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Friday Food-A-Thon Aims for $200,000 for Flagler Food Bank, Underscoring Need Approaching 6,000 Families

July 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

On the air all day Friday. (WNZF for FlaglerLive)

Close to 6,000 families have registered with Flagler County’s Grace Community Food Pantry, 2,000 more than last year, as WNZF and Flagler Broadcasting launch the third annual Food-a-Thon in hopes of raising $200,000, money that can be leveraged into $1 million worth of food. The drive is aiming for a bounty of small donations this year.

Flagler’s Cold-Weather Homeless Shelter, In New Home, Opens for 15 Guests With a Few Dollars’ Help from Local Governments

December 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

At the Sheltering Tree's new cold-weather shelter at Church on the Rock, beds are arranged for the homeless with distance and some privacy. (© Martin Collins for FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s only cold-weather shelter for the homeless moved from its old location after 12 years to Church on the Rock on U.S. 1, where it operated for the first time this year, on Monday and Tuesday nights, with security, privacy from formerly resentful neighbors, and elbow room to spare.

L&M Farms in Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam Gets $1.9 Million to Provide 200 Tons of Produce a Week to Food Banks

May 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Feeding Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

The program will help alleviate the pressure food banks have experienced from the crush of people whose breadwinners have lost jobs since the beginning of the coronavirus emergency.

Food Drops Are Not Enough. Expand Food Stamps Programs Now.

May 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

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Big food drops like Palm Coast’s effort to feed 5,000 families are fine, but only an expanded SNAP (or food stamps) program can reach all families in need with an existing system that also acts as an economic stimulus for local business.

It Was Never a Strong Economy For the Working Poor. Now’s the Time to Change That.

April 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Clearly, not yet. (Joe Brusky)

The coronavirus crisis is laying bare how record low unemployment and a booming stock market helped conceal the still weak levels of household wealth, public infrastructure, and overall socio-economic fragility of most Americans.

Two Espanola Parents Arrested After 5 Children Lived in Filth, Fear and Neglect for Years

March 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

A corner of the bathroom. (FCSO)

DCF took custody of five children–ages 12, 11, 7, 3 and 2–who year after year had been either homeless or living in a deplorable house in Espanola. Their parents, Tiffany Berry and Nicholas Carter, were arrested for neglect.

The Rich Should Be Taxed Differently Than You and Me

September 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A 10 percent surtax on incomes over $2 million should be levied on wages and salaries and investment income gained from wealth, including capital gains and dividends.

Flagler Beach Police Chief Doughney: “I Don’t See Panhandling as a Problem In the City”

July 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney was not happy with the direction of a proposed ordinance in Flagler Beach seeking to police 'aggressive panhandling.' (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach Commissioner Eric Cooley pushed for an ordinance targeting “aggressive panhandling” in the city, but the Police Chief Matt Doughney rejected the premise that there was such an issue in Flagler Beach, and got the proposal tabled pending his revisions.

Bunnell’s Mean Streak

June 24, 2019 | Pierre Tristam | 37 Comments

Bunnell is acting like it's 1913 again. (© FlaglerLive)

The city that calls itself the crossroads of Flagler County is losing its bearings, its heart, and sometimes its mind–over the homeless, over panhandlers, over the sheriff’s office. It is becoming petty. It is becoming mean and resentful, and discriminatory.

Does Flagler Beach Have a Panhandling Problem? Not Exactly, But City Will Consider New Rules.

June 13, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

City Commissioner Eric Cooley owns the 7-Eleven in town, where he says he sees the good and bad sides of panhandlers. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission this evening will discuss adopting an ordinance against “aggressive” panhandling at the urging of City Commissioner Eric Cooley, a business owner in town.

Bunnell Rudely Tells Church’s Cold-Weather Shelter for Homeless to Get Out Of Town

June 4, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

The Sheltering Tree's cold weather shelter has operated for 11 years at Bunnell's United Methodist Church on Pine Street, opening on nights when the temperature falls below 40 degrees. (c FlaglerLive)

Bunnell’s zoning board voted to disallow the Sheltering Tree, the county’s only cold-weather shelter, from operating out of the United Methodist Church, potentially ending 11 years of service by the non-profit. The Sheltering Tree intends to appeal to the city commission.

