Florida Independent Living Council, Inc
Florida Jobs
Job Bank USA
Monster.com - largest job database
Career City There AdvocacyCenter.org Pages with Links Find the Protection and Advocacy system for your stateIf you are not a Florida resident, the
National Disability Rights Network P&A/CAP system web page can help you find the right agency in your state. Links to Other Web Sites
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National Disability Rights Network (formerly NAPAS)
National Information Center for Children and Youth
with Disabilities
The Family Network on Disabilities of Florida
The Family Café
Florida Association
of the Deaf
STAND
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
Family Care Statewide Council
Florida
Legal Services, Inc.
Florida Bar
Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project
Florida Supporting Housing
Coalition
Executive Office of the Governor
Family & Advocates Partnership for Education
Florida Quality
Assurance
Florida Center for Reading Research
Mental Health/Illness
National Institute of Mental Health
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Mednet List
of Psychiatry Databases
Florida Council for Community Mental Health
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Mental Health Net
Florida Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation
Florida Peer Network
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Mental Health/Illness
| National Institute of Mental Health
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Mednet List
of Psychiatry Databases
Florida Council for Community Mental Health
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Mental Health Net
Florida Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation
Florida Peer Network
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for Students with Disabilities
Florida Legislature - Members, Bills, Leg. Calendars, Florida Statutes and Constitution
Civic Ed (learn how government works)
Developmental Disabilities Program
Florida Medicaid State Healthcare
Services
Developmental Disabilities
American Association on Mental Retardation
The Arc National Homepage
Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
Learning Disabilities Online
Exceptional Student Education Services
| | American Association on Mental Retardation
The
Arc National Homepage
Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
Learning Disabilities Online
Exceptional
Student Education Services
Family & Advocates Partnership for Education
Florida Quality Assurance
Florida
Center for Reading Research | Americans with Disabilities Act
| ADA Hearing Obligations Public Accommodations
Department of Justice ADA Home Page
Federal Government
President's Proposed Budget
Social Security Administration
IDEA Practices
Office for Civil Rights
Florida Government
| Rehabilitative Services & Assitive Technology
| The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
Florida Alliance for Assistive Services
and Technology
Physical Rehabilitation Network
Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
| | | | | | | Federal Government | Executive Office of the Governor
Blue Ribbon Task Force on Accommodations and Access for Students with Disabilities
Florida Legislature - Members,
Bills, Leg. Calendars, Florida Statutes and Constitution
Civic Ed (learn how government works)
Developmental Disabilities
Program
Florida Medicaid State Healthcare Services |
Suicide Hotlines | Florida Suicide & Crisis Hotlines | | Services for Persons with Visual Impairments | Florida Division of Blind Services, DOE | Independent Living | |
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| State Agencies and Organizations | | | | | | | | | | United States Senators
Honorable Mel Martinez (R)
356 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington,
DC 20510
(202) 224-3041; (202) 228-5171 (Fax)
E-mail: http://martinez.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm
Web: http://martinez.senate.gov/public/ | | Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages
Birth through 2
Dr. Phyllis Sloyer, Division Director
Early Steps
Children's Medical Services, Department
of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-06
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1707
(850) 245-4218; (800) 654-4440
E-mail:
phyllis_sloyer@doh.state.fl.us
Web: www.cms-kids.com/InfantHome.htm | | | Honorable Bill Nelson (D)
716 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5274
(202) 224-2183 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Web: http://billnelson.senate.gov
| | Lou Ann Long, Director
Florida Directory
of Early Childhood Services
2807 Remington Green Circle
Tallahasse, FL 32308
(850) 487-6301; (800) 654-4440
E-mail: lalong@centraldirectory.org
Web: www.centraldirectory.org | | | State Department of Education: Special Education
Bambi Lockman, Chief
Bureau of
Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 614
Tallahassee,
FL 32399-0400
(850) 245-0475
