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APD Cares - This Agency supports persons with developmental disabilities in living, learning, and working in their communities.

CASS - Citrus Autism Support Services is a Facebook Group Page that provides information and resources to anyone interested in Autism. 

C Palms - An online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards. It is the State of Florida's official source for standards information and course descriptions.

CARD - The Center for Autism & Related Disabilities at USF is a community-based project. It that provides information and consultation to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and related disabilities. CARD-USF offers instruction and coaching to families and professionals through a training and assistance model.

Career Source - Connects employers with business and community partners, economic development leaders and educational providers to qualified, skilled talent and job seekers. Creating employment and career development opportunities.

Center for Independent Living - Provides employment support, advocacy and daily living information and services.

The Centers - Offers a wide variety of behavioral healthcare services. All designed to help people of all ages reach their highest level of functioning. 

CMS - Children's Medical Services provides a managed system of care for children with special needs.

Early Learning - The Early Learning Coalition of the Nature Coast, a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization. It was established following the enactment of Florida Statute 411.01 and HB 1A that establishes Florida's office of Early Learning and local early learning coalitions.

FDLRS - The Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System provides diagnostic, instructional, and technology support services to district exceptional education programs. Also services to families of students with disabilities. Service centers include 19 centers. They directly serve school districts in the areas of Child Find, Parent Services, Human Resource Development(HRD), and Technology. The FDLRS network also includes 6 Multi-disciplinary Centers who focus on in-depth evaluations and several statewide projects offering specialized services.

FL Department of Education - The Department of Education is here to increase the proficiency of all students within one seamless, efficient system.  Providing the students with the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills through learning opportunities and research valued by students, parents, and communities. Maintaining an accountability system that measures student progress.

Florida Students - Student Tutorials and Resources, from all over the web,  support your learning in language arts, mathematics, science, civics, and U.S. History.

Florida Students Achieve - Florida Student Achieve is dedicated to helping our state's families, our communities and our schools. They strive for and reach ever-increasing educational goals. Empowered by childhood educational excellence, every student should emerge from public education as a young adult both with high aspirations. They will have the full capability to pursue them.

McKay Scholarship - The McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program, originally created in 1999, provides scholarships for eligible students with disabilities. it allows students to attend an eligible public or private school of their choice. Students with disabilities include K-12 students who are documented as having an intellectual disability; speech or language impairment; hearing impairment; visual impairment. Including a dual sensory impairment; orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, an emotional or behavioral disability; a specific learning disability. This also includes, but not limited to, dyslexia, dyscalculia, or developmental aphasia; traumatic brain injury; developmental delay; or autism spectrum disorder.

NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness provides advocacy, research and support. They offer education to persons with neurological brain disorders and their families.

Parent Involvement - From the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, Florida Department of Education.

SEDNET - The Multiagency Network for Students with Emotional / Behavioral Disabilities (SEDNET) creates and facilitates a network of key stakeholders. They are committed to assisting in the provision of a quality system of care for students with or at-risk of emotional and/or behavioral challenges.

Vocational Rehabilitation - A federal-state program that helps people who have physical or mental disabilities maintain employment. VR is committed to helping people with disabilities find meaningful careers.