‘A Pileup of Inequities’: Why People of Color Are Hit Hardest by Homelessness

March 31, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Disparities, researchers say, are the result of centuries of discrimination in housing, criminal justice, child welfare and education. Cities and counties are beginning to take a hard look at how entrenched policy has served to perpetuate homelessness in black and brown communities.

That Homeless Camp Behind the Public Library: A Palm Coast Problem Requiring Immediate Action

February 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 70 Comments

Scenes from the homeless camp behind the library, as captured by Jack Howell.

After taking a walk through the homeless camp near the library and speaking with its residents, Palm Coast Council member Jack Howell calls for creating a committee to address the issue from various angles.

Florida’s More Conservative Supreme Court Rejects Considering Minimum Wage Case

February 5, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Tuesday’s actions could signal how the new majority will come down on future business-related disputes and could spark state lawmakers, whose annual session begins in March, to consider business-backed legislation to address issues that the old court had foiled.

MLK’s Dream Of Economic Justice Deferred By Increasing Inequalities

January 21, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

King foreshadowed that if we maintain our exploitative economic and political systems, then we’d get not only racial apartheid, but economic apartheid as well.

The Sheltering Tree, Flagler’s Cold-Weather Shelter, Holds Fundraiser March 10

January 21, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Sheltering Tree is the county's only cold-weather shelter for the homeless. (© FlaglerLive)

The “Have a Heart for the Homeless” dinner and dance will raise money for the shelter assisting new, near, or chronically homeless, and the all-volunteer effort needs your help.

Showdown Over Local Control as State Aims to Stop Miami Beach From Raising Minimum Wage

October 31, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Attorney General Pam Bondi claims a state law bars Miami Beach from gradually increasing its minimum wage to $13.31 an hour in 2021. The case also has drawn attention from local governments, which have sided with Miami Beach.

A Better Way To Fight Homelessness: Decriminalize It

October 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Law enforcement is often used as a first response to address homelessness. Many communities criminalize it instead of connecting the homeless with essential services, assuming they’re available.

Getting a Section 8 Voucher Is Hard. Finding a Landlord Willing to Accept It Is Even Harder.

September 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

B.R. Williams says looking for a place to live with a housing voucher is a “full-time job.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is launching a campaign to encourage more landlords to accept Section 8 housing vouchers. (Pew Charitable Trusts)

Most of the landlords whom researchers called said they didn’t take vouchers. Some of those who agreed to show their unit to a voucher holder stood the renter up.

Critics Assail Scott Policy Shift That Would Reduce Eligibility Window For Medicaid

June 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The majority of the 39,000 people impacted by the change would be seniors and people with disabilities. But Gov. Scott wants the shift to save nearly $100 million.

For Working Poor’s Sake, Bring Back May Day

April 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Nearly one in five families have zero or negative net worth. That number rises to over a quarter of Latin American households and 30 percent of black households.

The Latest Assault on Food Stamps Holders

April 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Groceries should not be cudgels. (Brian Legate)

The draconian work requirement to receive food stamps could throw 1 million people off the rolls and cause more job losses than job gains.

Does Palm Coast Have a Panhandling Problem? Council Member Thinks So, But Legal Options Are Limited

February 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

A homeless person in St. Augustine in an image, one of dozens, used to convince the St. Augustine City Council on Monday to pass a draconian anti-panhandling ordinance. The measure inspired Palm Coast City Council member Heidi Shipley to do likewise in the city, though the city manager rebuffed her.

Palm Coast City Council member Heidi Shipley, citing “regulars” panhandling on Old Kings Road and Palm Coast Parkway, wants an anti-panhandling ordinance.

