The Advisory Committee to the Florida Department of Children and Families for the deaf or hard-of-hearing will meet to commence its responsibilities as outlined the Settlement Agreement between the Florida Department of Children and Families and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The meeting will be held in Miami, FL on August 30, 2012, is open to the public from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and open for public comments from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Also, a Focus Group will be held after the Advisory Committee meeting and is open to the public from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM This meeting is accessible by Communication Access Realtime (CART) via the internet at: http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=DCFHHS Conference call: 1 (888)670-3525; Conference code: 968833029 Sign Language Interpreters will be provided free of charge