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The Florida Grantor, Summer 2001

The Able Trust Announces Grant Awards for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2001

The Able Trust recently awarded $299,237 in grants to seven nonprofit agencies and five individuals with disabilities in Florida for employment-related purposes. These agencies received funding for the following programs:

ARC of Alachua County, Inc. (Gainesville/Alachua County) 28,875 to hire an Employment Specialist who will be responsible for overseeing the placement and training of five new individuals with developmental disabilities; Bayview Center for Mental Health, Inc. (Miami/Dade County) $51,973 to help create a computer-training lab for clients with psychiatric disabilities. The lab will include a Computer Specialist and equipment that will allow the Center to train thirty participants for employment in a computer-related field; Community Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (Jacksonville/Duval County) $50,553 to help support a job training and placement program entitled A.B.E.T. C.H.A.N.C.E.S. (Applied Business Education and Training for Consumers to Handle Appropriate New Changes Environments and Systems) for individuals with HIV/AIDS and Vocational Rehabilitation clients; The Epilepsy Services of North Central Florida (ESNCF) (Gainesville/Alachua County) $54,463 to create a Job Club for participants with epilepsy to pursue meaningful and sustained employment.

The program will include placement, support and follow-up with an Employment Specialist for participants; Possibilities Foundation, Inc. (Miami/Dade County) $25,000 to hire an Employment Specialist to assist participants in a printing program entitled Project Ink. The program educates students with disabilities age sixteen and older in bindery, finishing, shipping, prepress, preparation, and advanced print areas to prepare them for future employment; The Rainbow Connection for the Deaf, Inc. (Hudson/Pasco County) $34,320 to hire four hearing impaired individuals in the areas of web design, grants research and intake.

The goal of the program is supply employment for these individuals while educating the deaf community and helping to stimulate growth of The Rainbow Connection; and The Spina Bifida Association of Jacksonville, Inc. (Jacksonville/Duval County) $33,153 to support a Program Coordinator and purchase technical equipment to educate participants in the Working for Independence program. The program will teach participants basic office and computer skills while providing placement, support and follow-up for residents with Spina Bifida.