Leading Florida Organizations Convene to Address Housing Crisis Among Seniors
Leading Florida organizations focused on the elderly population will gather in Tampa this month to address the growing housing crisis among Florida’s elderly. More and more elderly people are struggling to stay housed and are losing their housing all together, a situation expected to worsen in the next decade. The meeting has been organized by […]
Collaborative Partnerships – Supportive Housing and Mental Health
In 2021 NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Sarasota and Manatee Counties had the opportunity to take on a local mental health wellness drop-in program that the community was at risk of losing. This program, now known as YANA (You Are Not Alone), offers adults living with serious mental health conditions a safe, non-clinical, and […]
Mary C. Mayhew, President and CEO of The Florida Hospital Association Announced as Keynote Speaker
Mary C. Mayhew joined the Florida Hospital Association in October 2020 as President. During her tenure, Mayhew has received several notable recognitions, including being named to the Florida Politics 2022 Influence 150, Florida Trend’s 2022 Florida 500, and placing #3 in The Florida Health Care Power 100 and #24 in The Florida Power 100 by […]
Elderly Housing Dialogue
On June 20th, 2024, the Florida Supportive Housing Coalition met with the Senior Resource Alliance, the Area Agencies on Aging, and various other organizations to discuss the alarming increase of elderly individuals across the state of Florida experiencing homelessness. Independent housing solutions are sparse, with the variety of options being homeless shelters, nursing homes, or […]
Alex’s Story
In essence, bipolar disorder has disrupted every aspect of my life at one point or another I’ve been working for over 8 years, and now thanks to Carrfour I have affordable housing. At the age of 53, I’m finally managing my mental illness instead of it managing me My name is Alex, and I was […]
Little Sunshine Pantries
Little Sunshine Pantries We are locals of Tallahassee, Florida Nathan & Ashley Pugh. We moved in 2020 within the city but that short distance showed us that there are two different sides to our city. We learned through other organizations already working in the community that some neighborhoods experience food insecurity rates as high as […]