion known and tell us how we are doing. The survey should take just a few minutes to complete and your participation is confidential. Your answers will help us improve our service to you. Please click the link below to start the survey.
FSCIRC Client Satisfaction Survey
FODH Health Condition Survey
The Florida Office on Disability & Health, through its Advisory Board, Partners and stake-holders, has developed a FODH Health Condition Survey. We would like your feedback. Your participation is important because information obtained will assist in quantifying and focusing on issues to be used in long-term planning and policy development affecting persons with disabilities and their access to health care in the State of Florida.
To participate in the survey, click here.
Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program is Hosting Order of Selection Workshops
BSCIP is holding a series of public workshops to develop an Order of Selection and to develop Service Requirements for Transitional Living Facilities for Brain and Spinal Cord Injury. An order of selection is developed when states have determined or projected that there are insufficient funds to serve all eligible clients. An Order of Selection is an orderly process to determine who gets served and in what order, what level of services are received, and what the duration of those services are. Please note that multiple locations will be utilized via new technology. Locations and times are:
July 9, 2009 - 1:00pm at the following locations
DOH/Children's Medical Services, 910 North Jefferson Street, Jacksonville, FL 32309
DOH/Children's Medical Services, 4025 Esplanade Way (335N), Tallahassee, FL 32311
DOH/Children's Medical Services, Broward General Medical Center, Ste. 415, 1625 SE 3rd Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
July 10, 2009 - 1:00pm at the following locations
DOH/Children's Medical Services, 4025 Esplanade Way (335N), Tallahassee, FL 32311
DOH/Children's Medical Services, 13101 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Rm. 2004, Tampa, FL 33612
DOH/Children's Medical Services, 5192 Bayou Boulevard, Pensacola, FL 32503
Should you wish to get a copy of the proposed rule prior to the hearing or make comments in writing, please contact Ms. Suzanne Kelly @ 850-245-4110, 866-875-5660, or suzanne_kelly@doh.state.fl.us
Effects of Prolonged Electrical Stimulation on Neural Plasticity in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
This is a a new SCI research study being conducted at the Miami VAMC. Investigators are looking for individuals with incomplete spinal cord injuries at level C7 and above to participate. To view additional information about the study, download a flyer here. A brochure containing info is provided as well.
Please contact Carlos Gomez at Gomez-Orozco@va.gov or 305-575-7000 x6993 to find out more.
Save Money on Your Local Phone Service!
Lifeline Assistance Programs are helping to make telephone service affordable to low-income customers in our state. The programs are designed to ensure that the basic telephone connection (hook-up) and service remain affordable to all residents of Florida. Link-Up Florida gives a 50% rebate in the telephone hook-up charge (up to $30.00). Lifeline Assistance gives $13.50 credit per month on local phone bills. Over a year's time, that is a savings of $162.00. The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) is committed to making sure that eligible low income residents receive these discounts, but, to benefit, you need to apply.
Eligibility includes:
. If you receive state or federal help from:
. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
. Food Stamps
. Medicaid
. Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
. Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8)
. National School Lunch (NSL) Program's free lunch program
. In addition, if you live on a federally recognized tribal land and are eligible for benefits through the Bureau of
Indian Affairs for Tribal TANF, Head Start Subsidy or the NSL, you qualify for expanded Lifeline assistance.
For additional information call the Florida Public Service
Commission's Division of Regulatory Compliance and Consumer Assistance at
(800) 342-3552, fax your questions to (800) 511-0809, or contact the FPSC
via the following E-mail address: contact@psc.state.fl.us.
See the Internet home page at
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