E-mail: bambi.lockman@fldoe.org
Web: www.fldoe.org
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Marilyn Hibbard,
Program Specialist
Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education
325
W. Gaines Street, Suite 601
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
(850) 245-0478
E-mail: marilyn.hibbard@fldoe.org
Web: www.fldoe.org
| | | Florida Directory
of Early Childhood Services
2807 Remington Green Circle
Tallahasse, FL 32308
(850) 487-6301; (800) 654-4440
E-mail: lalong@centraldirectory.org
Web: www.centraldirectory.org | | Lou Ann Long, Director
State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Bill Palmer, Director
Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
2002 Old St. Augustine Road, Building A
Tallahassee,
FL 32301-4862
(850) 488-6210; (800) 451-4327
Web: www.rehabworks.org
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|
| Coordinator for Transition Services
Drew Andrews, Director
The Transition
Center
University of Florida
P.O. Box 117050
Gainesville, FL 32611-7050
(352) 392-0701, Ext. 267
E-mail:
transitioncenter@coe.ufl.edu
Web: www.thetransitioncenter.org
|
| Career and Technical Education
for Students with Disabilities
Jane Silveria, State Supervisor for Special Needs
Career Education for Students
with Special Needs
Division of Workforce Education
Department of Education, Turlington Building
325 W. Gaines
Street, Room 701
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
(850) 245-9022
E-mail: Jane.Silveria@fldoe.org
Web: www.myfloridaeducation.com/commhome | | | Donni Sorrell, VR Administrator
School-To-Work Transition Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
2002 Old Saint Augustine Road, Building A
Tallahassee,
FL 32301
(850) 245-3360
E-mail: sorreld@vr.doe.state.fl.us
Web: www.rehabworks.org
|
| State Mental Health Agency
Roderick L. Hall, Ph.D., Director
Mental Health Programs Office
Department of Children and Families
1317 Winewood Boulevard, Building 6, Room 275
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
(850) 488-8304
E-mail: rod_hall@dcf.state.fl.us
Web: www.state.fl.us/cf_web/
| | | State
Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Sue Ross, Chief
Mental Health Programs Office
Department of Children and Families
1317 Winewood Boulevard, Building 6, Room 290
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
(850) 488-8304
E-mail: Sue_Ross@dcf.state.fl.us
Web: www.state.fl.us/cf_web/
| | Programs for People with
Developmental Disabilities
Shelly Brantley, Director
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
4030 Esplanade Way,
Suite 380
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950
(850) 488-4257
E-mail: Shelly_Brantley@apd.state.fl.us
Web: www.myflorida.com
| | | Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Debra Dowds, Executive Director
Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc.
124 Marriott Drive, Suite
203
Tallahassee, FL 32301-2981
(850) 488-4180; (800) 580-7801 (in FL)
Web: www.fddc.org
| | Protection and Advocacy Agency
Gary J. Weston, Executive Director
Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
2671 Executive Center Circle
West, Suite 100
Tallahassee, FL 32301-5092
(850) 488-9071; (800) 346-4127 (TTY)
(800) 342-0823; (800) 350-4566
(Spanish and Creole Speaking Clients)
E-mail: info@advocacycenter.org
Web: www.AdvocacyCenter.org | | | Client Assistance Program
Corey Hinds,
CAP Program Director
Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency listed above Programs for Children
with Special Health Care Needs
Dr. Phyllis Sloyer, Division Director
Children's Medical Services, Department of
Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-06
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1707
(850) 245-4218; (800) 654-4440
E-mail:
phyllis_sloyer@doh.state.fl.us
Web: www.myflorida.com | | State
CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
Florida KidCare
P.O. Box 980
Tallahassee,
FL 32302-0980
(888) 540-5437
Web: www.healthykids.org
| | | Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Michael Elliott,
Bureau Chief
Division of Blind Services
Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Room 1114, Turlington
Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
(850) 245-0322; (800) 342-1828 (in FL)
E-mail: michael.elliott@dbs.fldoe.org
Web: http://myflorida.com/dbs
| | Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard
of Hearing
Cecil Bradley, VR Administrator
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
2002 Old St. Augustine Road, Building A
Tallahassee, FL 32301-4862
(850) 245-3353;
(850) 245-3350 (V)
(850) 245-3413; (850) 245-3404 (TTY)
E-mail: cecil.bradley@vr.fldoe.org
Web: www.rehabworks.org
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|
| Telecommunications Relay for People who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf/Blind, or Speech Impaired
James Forstall, Executive Director
Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc.