The Sheltering Tree, Flagler’s Homeless Shelter, Holds Fundraiser March 4

February 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Needs for the homeless in palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach and the county are great: Bunnell's Sheltering Tree has been tending to cold-weather sheltering since 2008, and providing weekly meals since then, as well as basic necessities. Curches in Flagler Beach and Palm Coast do their share as well, as has Michele Seyfert, above, who last month began a weekly evening meal for the homeless at the Palm Coast United Methodist Church off Belle Terre Parkway. The Sheltering Tree is hosting a fundraiser for its operation in early March. (© FlaglerLive)

The “Have a Heart for the Homeless” dinner and dance will raise money for the shelter assisting new, near, or chronically homeless, and the all-volunteer effort needs your help.

With Project Share, Flagler Beach Rotary Brings Christmas to 1,300 of the Region’s Neediest Children

December 21, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Some 150 volunteers gathered at the Flagler County airport Wednesday to load three box trucks and five trailers with toys for 1,300 children, the work of Flagler Beach Rotary's Project Share. (© FlaglerLive)

Project Share was born 18 years ago after Roseanne Stocker drove through rural areas of deep poverty and teamed up with her father to provide toys for 30 children. The project has grown every year since.

Trump Administration Plan to Add Medicaid Work Requirement Stirs Fears

November 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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advocates who see the changes as a way for states to kick millions of adults off the program and undermine its mission of providing health coverage to the poor.

Flagler Commissioners Approving $400,000 In Grants to Six Critical Social Service Agencies

October 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Much of the grant funding will help protect or enrich children's lives. (Abe Kleinfeld)

The grants subsidize free healthcare for the poor, a shelter for abused women, interventions for victims of rape, and help for addicts and individuals with mental health needs, among other services.

Upwards Mobility Bunk: Don’t Lie to Poor Kids About Why They’re Poor, And Will Stay Poor

August 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

American social mobility, once a reality, is now a myth.

What happens when children born into poverty run face first into the crushing reality that the society they live in really isn’t that fair at all? Hard work has nothing to do with it.

Florida Senate Wants 81% Increase in Aid for Poorer College Students, and Boost For 1st-Gen

April 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Florida student assistance grants would grow by $121 million. Senators also want to double the state’s matching grants for “first generation” college and university students to a total of $10.6 million.

Florida Chamber of Commerce and Business Groups File Suit Against Plan to Raise Minimum Wage

December 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The chamber of commerce joined a retail and a restaurant association to fight a groundbreaking living wage plan adopted in Miami Beach, which could serve as a model for other local governments.

Farm Share Distributes Food to 300 Families at Flagler Airport as Post-Storm Needs Persist

October 17, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Mary King was among the 40-odd volunteers who gave out Farm Fresh's packaged food this morning at the Flagler County Airport. (© FlaglerLive)

By 11 this morning some 20 cars were turned away from the Flagler County Airport as a truckload of Farm Share food began running out, underscoring persistent needs in post-hurricane relief in Flagler.

Chain Restaurants Hurt the Economy, Pollute, And Pay Poverty Wages. Eat Local Instead.

July 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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It’s time for big chains to strengthen local economies by keeping food purchases local and ending worker exploitation. But they don’t. Meanwhile, writes Anna Meyer, look for locally owned restaurants that source local and support raising the minimum wage for all workers.

Access Flagler First, County’s Outreach for the Poor, Celebrates 5 Years

June 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Commission Chair Barbara Revels, along with commissioners Frank Meeker and Charlie Ericksen attended the celebration on behalf of the Flagler County Board of County Commissioners.

Hundreds Of Thousands Lose Food Stamps In Florida as Work Requirements Kick In

May 17, 2016 | FlaglerLive |

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In Florida if you can’t show that you’re working or meet the work requirements some other way, you get penalized and lose your food stamps for the following month. If you fail to meet the requirements again, it’s a three-month sanction and then six months.

Right to an Attorney Often a Myth as Public Defenders Are Overworked and the Poor Bullied to Plea

April 24, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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There is a lack of funding for public defense in every state, and people charged with low-level misdemeanors, often poor minorities, suffer the most as public defender offices focus their few resources on felony cases.

