CCSSO Map Of States K12 education departments, with directories of schools and districts. From the Council of Chief State School Officers. http://www.ccsso.org/seamenu.html
Florida Distance Learning Association A nonprofit association formed to promote the development and application of distance learning in the public and private sectors and all levels of education K-12, area education agencies, higher education, continuing education, information sciences, corporate training and education, and the military. http://www.fdla.com/
Arts Council - Hillsborough County Government advocacy. The Council is divided into three divisions Arts in education,the Tampa Theatre, and Program Services. 24 HOUR ARTSLINE http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/agencies/arts_council/home.html
Extractions: The mission of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County is to develop, nurture, coordinate and promote all artistic disciplines. The Council is the designated funding source for cultural services and is governed by a 15-member board of directors appointed by the County Commissioners. The Council has no membership, but does have a cultural alliance of leaders of arts organizations and artists to derive a common community-wide agenda and to provide a base for arts advocacy.
State Profiles : Introduction service, also links back to the nationalservice.org home page. To date, more than5,100 florida residents have qualified for education awards totaling http://www.nationalservice.org/stateprofiles/fl_intro.html
Extractions: State Senator Toni Jennings, President of the Florida Senate Getting things done in Florida. More than people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to solve problems and strengthen communities through national service projects across Florida. Serving through local nonprofits, schools, religious organizations and other groups, these citizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build homes, organize neighborhood watch groups, clean parks, recruit volunteers, and accomplish other things to improve communities. This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service will provide more than
Home consortium of postsecondary education institutions in each state of the southernUS region, Saint Petersburg College is the recipient of this grant in florida. http://www.pecfla.org/
Extractions: Welcome! PEC-FLA SOTAC Postsecondary Education Consortium Florida's State Outreach and Technical Assistance Center MISSION: To Serve the state of Florida as a clearinghouse for resources, information and referral, and to provide outreach and technical assistance regarding the unique educational and equal access/accommodations issues of students who are deaf, late-deafened or hard of hearing. The PEC-FLA SOTAC promotes quality educational activities and outreach services through statewide collaboration and information exchange with educators, families, service providers and others whose work impacts students who are deaf, late-deafened or hard of hearing as they pursue postsecondary education or are in transition from secondary to postsecondary education. The PEC-FLA SOTAC is housed at SPC-Saint Petersburg College, on the Clearwater campus, and is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education and Office of Special Educational and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). Awarded to a consortium of postsecondary education institutions in each state of the southern U.S. region, Saint Petersburg College is the recipient of this grant in Florida. SPC's Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, established in 1966, has served as a model program for more than 35 years. St. Petersburg College's Office of Services for Students with Disabilities website is at:
NCATE: State Education Agency Websites florida, Ohio. accrediting organization for schools, colleges, and departments ofeducation in the 7496 fax (202) 2966620 website www.ncate.org ncate@ncate http://www.ncate.org/resources/statelinks.htm
NEA Higher Education - Advocate Online - Speaking Out Maureen Dinnen, president of the florida education Association (FEA), a and a memberof the United Faculty of florida. opinion Write to us at Clehane@nea.org. http://www.nea.org/he/advo-new/speaking.html
Extractions: Attorneys and security guards appeared at offices and told employees they must leave immediately; their personal belongings would be sorted and sent to them at a later date. The employees were given a choice of resigning, being fired, or in some cases, retiring. The employees who signed resignation forms made themselves ineligible for unemployment benefits. Of course they could later claim they were pressured to resign. A number of those treated in this manner were 23-, 25-, or 28-year employees of the department. Some were on a deferred retirement program and some were due to retire later this academic year. This inhumane and frankly immoral, people-are-as-disposable-as-Kleenex attitude is an example of what we often face here in Florida and across the United States these days. People are the very last consideration. Of course, these employees did not belong to a union, and some were in managerial positions. Well. We saw a good example of how not to treat employees, right here in Florida, just before Christmas. It happened here, but it could have been anywhere where employees have no legal representative, no association, no union.
