{"id":298879,"date":"2026-06-07T03:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298879\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T03:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:06:06","slug":"sign-up-now-for-special-needs-evacuation-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298879\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign up now for special needs evacuation assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 6, 2026 &#8211; Pinellas County officials are urging residents with medical, functional or transportation needs to register for the Special Needs Evacuation Program before a hurricane threatens the area. The program provides transportation to shelters, generator-powered facilities, onsite health professionals, space for caregivers and immediate family members, and pet care assistance for eligible participants who have no other arrangements. Residents who rely on oxygen, electricity-dependent medical equipment, mobility assistance, routine medical care or evacuation transportation are encouraged to register now through <a href=\"https:\/\/pinellas.gov\/specialneeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pinellas County&#8217;s Special Needs Evacuation Program<\/a> or by calling 727-464-3800.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/zaps\" class=\"btn btn-aqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More Zaps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\" class=\"btn btn-aqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frontpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 6, 2026 &#8211; Pinellas County officials are urging residents with medical, functional or transportation needs to register&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-298879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}