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CENTRAL SERVICES 3627A West Waters Ave. Tampa, FL 33614 800.651.1853 or 813.875.1408 Fax 813.875.1302
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e-Newsletter
Aug 2009
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Proposal to DCF Covers an 11-County Area
Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) has been selected by the
Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) to negotiate for a
$138 Million contract to become the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Managing Entity (SAMHME) for 11 counties along Florida's Gulf Coast.
Click here to read the story.
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Youth by Florida Network Max, a 13-year-old teen in Lutheran Services Florida's counseling program in Ft. Myers, has received a third place "Cool Art" Award in a statewide contest sponsored last spring by the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services. He was one of 10 youth at LSF's Oasis Youth Shelter who participated by preparing a drawing that incorporated themes related to the Safe Place program. Click here to read the story.
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Third Year for Central Services Participation Lutheran Services Florida's Central Services staff has joined forces with United Way of Tampa Bay for the 2009 Children's Book Drive, the third year that LSF has participated in the annual drive. The goal of the book drive is to put books into the hands of low-income children in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Click here to read the story.
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of Lutheran Immigration Service The Board of Directors of Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) has presented a Certificate of Appreciation and a desk plaque to the outgoing President of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), Ralston Deffenbaugh, Jr., "for his outstanding service to refugee and immigrant families, the staff of LIRS, and the Lutheran Church." Click here to read the story.
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Lutheran Services Florida will celebrate LSF Sunday on November 8 this year, and subsequently on the second Sunday of November each year in Lutheran churches across Florida. The date has been coordinated with the Florida-Georgia District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Click here to read the story.
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