The Advisory Committee to the Florida Department of Children and Families for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will meet to commence its responsibilities as outlined in the Settlement Agreement between the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the US Department of Health and Human Services on August 7, 2014 and is open to the public from 9:00AM - 5:00PM. Public Comments will be held from 1:00PM - 3:00PM. The Assessing the areas of need relating to the Deaf or Hard of Hearing Workshop will be held on August 8, 2014 from 9:00AM-1:00PM. Both meetings will be held in West Palm Beach, Fl and are accessible by Communication Access Realtime (CART) via the internet at: http://www.streamtext.net/player?event=DCFHHS Conference Call: 1 (888) 670-3525; Conference Code: 968833020 Sign Language Interpreters will be provided free of charge.