Florida Agencies Autism Recovery Network florida agencies. Central florida Autism Institute, Inc. MargaretHill ages 03 CITE Center for Independence Technology education 215 E http://www.geocities.com/arnfl/flagencies.html
Extractions: Florida Agencies Adonis Autism Center of Southwest Florida The home offers full-time housing for six adults and a house parent. The house evokes memories of Old Florida with a wrap-around porch on 5.3 acres lined with oak trees. Behind the home, organizers hope to establish a small produce farm. The harvest could be sold or used. Bashaw said residents will raise money by making and selling marmalade. For younger people with autism, the center will offer day programs during the summer and holidays and respite care for busy caregivers. For more information, call 434-5134. ARC Broward Achievement and Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. 10250 N.W. 53rd St. Sunrise, Fl. 33351 Provides physical, occupational , and speech therapy. Also offers mental health services, parent training, therapeutic services, preschool, adult residential services, vocational training and employment. 4C Lending Toy Library Sanford Community College 100 Weldon Blvd., Portable 99 Child Development, Sanford, FL 32773 (407)328-4722 x2313 or 3510 At SCC Mon/Tues 9-4 only $25/year (cash only). Orlando location 3500 W. Colonial, Orlando, FL 32805 (407)522-2252 special needs toys $30/yr. 7 toys/month + tapes, videos, teaching materials.
Panhandle Area Educational Consortium the Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services, florida Department ofEducation, designed to assist school districts, state agencies that support http://www.paec.org/fdlrs/
WFSU BROADCASTING CENTER - Satelite Services of opportunity in education and commerce. Using satellite communications, state ofFlorida educational institutions, and governmental agencies, businesses and http://www.wfsu.org/satellite-serv.htm
Extractions: SATELLITE SERVICES It's never been easier to connect people across vast distances. The ability to transmit ideas and information anywhere and to anyone on earth has opened a wealth of opportunity in education and commerce. Using satellite communications, state of Florida educational institutions, and governmental agencies, businesses and non-profit organizations can be part of this information revolution and deliver a wide variety of services to audiences across the state or across the country. The State of Florida leases its own satellite transponder- Transponder 13 on Telstar 4(KU). Telstar is located near the middle of the satellite constellation, at 89 degrees West longitude. Using this trasnponder, programming reaches anywhere in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico, parts of the Caribbean Basin, and parts of Alaska. The Florida Transponder can be accessed by educational institutions, as well as government agencies and commercial enterprises.
Florida's Office Of Greenways And Trails and state and federal agencies to facilitate the newsletter, offers the online FloridaGreenways and Guide, provides an environmental education program called http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/
Extractions: Visit our Local Government Assistance and Resources page. Explore Maps and Descriptions of Trails in Florida About Our Office statewide system of greenways and trails for recreational and conservation purposes. Our efforts are guided by a legislatively adopted plan titled "Connecting Florida's Communities." View a summary of the plan (PDF 1.5 mb) or request a hardcopy by calling 850-245-2052. FUNDING
Current And Recent News 16. The florida Department of education and The Able Trust, in conjunction with partneragencies, have planned 14 events statewide with High School/High http://www.fldoe.org/news/pr_10_15_02.asp
Extractions: bill.edmonds@fldoe.org National Disability Mentoring Day events take place Oct. 16 in Florida "Tomorrow throughout Florida, there will be job shadowing, mentoring and career exploration events for students with disabilities," said Education Secretary Jim Horne. "It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the abilities of people with disabilities in the state of Florida." National Disability Mentoring Day began in 1999 as part of a White House effort to increase the profile of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, celebrated each October. The American Association of People with Disabilities, in partnership with the U. S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy and the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, encourage National Disability Mentoring Day events during the month. In 2001, Florida was among 32 states that participated and helped to link students with local volunteer employers. This year, local coordinators have planned events statewide and over 75 students with disabilities are expected to participate.
Florida Building Code Online (Local governments and state agencies enter amendments by licensees, and report continuingeducation units. professionals licensed by the florida Department of http://www.floridabuilding.org/
Extractions: IMPORTANT NOTE: A new base code modification cycle, from 06/28/02 to 04/18/03, is now open. We are accepting proposed changes to the Florida Building Code for next year's base code change cycle. The deadline for submitting proposed changes is April 18 of 2003. Click the Florida Building Code link below to review comments. To DOWNLOAD Comments: Choose Proposed Code Modifications and then choose Search for Code Cycles. TO BROWSE THIS SITE: Click on a section below or use the navigation buttons on the left. Florida Building Code VIEW:The Building Code and the Florida Building Commission code interpretations, Declaratory Statements, Local Amendments and Accessibility Waivers. ORDER: The new Florida Building Code online in this section. LOCATE: DCA materials SEARCH: For City/County/State and Florida Building Commission code amendments. (Local governments and state agencies enter amendments here). LINK: to the Purchase Energy Software and Solar Energy Center. Local Amendment, Frequently Asked Questions Search or Request Nonbinding Advisory Florida Building Code Interpretations SEARCH for an Advisory Opinion. REQUEST a non-binding advisory opinion. The request is reveiwed by a panel of Building Officials and should return an opinion in 14 days.
