FLAIRS is dedicated to expanding the access that all Floridians have to high-quality human service information. With welfare reform and ever-tightening human service budgets, information and referral (I&R) is now a critical service for the citizens of Florida.
All too often, people become confused or discouraged by the complexities of the system, and they never find out about the programs and services that might be able to help them solve their problems. Because they don't get help, bad situations tend to get worse, and our society pays the price.
Information and referral breaks that cycle by providing a simple way for people to find out where they can turn and what they can do to help themselves.
The Florida Alliance of Information and Referral Services, Inc. (FLAIRS) is a statewide association of agencies and individuals committed to the provision of quality information, referral and hotline services. Our members include United Ways, crisis hotlines, libraries, military service centers, elder helplines, child care resource and referral providers, and others who provide hotline and information services. FLAIRS offers an annual training conference for our members and other interested service providers.