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September 2008
Greetings!
United
Way's 2-1-1 of WNC's e-newsletter is a resource for you.
We provide this as a way to keep in touch, highlight local
health and human service initiatives, promote information and
referral tools for serving your clients, gain your feedback,
and strengthen our community partnerships. We hope you
find the information useful.
If you have information to include, or have questions or
comments, please feel free to contact us. The information in
our e-newsletter is meant to be shared. Please forward and
encourage your colleagues to sign-up.
We look forward to hearing from
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Job
Opportunity
2-1-1
Referral Specialist 
Professional needed part time to deliver community
information and referral services for a local nonprofit call
center. Monday through Friday daytime, 20 hours per
week. Health and human service experience preferred;
customer service and computer skills a must.
Spanish-speaking ability a plus. Email resume and cover
letter to 211info@unitedwayabc.org or fax to 236-3848 by
Friday, October 10th. United Way values diversity and
equal opportunity in employment and volunteer
services.
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Tools for You
Free Resources for People who are Deaf or
Hard of Hearing 
Sorenson Video Relay Service (SVRS) is a free
24-hour service for the deaf and hard of hearing community
that enables anyone to conduct video relay calls with family,
friends, or business associates. Calls are placed and
received through a professional American Sign Language (ASL)
interpreter via a high-speed Internet connection and VRS
equipment (i.e., a Sorenson VP-200 videophone). SVRS is for
deaf and hard of hearing callers who use ASL to place phone
calls to any hearing person. Additionally, SVRS is available
for hearing users to contact deaf and hard of hearing
persons. All SVRS calls are free. Also, Sorenson
Communications provides a free videophone for deaf or
hard-of-hearing persons who use ASL and have a high-speed
Internet connection.
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 Community Resource Spotlight
Breast and Cervical Cancer Control
Program
The Breast and Cervical Cancer
Control Program (BCCCP) is a screening program. The
BCCCP, federally funded by the Centers for Disease Control,
pays for mammograms and also for biopsies, physician
consultations, health education, and more. Started in 1990, it
gives county health departments funds to offer free mammograms
for women ages 50 to 64 who don't have insurance or who
qualify for Medicaid. It also provides mammograms to women
outside that age group if they don't qualify for private
insurance. If a patient is found to have cancer, the program
pays for follow-up treatments. If a woman is concerned she may
have breast or cervical cancer and she is uninsured, she
should call her local BCCCP office before receiving a positive
cancer diagnosis.
To learn more about the
BCCP near you, contact:
Madison County Health
Department: (828) 649-3531
Buncombe County Health
Center: (828) 250-6119
Henderson County Department of
Public Health: (828) 692-4223
Transylvania County
Health Department: (828)
884-3135 | |
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