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ADVOCACY
Family Care Council (FCC) Florida Area 7
FCCFlorida.org/area-7-family-care-council.html
Serving Brevard, Seminole, Orange, and Osceola Counties
Partnered with APD, our mission is to educate, advocate, and empower
individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Meetings every
third Wednesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm at the Marks Street Senior
Center, 99 East Marks Street, Orlando. All are welcome. Visit us on Facebook.
SNAP (Special Needs Ability Program) | SpecialNeedsAbilityProgram.org
Serving Volusia, Seminole, Lake & Orange Counties
800-816-5235, see pages 8, 11, and 23
SNAP assists families struggling within the school system in advocating for their
childrens needs in the IEP/504 process. SNAP assists in IEP prep and attends
IEP/504 meetings with parents for a nominal fee.
APD, apd.myflorida.com
CADRE (Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution
in Special Education), cadreworks.org
Central Florida Parenting Center, 888-612-9273,
centralfloridaparentcenter.org
Child Support Hotline, 800-622-5437
CLSMF (Community Legal Services of Mid Florida),
386-361-5254, clsmf.org
Disability Rights Florida, 800-342-0823
Family Café, www.familycafe.net
FDDC (Florida Developmental Disabilities Council), fddc.org
Federation of Families of Central Florida,
407-334-8049
FND (Training, Resources, Trusts), fndfl.org, 800-825-5736
Lighthouse of Central Florida, (Services for Visually
Impaired), www.lighthousecentralflorida.org,
407-898-2483
The Columbus Organization, (Support Cordination Services),
813-908-6773, lrdebenedet@columbusorg.com
The IEP Advocate, 407-342-9836
WrightsLaw, wrightslaw.com
FINANCIAL/SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING
AGED Special Needs Trusts, 888-277-1826, Lgwd
Evershore Financial Group, 407-718-4023, Orlando
FND Special Needs Trusts, 800-825-5736, fndfl.org
My Special Needs Advisor (Tom Nurse),
727-403-3513, tnurse@me.com
/area-7-family-care-council.html
/SpecialNeedsAbilityProgram.org
/apd.myflorida.com
/cadreworks.org
/centralfloridaparentcenter.org
/clsmf.org
/www.familycafe.net
/fddc.org
/fndfl.org
/fndfl.org
/www.lighthousecentralflorida.org
/wrightslaw.com
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