2-1-1 /tags/2-1-1 2-1-1 en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 13 Jan 2023 22:34:08 GMT St. Louis’ 211 hotline continues to fail homeless people, volunteers say /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-01-13/st-louis-211-hotline-continues-to-fail-homeless-people-volunteers-say In March 2022, community advocates said St. Louis' 211 hotline fails homeless people and leaves volunteers to pick up the slack. Nearly a year later, they report that things are even worse. Fri, 13 Jan 2023 22:34:08 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-01-13/st-louis-211-hotline-continues-to-fail-homeless-people-volunteers-say Emily Woodbury How the 211 hotline fails homeless people — and leaves volunteers to pick up the slack /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-21/how-the-211-hotline-fails-homeless-people-and-leaves-volunteers-to-pick-up-the-slack Nicole Warrington of St. Louis is just a volunteer with no official position, but she’s gotten 400 calls from social workers at local hospitals in the past year, all seeking help finding places to take the homeless patients they’re discharging. Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:18:44 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-21/how-the-211-hotline-fails-homeless-people-and-leaves-volunteers-to-pick-up-the-slack Kayla Drake Wash U-Based ‘Focus-19’ Initiative Puts 211 Call Data To Good Use /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-25/thursday-wash-u-based-focus-19-initiative-puts-211-call-data-to-good-use For evidence of the coronavirus pandemic’s wide-ranging toll on society, monthly jobs reports and quarterly GDP numbers are go-to sources of information — and highly credible ones. But for a more granular, real-time sense of the extent of community needs, a group of researchers at Washington University has been looking elsewhere: at 211 calls. Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:04:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-08-25/thursday-wash-u-based-focus-19-initiative-puts-211-call-data-to-good-use Evie Hemphill United Way's 2-1-1 system could cut health disparities /health-science-environment/2012-06-25/united-ways-2-1-1-system-could-cut-health-disparities This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 25, 2012 - Kimberly Clark rode the wave of the Great Recession three years ago, not knowing… Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:59:29 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-06-25/united-ways-2-1-1-system-could-cut-health-disparities Robert Joiner Need help? Call 2-1-1 /government-politics-issues/2008-06-05/need-help-call-2-1-1 This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: June 5, 2008 - Just short of its first birthday, Missouri's new 2-1-1 phone system, a referral… Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:21:01 GMT /government-politics-issues/2008-06-05/need-help-call-2-1-1