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 PARENT RESOURCE
 GUIDE
 The Miami-Dade County
Public Schools and The
Education Fund have co-pub-
lished a free Parent Resource
Guide 2006-2007 for the pub-
lic.
 The 88-page guide, spon-
sored by global financial serv-


ices provider ING, gives par-
ents information they need to
know about their child's
school, curriculum and stu-
dent requirements.
 The guide is printed in
three languages -English,
Spanish and Haitian creole.
Each school in the system will
receive additional copies for


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use in parent-teacher meet-
ings.
 The guide may also be
viewed online at www.educa-
tionfund.org (under "Our
Publications") and
www.dadeschools.net (under
"RLtlirt.L, ).
 The 2006-2007 Guide pro-
vides a wealth of information
including revised curriculum
requirements, test schedules,
immunization requirements,
student services, legal rights
and parental involvement.

 HURRICANE RELIEF
 Elderly residents of
Broward County, Florida,
home to hundreds of
Caribbean immigrants, will
get hurricane help from the
county.
 A $5,655,000 grant that
will provide assistance to resi-
dents 60 years and older that
were affected by the 2005
hurricanes.
 The grant money will be
administered by the Broward
County Elderly and Veteran
Services Division, and will be
used for rental subsidies to
assist elderly residents for
housing expenses incurred as
their residences were dam-
aged, in-home services such as
minor repairs and clean up, as
well as roof replacement.
 The grant funds will be
available to any Broward
County resident 60 years or
older who is not receiving
services from another source
and was impacted by a hurri-
cane in 2005.


 Assistance will be provid-
ed through an application
process. For more informa-
tion, call the Elderly and
Veteran Services Division at
954-537-2936.

 PASSPORTS
The National Passport
Information Center (NPIC),
the United States Department
of State's single, centralized
public contact center for U.S.
passport information, is offer-
ing a toll free service and has
expanded its service availabil-
ity/options.
 Persons with questions or
need status checks on pending
passport applications can call
1-877-487-2778. Customer
service representatives are
available from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding Federal holidays.
Automated information is
available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
 For e-mail access, visit:
npic@state.gov Website of
passport and other interna-
tional travel information is
available at travel.state.gov

 'GREEN CARD' FILING
 The United States
Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) has
announced that aliens must
mail applications to renew or
replace permanent resident
cards, commonly known as
"Green Cards", directly to the
Los Angeles Lockbox.
 The Lockbox is a process-
ing facility used by USCIS to
accelerate the collection of
applications and petitions.
The announced change allows
the agency to improve the
processing of Form 1-90
(Application to Replace
Permanent Resident Card) by
electronically capturing data
and images and by perform-
ing fee receipting and deposit-
ing from one central location,
rather than at the local dis-
trict office, service center, or
application support center
(ASC).
 Aliens filing a Form 1-90,
regardless of their state of
residence, must mail those
applications with an applica-


tion fee of $185 and a biomet-
rics fee of $70 to one of the
following addresses:
 For U.S. Postal Service
(USPS) deliveries:
 U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, P.O.
Box 54870 Los Angeles, CA
90054-0870;
 Or for non-USPS deliver-
ies (e.g. private couriers):
 U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services,
Attention: 1-90, 16420 Valley
View Ave., La Mirada, CA
90638
 Applicants should not
include initial evidence and
supporting documentation
when submitting the Form I-
90 to the Los Angeles
Lockbox.
 Applicants will receive a
notice for a biometrics pro-
cessing appointment at an
ASC and will submit their ini-
tial evidence during that
appointment.
 Applicants will receive
their biometrics appointment
in the mail.

 CRISIS HOTLINE
 Multi-lingual counselors
are available to respond per-
sons suffering from stress or
needing help with housing,
food, child care, caring for
teens or other similar prob-
lems.
 Call 211 from a regular
telephone or 954-537-0211
from a cellular.
 The free service is being
offered as part of Broward
County's helplines.

 PARENTS NIGHT OUT
 The Art and Culture
Center of Hollywood, Florida
will hold a I'arL n1, Night
Out" event on Oct. 13.
 I',rLl n, Night Out" is a
chance for parents to have an
evening out on the town
alone while their children
ages four to 12 create art, par-
ticipate in creative movement
activities, play games, eat
pizza and watch movies at the
center, 1650 Harrison Street.
For more information and
reservations, call 954-921-
3274.
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 Physician
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Donovan Taylor, M.D.
 Please call for an appointment
 (305) 655-0702
 Graduate of UWL. Previously practiced in Mandeville,
 Residency at JMH.
 NEW LOCATION
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