agencies who serve children with disabilities
We strive to provide individuals and families with clear information on regulations, policies, specialized services and supports, and community resources in a manner that is responsive to diverse cultural groups. The 2014 Resource Guide for Families of Children with Disabilities. Our 2014 Resource Guide for Families of Children with Disabilities provides a listing of agencies in the Bay Area, state-wide and nationally that provide services to children with disabilities. We do not include individual practitioners in this guide. In Massachusetts, the Department services and supports for children with developmental disabilities operate within rules and regulations that are not always easy to understand. Guide to Legislative and Public Policy Websites. This website is meant to provide families, professionals and the community with resources to navigate the maze of legislation that governs the delivery of services to children with special health care needs/disabilities. The Department offers service coordination and family support services to eligible children with developmental disabilities and their families. A description of these services is provided below. Service Coordination is provided by our staff that arranges, coordinates, and monitors the services and supports that the Department provides, purchases or arranges for an eligible child. Currently, the Department is serving more than 8600 children with developmental disabilities and their families. A child is a person who is younger than 18 years of age and is determined eligible for services and supports provided, purchased or arranged by the Department if he or she, Barbara Palmer was appointed director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities by Governor Rick Scott in August 2012. Previously, she had served as the agency's chief of staff since September 2011. Before coming to APD, Palmer was the assistant secretary for administration of the Department of Children and Families. Agency for Persons with Disabilities. In October 2004, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) became an agency separate from the Department of Children and Families, specifically tasked with serving the needs of Floridians with developmental disabilities. Prior to that time, it existed as the Developmental Disabilities Program. Child Care Services Inclusion. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 protects children with disabilities and requires child care providers to serve children with disabilities if reasonable accommodations can be made. Child care providers cannot charge parents for the cost of making such accommodations available. TWC provides a higher amount of child care assistance funding (the inclusion assistance rate) for families we serve who have qualifying children with disabilities.
Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD), The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)