The mission of the Family Care Councils of Florida (FCCF) is to educate and empower individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, partnering with the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, to bring quality services to individuals with dignity and choice.
FCC Announcements
COVID-19 UPDATE
March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020
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The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) is working hard to provide the latest information related to COVID-19 and how it impacts their customers. Because things are changing very quickly, they have created a page on their website with all the current COVID-19 information at https://apd.myflorida.com/covid19/ .
New information will be marked with a “New” tag so you can quickly see what is the latest information on the webpage. There are prevention tips, self-advocate videos, procedures related to personal protective equipment, Emergency Orders, and much more. Please visit apdcares.org often to stay up to date on what is happening related to the agency and its response to COVID-19. Stay up to date with APD alerts! You can easily sign upate at https://apd.myflorida.com/news/. Connecting the Dots 2020 - CANCELED
March 24, 2020 Due to COVID-10, the Area 4 Family Care Council will be canceling this year's Connecting the Dots Conference on April 23 in Jacksonville. FCCF Recommendations for the 2020 Legislative Session
2020 Legislative Session Updates
The Senate Health and Human Services (HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee and the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee have presented their proposed budgets for Fiscal Year 2020-21. Both documents contain the proposed budgets for all of the HHS agencies. The budget for APD appears on lines 29 – 71 in the House proposal and lines 40 – 86 in the Senate proposal. Next week, the full appropriations committees in the House and Senate will combine the proposed budgets from all of their subcommittees and consider amendments to the proposed budgets. The following week, the combined budgets will be considered, amended, and passed on the floor of both chambers. Two to three weeks later the House and Senate will meet in joint conference committees to resolve the differences in the two budgets. Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Members www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/AHS?pref=full The Florida House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Members www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=3005
Family Care Council Information Packet
Want to learn more about the Family Care Councils? The below packet of information provides an overview of the FCCs, as well as shares some of the recent activities held throughout the state.
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