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PRESS CONFERENCE – Miami-Dade Nonprofits Speak Out Against Devastating Proposals to Unravel Our Community’s Social Safety-Net
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alarmed by proposed Miami-Dade County CBO budget cuts to food, housing, mental health, and other essential safety-net services, The Advocacy Collaborative, a coalition of more than 60 Miami-Dade community-based, nonprofit service organizations,…
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JCS Coordinates with 63 Nonprofit Agencies to Demand Full Restoration of County Funds for CBOs
In response to a proposed budget by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners that eliminated all funding for community-based organizations (CBOs) in the upcoming fiscal year, JCS took swift action…
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Actualidad Radio: Día del 988: apoyan la prevención del suicidio en Miami-Dade y Monroe (in Spanish)
En el marco del Día Nacional del 988, la señora Miriam Singer, directora ejecutiva del Jewish Community Services of South Florida, destacó en el programa de Yoly Cuello la importancia de esta línea de prevención…
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NBC 6 Miami story on Lifelines for our lower-income communities: Miami-Dade budget meeting lasts nearly 12 hours
The county is trying to close a $400 million deficit, while the public speaks on what they deem to be essential services.
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Miami-Dade County is preparing to approve a $12.9 billion budget for the upcoming 2025–2026 fiscal year.
A public budget hearing will be held Thursday. Yet, despite this unprecedented investment, the current proposal would deliver only a fraction of the funding needed to sustain the essential services that keep our most vulnerable…
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The Miami Herald Op-Ed by Miriam Singer: Restore full funding to care for Miami-Dade’s most vulnerable
Miami-Dade County is preparing to approve a $12.9 billion budget for the upcoming 2025–2026 fiscal year. A public budget hearing will be held Thursday. Yet, despite this unprecedented investment, the current proposal would deliver only…
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WLRN News: Community groups, advocates fear Miami-Dade's proposed budget will hurt county's most vulnerable
Community advocates packed Miami-Dade's government center on Thursday to voice their concerns about the county’s proposed $13.1 billion budget and its impact on thousands of its most vulnerable residents. "More than ever, people are at…
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The Miami New Times-Opinion: Preserve Core Nutrition Programs in Miami-Dade
The need for core nutrition services hits close to home in Miami-Dade County, where nearly one in six children is food insecure. Behind that statistic are families doing everything right — working two jobs, caring…
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Miami Herald — Charities facing cuts ask Miami-Dade mayor: Save the safety net, don’t ‘unravel it’
At the Key Clubhouse center, adults with mental illness get help finding work from an employment specialist that the nonprofit hires with grant dollars from Miami-Dade County. But that help may be on the chopping…
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The Sun-Sentinel Florida Jewish Journal Op-Ed by Miriam Singer & Reuben Rotman: With Miami-Dade budget cuts, a world is at stake
To save one life is to save an entire world. This timeless truth, known as the Jewish value of “pikuach nefesh,” is echoed across cultures and faiths. Today, the ability to actualize “pikuach nefesh” in…
