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Health Resource Directory

The Monroe County HEALTH RESOURCE DIRECTORY is now on line, with updates current as of this week.   Please click on “Provider List” and download a copy. Updates will be made quarterly. The Coalition website has been updated including this new page on health care enrollment options.

New Website for Internet Safety

The Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS) is happy to join Attorney General Bill McCollum in promoting the safeflorida.net/safesurf website created by the Attorney General's office.  This website was developed to help educate students about the safe uses of the internet and to emphasize the need for cyber safety. The internet itself plays an important role in carrying out that mission. 

Community Health and Social Service Directory

Are you looking for Monroe County agency contacts and phone number? Click to open the new 2007 Interagency Council Directory!

 

Online Social Networking a Big Part of Teen Life

More than half of all U.S. kids ages 12 to 17 use online social networking sites. The names are probably familiar – MySpace, Xanga, Friendster, Facebook and others – but you may not know just how important these social networking websites are for today’s teens.

Older teens, especially girls, are more likely to use these sites to reinforce their current friendships – while boys reportedly go to these networks to make new friends and to flirt. 55% of teens who go online create personal profiles – and nearly half of those using these sites visit them at least once a day.

The good news? It appears that many teens are now aware of the hazards that can come from posting personal information online. 21% now elect to keep their profile out of public view. For those who do keep public profiles, 59% say that their profiles are visible only to their friends. (Excerpt from Teen Trends - A monthly Newsletter from Connect with Kids)

 

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