West Palm Beach APD Transportation Forums

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Randee wrote: The Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities is holding five Transportation Forums around the state to hear from people with disabilities, their families and others on transportation issues affecting the community employment of people with disabilities. If you are unable to attend one of the forums, page 2 of this flyer contains instructions and a form to use for providing written input. Each person attending one of the five Transportation Forums will be given a

$10 gift certificate. A light meal will also be provided. The three areas that will be explored are: 1. Transportation services and other transportation alternatives used by you and your friends with disabilities that have made it possible for you and others to work in paid jobs in your

community. 2. Problems with transportation that keep you, your friends and acquaintances with disabilities from working in paid community jobs. 3. Recommendations on improvements to transportation that will help people with disabilities get

to and from their jobs in the community. The forums are organized and facilitated by Resources, Inc. (WRI) Transportation Forum To Gain the Input of People with Disabilities, Their Families and Others on Transportation Issues Affecting the Employment of People with Disabilities        West Palm Beach (Agency for Persons with Disabilities’ Area 9) Area 9 includes Palm Beach County June 12, 2006, 5:30-7:00 PM Greenacres Branch Library, 3750 Jog Road, Greenacres, FL 33467 TO REGISTER or for more information, please contact Debbie at 850/386-2022. Or email Ms. at: debbiec@.... Space is limited, so PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Registration deadline is June 9, 2006. Continued… If you are unable to attend the Transportation Forum in person, but would like to comment on transportation issues that affect the community employment of people with disabilities, please respond to the following items. If you need more space to write your comments, please use a separate sheet of paper to answer the items below.                       1. Your Name:________________________________________________________ 2. Your Address:______________________________________________________ 3. Your Phone Number and Email Address, if you have one:____________________ 4. The County In Which You Live:_________________________________________ 5. We want to hear from people with disabilities and their families. To ensure that 75% of the people who respond are people with disabilities or their relatives, please check ONE box:                             Â

â«1. I am a person with a disability; Â Â Â Â Â â«2. I am the relative of a person with a disability; Â Â Â Â Â â«3. I am a service provider agency representative; Â Â Â Â Â â«4. I am a support

coordinator;      â«5. Other, please explain____________________________________ 6. Please tell us about transportation services and other transportation alternatives used by you and your friends with disabilities that have made it possible for you and others to work in paid jobs in your community. 7. What are some of the problems with transportation in your community that keep you, your friends and acquaintances with disabilities from working in paid community jobs? 8. Please make recommendations for transportation in your area that will help people with disabilities successfully get to and from their paid jobs in the community. 9. General Comments: Your response can be submitted in the following ways:            1. If you would like an electronic copy of items 1-9 above so that you can respond by email, please email: debbiec@...            2. Email your comments to: debbiec@...            3. Fax your comments to Debbie

at: 850/386-2812            4. Mail your comments to:                                    Debbie                                    WRI                                    2892 E. Park Avenue                                    Suite 2B                                    Tallahassee, FL 32301 If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Debbie , Resources, Inc., at 850/386-2022 or by email: debbiec@.... Randee

Program Director, Parent to Parent 1201 Australian Ave. Riviera Beach, Fl 33404 *Fax(561)863-4352 rgabriel@... Agencies, programs, articles and events mentioned inthe e-mail are provided for informational purposes only and are not endorsements. If you have recieved this e-mail in error or would like to be removed from the Family to Family/Parent to Parent e-mail list please repy to sender, in the subject line insert "Remove from list", in the body insert you full name and e-mail address. Thank-you APD Transportation Forums Attached is information regarding opportunities to provide information (at the forum or in writing) to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities on transportation issues affecting the employment of individuals with disabilities. Please share this information with interested stakeholders. Joyce This information is being distributed to District ESE Administrators, Transition Contacts, FDLRS Transition Contacts, Project CONNECT Coordinators, and TIP Contacts-- Joyce H. Lubbers Coordinator, Project CONNECT The Transition Center University of Florida G315 Norman Hall P.O. Box 117050 Gainesville, FL 32611-7050 Phone: ext. 285 Fax: Email: jlubbers@...

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