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Agency

 

Contact Person

 

Counties Served

 

Services Provided

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

Age of Eligibility

 

 

 

Apalachee Center, Inc

225 Sumatra Road

Madison, FL 32340

850-973-5124

 

 

Jan Agner

jana@apalacheecenter.org

 

 

Madison

 

Mental Health, ESE, Out Patient, Rehabilitation, School Services

 

Mental health and behavioral problems

 

6 years and up

 

Agency for Persons with Disabilities Area 3

P.O. Box 390

Gainesville, FL 32602

352-955-5777

Website: http://

apd.myflorida.com

 

 

Charmaine Gibson

Charmaine_Gibson@dcf.state.fl.us

 

 

Columbia,

Hamilton, Lafayette,

Suwannee,  Bradford, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy,

Alachua, Putnam, Union

 

 

Supported Employment, Transportation,

Supported Independent Living, Residential and Non-Residential Habilitation Services

 

 

Autism

Cerebral Palsy

Mental Retardation

Prader-Willi

Spina Bifida

 

 

5 years old and up

 

 

Agency for Persons with Disabilities Area 2
2383 Phillips Road Tallahassee, FL 32308

850-488-6500

Website: http://apd.myflorida.com

 

 

Sharon Stephens

Human Services Program Specialist

Sharon_Stephens@dcf.state.fl.us

 

Natasha Pressley

 

 

Madison

 

Supported Employment, Transportation,

Supported Independent Living, Residential and Non-Residential Habilitation Services

 

Autism

Cerebral Palsy

Mental Retardation

Prader-Willi

Spina Bifida

 

5 years old and up

 

 

 

Florida Works

Job Corps Program

4800 SW 13th St.

Gainesville, FL  32608

352-244-5147

Website:http://jobcorps.org

 

 

Murlin Wells

MWells@floridaworksonline.com

 

 

Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee,

Alachua,  Dixie,

 Gilchrist, Union

 

 

Enroll students in the federal Job Corps program for training & education

 

Age 16-24 and meet guidelines/ no felony charges

 

16-24 years old

 

CARC – Advocates for Citizens with Disabilities, Inc.

512 SW Sisters Welcome Rd.

Lake City, FL 32025

386-752-1880

 

 

Carol Jewett

cjewett@lakecity-carc.com

 

 

Columbia

Supported Employment, Companion, Personal Care Assistance, Group Home, Respite, Adult Day Training,  Res and Non-Residential Habilitation, Homemaker, In-home Supports

 

 

Eligible for services from Agency for Persons with Disabilities and Vocational Rehabilitation

 

 

18 years old

 

Comprehensive Community Services, Inc

511 Goldkist Blvd.

Live Oak, FL 32060

386-362-7143

 

 

 

Bobbie Lake

blake_ccs@alltel.net

 

 

Suwannee, Hamilton, Lafayette, Columbia, Baker

 

Supported Employment, Supported Living, Companion, Non-Residential Support Services, Adult Day Training, Homemaker Services, Transportation

 

Eligible for services from Agency for Persons with Disabilities or Vocational Rehabilitation

 

16 and up

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Connections

200 West Base Street

Madison, FL  32340-2555

850-973-9675

866-367-4758

FAX: 850-973-9757

 

 

 

Darlene Strimple, Site Manager

Strimpled@nfdwb.org

 

Alicia Graham, Youth Career Coach

Grahama@nfwdb.org

(Suwannee, Hamilton, Lafayette)

 

April Freeman, Youth Career Coach

Freemana@nfwdb.org

 (Madison, Taylor, Jefferson)

 

 

Suwannee, Hamilton, Lafayette

 Madison, Taylor, Jefferson

 

Youth Program:  work readiness classes, leadership & citizenship classes, interest profiles, resume assistance, labor market information, job shadowing, internships, field trips to schools & businesses, support services

 

 

Low income, basic skills deficient, school dropout, foster child, runaway, pregnant/parenting, offender, out of school youth who are unemployed or underemployed

 

14-21 years old

*focus on out of school youth/dropouts and juniors, seniors

 

Florida Crown Workforce Board, Inc.

1389 W. Highway 90, Suite 170

Lake City, FL 32055

386-755-9026 ext. 3114

FAX: 386-487-1218

TTY: Via Florida Relay 711

 

Jeannie Carr

jcarr@flcrown.org

 

 

Jean LeDew

WIA Program Manager

jledew@flcrown.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia, Dixie, Union, Gilchrist

 

Assistance to those with disabilities who want to work

 

Any type of disability and want to work or go to school/training.  Also, referral and information for support.  School youth program, year round youth program, after school tutoring, incentive awards, trips and computer camps for youth in high school/high tech program.

 

 

14 years old and up

 

Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS)/Gateway

4256 SW County Road 152

Jasper, FL 32052

386-792-2877

 

Carol Milton, Coordinator

Milton_c@firn.edu

Jackie Wynn

Wynn_j04@firn.edu

Pam Lake

Lake_p@firn.edu

 

 

Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee

 

Information, education and support

 

Individuals working with students with disabilities, families and support agencies

 

Birth - 22

 

Lake City Community College

Disabled Student Services

149 SE College Pl.

Lake City, FL 32025

386-754-4393

 

Janice Irwin, Coordinator

dss@lakecitycc.edu

 

Columbia and surrounding counties

 

Accommodations and services based on specific disability, see website:

www.lakecitycc.edu/services/DSS

 

Student enrolled at Lake City Community College with a diagnosed disability

 

No age criteria, must be enrolled

 

 

 

 

North Florida Community College

325 NW Turner Davis Dr.

Madison, FL  32340

850-973-1682  Vickie Bosse’

850-973-9484  Stevie Fenton

 

 

Vickie Bosse’

bossev@nfcc.edu