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The Advocacy Center needs your help with a time-sensitive matter! We want your voice to be heard by Florida’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. We urge you…
The Advocacy Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Dana Farmer as Director of Legislative and Public Affairs. Dana obtained a Bachelor’s degree with a…
The Advocacy Center is a 2010 partner of the Lighting the Way to Guardianship and Other Decision-making Alternatives trainings. The trainings are being held in Miami…
Paul E. Liles will join the Advocacy Center on July 12 and will work from our Tampa office.
Mr. Liles is relocating to Tampa from Ft.…
In late 2009, as part of the transition for personal care assistant (PCA) services for children…
The Advocacy Center is taking public input now on goals for 2011. Public input will be accepted from June 8 – July 17, 2010.
There are…
The Florida legislature’s first enactment of law to address widespread concern about the use of seclusion and restraint on students with disabilities in public school has…
HB 7069 was recently signed by the Governor. This new law substantially updates the requirements for the criminal background screening of workers and volunteers serving and…
The 12th Annual Family Café Conference is just days away and the Advocacy Center is looking forward to it! Since the Family Café began in…
June 15 at 3:15 p.m. at the Florida Independent Living Conference at Walt Disney World Hilton Resort
Gayle Miller, Advocacy Center Attorney and Equal Access to…
We are pleased to announce the completion and availability of the Advocacy Center's 2009 Annual Report.
Visit our Publications page to download the report, and…
June 1 is the start of the 2010 Hurricane Season. A disaster can strike at any time - sometimes without warning! It is important for every…
A bill (HB 7069) that will significantly modernize criminal background screening passed the legislature and heads to the desk of Governor Crist for signature. This…
This effort, sponsored by Senator Andy Gardiner and Representatives Dorothy Hukill and Marcelo Llorente, represents the Florida legislature’s first enactment of law that addresses widespread concern…
These bills will increase criminal background screening requirements of employees who work with vulnerable adults and children. The House bill has been in messages to the…
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