Florida program aims to help neighborhoods help themselves

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- At 88, Lizzie Simmons has outlived three of her children and needs help just to get through the day. That help comes in the form of a nurse's assistant who happens to be a neighbor paid through an unusual state program.

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