300,000 Floridians Could Lose Food Stamps as State Restores Work Obligations and Time Limits

April 6, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The requirement was suspended in the aftermath of the recession, but starting Jan. 1, all able-bodied, childless adults 18 to 49 were required to work, get job training or volunteer 20 hours a week to receive food stamps . Otherwise, they’re limited to three months of food assistance in each 36-month period.

As Scott Signs Bill Stifling Abortion Clinics, Planned Parenthood Sees Danger and Cruelty

March 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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The restriction means low-income Floridians could lose access to the organization’s health-care and family-planning services. Planned Parenthood said it has more than 67,000 patients in Florida annually.

The Future Is Here: Florida Wants Welfare For the Rich While Punishing the Poor

January 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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Four years ago Chris Timmons, now a columnist and fellow at a Florida think tank, lost his job and needed food stamps. “It did not make me feel like a moocher,” he writes. Yet Florida makes welfare recipients feel just that.

2.8 Million Floridians Still Uninsured Even as Just 20% Fall in Medicaid Gap

October 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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It’s 1.1 million fewer than in 2013, but almost a third of the uninsured are eligible for Obamacare but haven’t enrolled, 15% have chosen not to enroll in employee-provided health care, and the rest are uninsured for a variety of other reasons.

8.8 Million More People Got Health Insurance Last Year, Largely Due to Obamacare

September 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The increase, due to the Affordable Care Act, is unprecedented since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago. Expanding Medicaid–as Florida did not–would have added to the ranks of the insured even more.

Why You’re Getting Poorer: iPhones Aren’t The Economic Engine Cars and Electricity Were

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Robert Gordon argues rising standards of living brought by cars, indoor plumbing and electricity can;t be replaced by iPhones and the internet. Martin Feldstein disagrees.

Capitalism Doesn’t Cause Poverty. Its Absence Does.

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The world’s poorest countries are not characterized by naive trust in capitalism, but by utter distrust, which leads to heavy government intervention and regulation of business. Under such conditions, capitalism does not thrive and economies remain poor.

Administrator Patrick Johnson Calls It Quits as Flagler Health Department Endures Big Changes

June 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler County Health Department Administrator Patrick Johnson is resigning at the end of the month to take a public health post in North Carolina as county departments in Florida see their roles shift and diminish.

House and Senate Far Apart on Budget as Health Care For Poor Becomes Bargaining Chip

April 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Florida House had made a significant concession to the Senate on hospital funding — but said it would only follow through if the upper chamber dropped insistence on using Medicaid expansion dollars to help lower-income Floridians purchase private insurance.

Rev. Beth Gardner, Leading Voice For Flagler’s Homeless, Is Leaving Bunnell’s Methodist Church After 15 Years

April 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Rev. Gardner, who will lead a parish in Lakeland starting in July, transformed the church into the county’s most progressive advocate for the homeless, housing a cold-weather shelter and keeping awareness about homelessness on the forefront of county and city agendas.

Guilty of Being Poor: Across the Nation, Courts Shake Down the Destitute

April 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

From fines targeting the poor to civil asset forfeiture, courts have mounted odious means of seizing cash and property from people not charged with any crime and who can’t afford legal defense.

Plan to Extend Health Insurance to 800,000 Poor Floridians Crawls Against Steep Hurdles

March 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The new Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange Program, or FHIX, would assist Floridians not eligible for Medicaid in purchasing health benefits coverage and gaining access to health services.

Emergency Grants of Up to $600 Available to Flagler Seniors For Home Energy Assistance

February 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Eligibility is determined by income (gross household income must be below 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines), and at least one member of the household must be at least 60 years old.

More States Lean Toward Medicaid Expansion, But Florida Remains a Holdout

January 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The biggest nonexpansion states are Florida and Texas, where expansion would add a total of 2.6 million uninsured residents to the Medicaid rolls. But both the Florida and Texas legislatures are dominated by Republicans, and expansion remains a long shot.

With 800,000 Floridians in Health Insurance Limbo, Hopes Return for Medicaid Expansion

December 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A coalition of businesses groups, local officials and healthcare industry representatives has rolled out a plan to insure nearly one million low-income Floridians who fall in the so-called Medicaid coverage gap.

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