Adult Day Training and Employment-Related Waiver Services Forum and Focus Group The Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) and a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-contracted technical assistance provider, New Editions, are ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

The Agency for Persons with Disabilities announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: May 23, 2019, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: Betty Easley Conference Center, 4075 Esplanade Way, Room 152, Tallahassee, Florida 32399

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Adult Day Training and Employment-Related Waiver Services Forum and Focus Group

The Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) and a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-contracted technical assistance provider, New Editions, are working to increase opportunities for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities to access competitive community employment. To achieve this objective, APD is soliciting input from stakeholders, including self-advocates, family members, guardians, providers, APD, and other state agencies. To begin the process, APD is inviting stakeholders to provide input at a forum about adult day training and employment-related waiver services in Tallahassee on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The forum will be held at the Betty Easley Conference Center, 4075 Esplanade Way, Conference Room 152, from 9:30 through 11:30 a.m. A focus group meeting is scheduled for the same day in the same location from 12:30 through 3:00 p.m.

A WebEx is scheduled for this event with limited access (listen only). The WebEx registration information will be posted Monday, May 20, 2019 on the APD Internet at http://apd.myflorida.com.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: David Darm, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 4030 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, Phone: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

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 3 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: David Darm, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 4030 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, Phone: [phone], Email: [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: David Darm, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, 4030 Esplanade Way , Tallahassee, Florida 32399, Phone: [phone], Email: [e-mail].