The Bureau of Preparedness and Response, Community Resilience Unit announces a public meeting of the Functional and Access Needs Workgroup. This workgroup is not a statutorily mandated workgroup. This will be an organizational conference call of the ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

The Florida Department of Health Bureau Preparedness and Response announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: March 18, 2015, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Capital Circle Office Complex, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Room 301, Tallahassee, FL

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Bureau of Preparedness and Response, Community Resilience Unit announces a public meeting of the Functional and Access Needs Workgroup. This workgroup is not a statutorily mandated workgroup. This will be an organizational conference call of the workgroup. The workgroup’s purpose is to assist the department’s Bureau of Preparedness and Response in the identification of disaster related needs of people who have functional and access needs and to assist in problem solving and leveraging resources to ensure the identified needs are addressed in state and local disaster preparedness, response and recovery plans and operations.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Janet Collins, Bureau of Preparedness and Response, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-23, Tallahassee, FL 32399, [phone], ext. 2183, [e-mail].

Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) Services will be provided for this meeting.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 12 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Janet Collins at [phone], ext. 2183, [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

For more information, you may contact: Janet Collins, Bureau of Preparedness and Response, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Community Support, Florida Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN A-23, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], ext. 2183, [e-mail].