It is estimated that 30 percent of first responders develop behavioral health conditions including, but not limited to, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as compared with 20 percent in the general population
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Learn how Dr. Alsofrom’s helped shape 211 HelpLine into what it is today, a free community helpline and crisis support line offering residents diverse programs and services every single day.
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The Palm Beach County Youth Services Department is accepting parent applications for summer camp scholarships beginning January 22 through April 16.
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211 HelpLine turns 50! As we kick-off the New Year with our 211 Awareness Week, we are also entering into our 50th anniversary celebration.
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“Honoring 211 Awareness week February 11th-17th is one way that we hope to get the word out. Our agency does “life-saving” work as a crisis line, and has also helped many others to find community resources and services they didn’t even know existed” - Sharon L’Herrou, 211’s President/CEO.
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211 HelpLine was named “Nonprofit of the Year” in the large category (budget of $2.5 million+) at Nonprofit’s First’s Hats Off Nonprofit Awards event on October 2nd at the Harriet Himmel Theater in West Palm Beach.
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April 18, 2019 Lantana- Nat Price is celebrating his 104th birthday at 211 along with his 16 years of volunteerism for 211’s Sunshine Daily Telephone Reassurance program. Nat continues to make his way to the Lantana facility to make Sunshine calls to seniors who are anywhere from 20 to 30 years his junior…at one point a Sunshine client said “we should be calling you!” Nat just laughed at that.
Read MoreJune 25, 2018 [Lantana, FL] – On Thursday, June 28th at 11:00am, staff from Peggy Adams Animal Rescue in West Palm Beach will be bringing adorable, adoptable dogs to 211 HelpLine’s facility in Lantana, to provide emotional support to their suicide prevention counselors.
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