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ADVOCACY
Family Care Council (FCC) Florida Area 7
FCCFlorida.org/area-7-family-care-council.html
Serving Brevard, Seminole, Orange, and Osceola Counties
Partnered with APD, our mission is to educate, advocate, and empower
individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Meetings every
third Wednesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm at the Marks Street Senior
Center, 99 East Marks Street, Orlando. All are welcome. Visit us on Facebook.
APD, apd.myflorida.com
CADRE (Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution
in Special Education), cadreworks.org
Central Florida Parenting Center, 888-612-9273,
centralfloridaparentcenter.org
Child Support Hotline, 800-622-5437
CLSMF (Community Legal Services of Mid
Florida), 386-361-5254, clsmf.org, page 23
Disability Rights Florida, 800-342-0823
Family Café, www.familycafe.net
FDDC (Florida Developmental Disabilities Council), fddc.org
Federation of Families of Central Florida,
407-334-8049
FND (Training, Resources, Trusts), fndfl.org, 800-825-5736
Lighthouse of Central Florida, (Services for Visually
Impaired), www.lighthousecentralflorida.org,
407-898-2483
The IEP Advocate, 407-342-9836
WrightsLaw, wrightslaw.com
FINANCIAL/SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING
Thomas J. Nurse - My Special Needs Advisor, LLC
1205 Alameda Ave. Clearwater, FL 33759
727-403-3513, tnurse@me.com
Offering strategic disability related consulting services to help families with special needs
implement an integrated plan that provides for a continuum of care to meet the unique
needs of your loved one over their lifetime. We’ll focus on protecting the value of family
care and supports, while also integrating and appropriately accessing services and public
supports including MedWaiver, APD, SSI, SSDI, VR, with private options including
supplemental insurance, ABLE accounts, and Special Needs Trusts. We help implement
a positive and proactive plan for funding, saving, and protecting accumulated assets, so
families can better address long term care needs and your vision of quality of life for your
loved one.
AGED Special Needs Trusts, 888-277-1826, Lgwd
Evershore Financial Group, 407-718-4023, Orlando
FND Special Needs Trusts, 800-825-5736, fndfl.org
/area-7-family-care-council.html
/apd.myflorida.com
/cadreworks.org
/centralfloridaparentcenter.org
/clsmf.org
/www.familycafe.net
/fddc.org
/fndfl.org
/fndfl.org
/www.lighthousecentralflorida.org
/wrightslaw.com
link
/www.clsmf.org