Contact Information
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
Questions or Comments?
Email the webmaster.
The Able Trust's Florida High School/High Tech State Director, Donna Mundy, was recently awarded the Division on Career Development and Transition's (DCDT) Donn Brolin Award for State/Province Leadership and Services. The award was presented during the Council for Exceptional Children's National Conference in Boston on April 4th. This esteemed honor is given to an individual who has provided significant leadership and service in transition to a state.
Mundy is the State Director for the Florida High School/High Tech (HS/HT) program, a statewide program supported by The Able Trust that exposes students with disabilities to technology-based careers. Florida HS/HT works to reduce the high school dropout rate of youth with disabilities and improve their participation in employment-related activities. Mundy was instrumental in expanding what began as a pilot project in Brevard County in 1996 with just six students. Today Florida HS/HT annually serves more than 1,100 students in 37 project sites across the state.
The Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) is a national association that promotes efforts to improve the quality of and access to career/vocational and transition services for persons with disabilities. Mundy was nominated for the Donn Brolin Award by representatives from Florida's Department of Education. For more information about the Florida HS/HT program, please visit www.floridahsht.org.
This January in honor of National Mentoring Month, The Able Trust hosted a celebration highlighting The Able Trust e-Mentoring Program and The Able Trust e-Mentor of the Year. This event took place Tuesday, January 29th, at the Tallahassee City Hall. National Mentoring Month is a national campaign established to increase the number of mentors in the nation-assuring a brighter future for the nation's youth.
The celebration honored The Able Trust e-Mentor of the Year, Susan Redmon, RN, MPH-registered Nurse Consultant for the Children's Medical Services at the Florida Department of Health. The Able Trust e-Mentor of the Year recognizes an outstanding professional who displays tremendous dedication to a youth with a disability through active participation in The Able Trust e-Mentoring Program. To learn more about The Able Trust's e-Mentoring Program, visit www.abletrust.org/ementor.
Students were selected as delegates for their demonstrated leadership potential. They will represent the state in terms of geography, gender, ethnicity and types of disabilities.
The selected students are as follows:
For more information about the 2008 Florida YLF, visit www.floridaylf.org.
