Good News - May 2021

OUT AND ABOUT 40 MAY 2021 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' , ! ! %+ ! 0 1 "-53101( 0 1 1--5 0 1 6 +3 !"31)#53 01 $0+13'%)+( 01 &0+13'/+0 01 &0+13')1,6 01 (+)5*+,5- .161/ 01 523556 %+ ! 01 "-53101( 01 ,32#16 0 1 Higher education is evolv- ing. Trinity International Uni- versity – Florida continues to advance, making sure that it serves its students, faculty, partners and community well. For that reason, this past Jan- uary the university adopted a HyFlex model of education. This provides students with the option of taking courses face-to-face at either its North Lauderdale or Kendall sites, or via Zoom from wherever they are in the world. Jessica Waddell, a stu- dent in the MA in Leadership program, considers that the main benefits of this new model are the comfort and flexibility it provides to both students and professors, par- ticularly in the context of the global health crisis. For his part, associate professor of theology Dr. Jules Martínez Olivieri hopes this institutional move serves as an incentive for prospec- tive and current students to enroll. Trinity Florida wants to be highly accessible to stu- dents without compromising the high-quality education the university is known to offer. The HyFlex model is only one of the new things happen- ing at Trinity Florida. Connect with the university to learn more about how Trinity Florida can help you achieve your educational goals for 2021 and beyond at tiu.edu/florida Trinity International University Adopts HyFlex Education Model Dr. Kate Johnson with students in the classroom and on-line in one of her Mental Health Counseling courses. Photo by Jesslyann Rodríguez. More than $900,000 of non-filer applications over a six month period were submitted to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the homeless through assistance fromHOPE South Florida. Of those submit- ted, homeless clients received stimulus checks valued at over $401,000. The effort was coordinated in conjunction with Customer Assistance, Relationships and Education, FieldAssitance (FA) along with Stakeholder Part- nerships, Education & Commu- nication (SPEC), Hope South Florida and Floridian Richard Campillo. There are many reason that some did not receive Eco- nomic Impact Payments (EIP checks) including due circum- stances such as identity theft, change of address and bank detail issues. Volunteers are also assisting those who did not file their taxes last year to complete and submit their 2020 1040 tax forms, explained Dr. Ted Greer, CEO and executive director of Hope South Florida. Many of the homeless indi- viduals expressed appreciation for being treated with dignity, with one person saying “Some- times people just ignore us when they see us on the street.” “Our sincere thanks to Rich Campillo for leading the way along with HSF staff, student and community volunteers for their assistance, said Greer. Hope South Florida is a faith-based 501(c)(3) that pro- vides overflow crisis housing, Rapid re-housing, shared meals, mobile showers, em- ployment assistant, support teams for families and case management support services to thousands of homeless chil- dren, families and veterans. Visit hopesouthflorida.org Homeless Individuals Are Receiving Their Stimulus Checks Thanks to Hope South Florida With the help of SPEC and FA, local resident Richard Campillo (far left) is helping homeless tax- payers living in Fort Lauderdale get their EIPs.