High unemployment rates have left many people without health benefits and with difficulty accessing quality, consistent, and comprehensive health care services - services that are key to preventing or treating illness before it becomes serious. That's why United Way is supporting programs designed to help people identify and enroll in health benefit programs and access quality, comprehensive health care services.

The following is a list of United Way-supported agencies providing programs which have a measurable impact on residents of Palm Beach County.

Caridad Center

Families First of Palm Beach County

Clinics Can Help Foundation

Community Health Center of West Palm Beach

Epilepsy Foundation

Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies

Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc.

Mae Volen Senior Center, Inc.

Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County Medical Society

The Lord's Place

For more information on this Targeted Care Area and its projects, please contact United Way of Palm Beach County at (561) 375-6600.

If you are in need of services or assistance, please contact 211, an information and referral line funded by United Way of Palm Beach County. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 211 provides quick and easy access to the public to the more than 5,000 programs in Palm Beach County that provide services locally. The programs, projects, and services United Way supports are registered with 211.

Just dial 2-1-1, or (561) 383-1111, to get access to the many services offered in our community. You may also visit 211's Web site at www.211palmbeach.org