Community Services Block Grant Program is a statewide association of agencies and individuals to raise the health, education,and economic standards of florida's economically disadvantaged http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fhcd/programs/csbgp/
Extractions: The Community Services Block Grant Program was created by the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. The program is designed to provide a range of services to assist low-income people in attaining the skills, knowledge and motivation necessary to achieve self sufficiency. Also, the program provides low-income people with immediate life necessities such as food, shelter, medicine, etc. You may download the program's rule, Chapter 9B-22 Florida Administrative Code Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) Version 5.0 TYPE OF ASSISTANCE: Community Services Block Grants to local governments and non-profit agencies provide a variety of antipoverty services such as emergency health, food, housing, day care, transportation assistance; housing counseling; financial management assistance; nutrition programs including federal surplus food distribution, community gardening projects, food banks; job counseling, placement and training services, and homeless prevention programs. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Client households must meet 125% of the United States Department of Health and Human Services' low-income poverty guidelines and allowable and unallowable sources of income (pdf format).
Regional Institutional Accrediting Agencies Regional Institutional Accrediting agencies. for Accreditation ) of degreegrantinginstitutions of higher education in Alabama, florida, Georgia, Kentucky http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/accreditation/regionalagencies.html
FinAid | Other Types Of Aid | US State Government Aid URL www.tuitiongrant.dc.gov florida florida Department of education Office ofStudent Financial Assistance 1344 florida education Center 325 West Gaines http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/state.phtml
Extractions: US State Government Aid The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is used to apply for most state loan, grant and scholarship programs, in addition to the federal loans and grants. When you submit the FAFSA to the US Department of Education, they forward the information on the form to the state student assistance agency. Each state has a different FAFSA submission deadline. If you submit your FAFSA by March 1, you will be in time for all state deadlines, other than Michigan. If you miss the deadline, you will be ineligible to receive state aid for the entire academic year. Procedures for applying for state prepaid tuition programs and the national guard differ from state to state. The amount of information provided on the state web sites varies from state to states. Some states provide comprehensive information about residency requirements, loan, grant, scholarship and prepaid tuition programs and other state aid programs. Others provide minimal information. We recommend visiting the sites for both your state of residence and for the states of the colleges to which you are applying. A B C D ...
Extractions: E-mail: andrea.latham@flboe.org Princeton, NJ/Tallahassee, FL - Florida students and adults transitioning between careers will have online access to the latest educational and career planning services anytime, anywhere through an agreement between the State of Florida and the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The State of Florida has continued funding for ETS's Internet version of SIGI PLUS for a second year under a contract with the Florida Center for Advising and Academic Support (FCAAS) and its statewide student advising system - FACTS.org. FACTS.org provides real-time information for students, parents, counselors, and other interested individuals to assist in planning for and managing their postsecondary education in Florida. "This partnership between FACTS.org and SIGI PLUS removes barriers to education and career planning and increases access to information, an important goal of Florida's student-centered K-20 education system," said Florida Secretary of Education Jim Horne. "This collaboration also reduces the cost of products and services for Florida's citizens and educational institutions."
Fight Fraud In Florida a resolution urging citizens to be on their guard against those that commit financialfraud in florida. They have also committed state agencies reporting to http://www.fightfraud.org/
Welcome To America's Charities Organization that raises money for charities through charitable giving campaigns in the workplace Category Society Philanthropy Grants GrantMaking Foundations responsible, programmatically effective agencies delivering much rights and humanrights, education, the environment http://www.charities.org/
Extractions: Choose Category Human Services Health Civil and Human Rights Education Environment America's Charities Membership 100 Black Men of America A Gift For Teaching ACTION for Child Protection AFRILIFE International AIDS Resource Alliance America's Second Harvest American Campaign-Prevent Child Abuse and Family Violence American Center for Law and Justice American Civil Liberties Union Foundation American Foundation for the Blind American Hospice Foundation American Indian College Fund Americans For Peace Now Amnesty International of the USA Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund The Boggy Creek Gang Breast Cancer Coalition Breast Cancer Research and Assistance Fund Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Cancer Research Foundation of America Caring for Children Foundation of Texas Catholics United For Life Central Florida Zoological Society Child Welfare League of America Childhelp USA Children's Heartlink The Children's House at Johns Hopkins Children's Leukemia Research Association Children's Rights Christian Appalachian Project Community Clinic Assoc. of Los Angeles County