1820 E. Park Avenue, Suite 101
Tallahassee,
FL 32301
E-mail: jforstall@ftri.org
Web: www.ftri.org
Questions or comments: (800) 222-3448 (V); (888) 447-5620
(TTY)
To use the relay dial 711 or the following toll-free numbers:
(800) 955-8771 (TTY)
(800) 955-8770 (Voice)
(800) 955-1339 (ASCII)
(877) 955-8260 (Voice Carry Over-Direct)
(877) 955-5334 (Speech to Speech )
(877)
955-8773 (Spanish)
(877) 955-8707 (French Cr)
| State Education Agency
Rural Representative
Cathy Bishop, Administrator
Exceptional Student Education Program Development and Services
Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines, Suite
601
Tallahaseee, FL 32399-0400
(850) 245-0478 E-mail: cathy.bishop@fldoe.org
Web:
www.fldoe.org | | | | Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
Shelley Kaplan, Project Director
DBTAC - Southeast ADA
Center
Project of the Burton Blatt Institute - Syracuse University
490 10th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 385-0636; (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: sedbtacproject@law.syr.edu
Web: www.sedbtac.org
| University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Daniel Armstrong, Director
Mailman Center
for Child Development
University of Miami School of Medicine
1601 N.W. 12th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
(305)
243-6801
E-mail: darmstrong@miami.edu
Web: http://pediatrics.med.miami.edu | | | | Technology-Related Assistance
Michael J. Daniels, Interim Executive Director
Florida Alliance for Assistive Service and Technology
325 John Knox Road, Building 400, Suite 402
Tallahassee,
FL 32303
(850) 487-3278; (888) 788-9216
(850) 922-5951 (TTY)
E-mail: faast@faast.org
Web: http://faast.org/
| State Mediation System
Eileen L. Amy, Administrator
ESE Program Administration
and Quality Assurance
Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education
325
W. Gaines Street, Suite 614
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
(850) 245-0476
E-mail: eileen.amy@fldoe.org
Web:
www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/ | | | | Special Format Library
Michael Gunde, Bureau Chief
Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library
Services
420 Platt Street
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-2804
(386) 239-6000; (800) 226-6075
(800) 955-8771
(TTY)
E-mail: mike.gunde@dbs.fldoe.org
Web: http://dbs.myflorida.com/library/index.shtml | | |
Disability-Specific Organizations | | Special
Format Library
Michael Gunde, Bureau Chief
Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services
420
Platt Street
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-2804
(386) 239-6000; (800) 226-6075
(800) 955-8771 (TTY)
E-mail:
mike.gunde@dbs.fldoe.org
Web: http://dbs.myflorida.com/library/index.shtml | | Attention Deficit
Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice
mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org | | | | Attention
Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org
| | Autism
Autism Society of Florida, Inc.
P.O. Box 970646
Coconut Creek, FL 33097
(954) 349-2820
Web: www.autismfl.com
| | | | Holly Bortfeld, President
Autism Recovery Network
E-mail: maximom@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.autismrecoverynetwork.org | | Center
for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)
(One of six regional centers for autism and related disabilities)
University
of Florida
P.O. Box 100234
Gainesville, FL 32610
(352) 846-2761; (800) 754-5891
E-mail: card@mbi.ufl.edu
Web: www.card.ufl.edu
To identify the CARD serving your region, either call the 800 number above, or visit:
www.card.ufl.edu/state.html
| | | | Erica Kosares, Director
The Alexis Foundation
P.O. Box 916263
Longwood, FL 32779
(407) 862-8833
E-mail: admin@alexisfoundation.org
Web: www.alexisfoundation.org
| | Blind/Visual
Impairments
Jaclyn Packer, Ph.D., Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn
Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (800) 232-5463
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org
| | | | Brain Injury
Valerie Breen, Executive Director
Brain Injury
Association of Florida (BIAF)
1621 Metropolitan Boulevard, #8
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 410-0103; (800) 992-3442
(in FL)
E-mail: info@biaf.org
Web: www.biaf.org | | Cerebral Palsy
Gloria Wetherington,
President of the Board of Directors
Ron Sanders, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Florida
1830
Buford Court
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 878-2141
E-mail: rsanders@sunrisegroup.org
Web: www.sunrisegroup.org
| | | | Down Syndrome
Diane DeBraga, Director
Broward
Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization
10250 NW 53rd Street
Sunrise, FL 33351
(954) 577-4122
E-mail: jmaia@aol.com
Web: www.bgcdownsyndrome.org (Manatee & Sarasota County)
Manasota BUDS (Bringing Up Down Syndrome)
8374 Market Street,
#113
Bradenton, FL 34202
(941) 907-0499
E-mail: info@manasotabuds.com
Web: www.manasotabuds.com Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
John Hall, Executive Director
ARC/Florida
2898
Mahan Drive, Suite 1
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 921-0460
E-mail: arcofflorida@comcast.net
Web: www.arcflorida.org Learning
Disabilities
Cheryl Kron, Executive Secretary
Learning Disabilities Association of Florida, Inc. (LDA-FL)
331
E. Henry Street
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
(941) 637-8957
E-mail: ldaf00@sunline.net
Web: www.lda-fl.org Mental
Health
Susanne Homant, MBA, DPA, Executive Director
NAMI Florida, Inc.
