FW: Does APD (The Agency For Persons With Disabilities) Have your current address and phone number?

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From: Randee

Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:11 AM

To: Parent to Parent Information List Serve

Subject: Does APD (The Agency For Persons With Disabilities) Have your

current address and phone number?

Florida's Economy

March 28, 2009

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Today In Tampa

03/28/2009

9am- 1pm

At The Hillsborough

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The Hillsborough County Financial Fitness Fair is a public

forum to educate and assist low income persons with disabilities in

Hillsborough County with Financial Education, asset building strategies,

free tax preparation and filing assistance.

The Hillsborough County Financial Fitness Fair will take

place on Saturday, March 28, 2009 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at Hillsborough

Community College, Dale Mabry Campus, Social Sciences Bldg., 4001 Tampa

Bay Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33614.

Speakers at the forum will include: Anika Coney,

Coordinator for the Prosperity Campaign of Hillsborough; Niurka rio

and Ware, Education Coordinators National Foundation for Debt

Management; R. Roush, National Disability Institute, Inc.;

e , Senior Tax Consultant, SPEC – IRS;; Judy Blair,

Community Work Incentives Coordinator, Abilities of Florida Work

Incentives Planning and Assistance Program; Victor Panoff, Senior

Advocate, Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities; Hill,

WorkForce Alliance; Florida Department of Financial Services

representatives from the Financial Stability Initiatives at United Way Of

Tampa Bay and the Prosperity Campaign of Hillsborough; as well as

representatives from the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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34 % Say that in the last year they have done without

basic necessities - food, shelter, utilities or needed medical care.

What

Are They Doing To Get By?

Wait List People

Does APD

(The Agency For Persons With Disabilities) Have your current address and

phone number? If not, you could be sent to THE END OF THE LINE.

APD Employees are contacting Wait List Families NOW to assess

current needs.

Call 1-866-APD-CARES To Learn More About The Questionnaire for

Situational Information

(QSI)

Meet Jim DeBeaugrine, Director of APD on April 4th. FREE

You are invited to the Family

Care Council APD Area 13 FREE

Disability information fair and conference.

When:

April 4th

Where:

The Wildwood Community Center

6500 CR 139. Wildwood, FL 34785

What Time:

9:30am - 1:00pm Guest speaker Jim DeBeaugrine Director of APD Speaking

Contact:

Isabel

CDC PLUS Expanded

CDC + or Consumer

Directed Care is a program where consumers direct their own care and manage

their allocated monthly budgets. People on CDC + can hire family members

and buy their diapers at Walmart. APD hopes to enroll 5,000 people in the

next two years.

Florida

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Lives Of People Who Have Disabilities.

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$250.00 Stimulus Payment

In May & June of 2009 funds will be available for

those who receive Social Security or Social Supplemental Income (SSI)

benefits, or are beneficiaries of Veterans Affairs or the Railroad

Retirement Board.

This money will be a rare treat for people who live in

group homes and assisted living facilities, since most of their income goes

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