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106 East College Avenue
Suite 820
Tallahassee, FL 32301
888-838-ABLE
(toll-free in Florida)
850-224-4493 Voice or TDD
850-224-4496 Fax
Email:info@abletrust.org
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The Able Trust recently awarded $405,300 in grants to ten organizations to help with the employment of people with disabilities. These organizations received funding for the following projects.
Abilities Inc. of Florida (Statewide), $48,228 to provide assistance and guidance to individuals with disabilities interested in small business ventures; ARC St. Lucie (St. Lucie County), $34,101 to provide for the startup of a thrift and bead retail store that will provide ARC clients with retail experience that can be utilized during community employment; Beacon College (Lake County), $47,200 to offer continuing education and training to students in need of further development for career planning, skill development, social skill development, personal finance and etiquette; Deaf Service Bureau of West Central Florida (Pasco County), $45,000 to hire employment placement staff for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in a nine county area of central and southeast Florida; Florida Developmental Disabilities Council (Statewide), $16,700 to provide support in a multi-agency effort at creating a strategic statewide plan and conference addressing the needs of a comprehensive transition curriculum and plan for students with disabilities; Hillsborough County Association for Retarded Citizens (Hillsborough County), $45,000 to provide for employment counselors to conduct follow-along services to individuals with developmental disabilities in community employment; Learning Experience School (Dade County), $45,000 to support the Job Services Project for students and young adults with disabilities to increase their employment in the community; Sickle Cell Disease Association of Broward County (Broward County), $46,066 to provide transition for youth and young adults with sickle cell disease so they may acquire employment skills and placement; Spina Bifida Association of Jacksonville (Statewide), $43,005 to support a statewide employment campaign to increase the employment opportunities for the association's members; and Webb Center for Independent Living (Duval County), $35,000 to support the STEPS program, which provides job training and vocational skills development for young adults with disabilities in transition.