911 E. Park Avenue
Tallahassee,
FL 32301
(850) 671-4445
E-mail: namifl@namifl.org
Web: www.namifl.org | | Amy
Van Bergen, Executive Director
Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida
1137 Edgewater Drive, Suite 101
Orlando,
FL 32804
(407) 540-1121
E-mail: info@dsacf.org
Web: www.dsacf.org Epilepsy
Ron Davis, Program Manager
Epilepsy Services Program
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-18
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1744
(850) 245-4330, ext. 4366
E-mail: ron_davis@doh.state.fl.us
Web: www.floridaepilepsy.org Speech and Hearing
Tina Kautter, Executive Director
Florida Association
of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA)
222 S. Westmonte Drive #101
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
(407) 774-7880; (800) 243-3574
E-mail: tkautter@kmgnet.com Spina Bifida
Maria Quionones, Interim Executive
Director
Spina Bifida Association of Florida of Jacksonville, Inc.
807 Children's Way
Jacksonville, FL 32207
(904) 390-3686; (800) 722-6355
E-mail: maria@sbaj.org
Web: www.sbaj.org | |
Independent
Living
To find out the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in ur state, contact:
Independent Living Research
Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston,
TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org
| To find out the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council
(SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation
and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org
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| |
Susan Ventura, President
Easter Seals Florida
2010 Mizell Avenue
Winterpark, FL 32792
(407) 629-7881
E-mail: info@fl.easterseals.com
Web: www.fl.easterseals.com
| Terry R. Farmer, President/CEO
Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities,
Inc.
2475 Apalachee Parkway, Suite 205
Tallahassee, FL 32301-4946
(850) 877-4816
E-mail: tfarmer@floridaarf.org
Web: www.floridaarf.org
| | Marian Winters, Executive Director
VSA
arts of Florida
3500 E. Fletcher Avenue, Suite 234
Tampa, FL 33613
(813) 558-5095
E-mail: mwinters@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
Web: www.vsafl.org
| To find out the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in
your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor
Washington,
DC 20036
(202) 207-0034 (V); (202) 207-0340 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org
| | | | | Other
Disability Organizations | Age of Eligibility | | | | | Each
state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this
state, please contact the office listed under Department of Education: Special Education | | |
Age of Eligibility.
Organizations Especially for Parents Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Eileen Gilley, Executive Director
Central
Florida Parent Center, Inc.
Assistance with Achieving Results in Education (AWARE Project)
1021 Delaware Avenue
Palm Harbor, FL 34683-3529
(727) 789-2400; (888) 612-9273
E-mail: cfpc@cflparents.org
Web: www.cflparents.org Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Lenell Cruse, President
Janice Bailey, Executive Director
Florida
Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1747 Orlando Central Parkway
Orlando, FL 32809
(407) 855-7604
E-mail:
janice@floridapta.org
Web: www.floridapta.org | | Rich LaBelle, Executive Director
Family
Network on Disabilities of Florida, Inc.
Parent Education Network
2735 Whitney Road
Clearwater, FL 33760-1610
(727) 523-1130; (800) 825-5736 (In Fl only)
E-mail: fnd@fndfl.org
Web: www.fndfl.org/ Community Parent Resource
Center
Isabel Garcia, Executive Director
Parent to Parent of Miami, Inc.
Community Parent Resource Center
7990 S.W. 117th Avenue, Suite 201
Miami, FL 33183
(305) 271-9797; (800) 527-9552
E-mail: info@ptopmiami.org
Web: www.ptopmiami.org | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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