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Budget Eliminates Critical Needs Waiting List

Governor Rick Scott is again recommending funding to serve individuals with critical needs on the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) waiver waiting list. This is the third year the Governor has recommended money to serve the waiting list and the second year in a row that the Governor has taken the action to eliminate the critical needs waiting list. To learn more, check out this news release.

iBudget Public Meetings

The public meeting concerning the iBudget rule scheduled for February 26 has been rescheduled and will be held on March 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the APD State Office. To learn more, you can view the public notice at this link.

ADA 25th Anniversary Celebrations

Be sure to check out our new ADA Events page to see if any ADA 25th Anniversary events are happening in your area.
ADA Events

Also be sure to check out the ADA Contacts page if you have any questions concerning events happening in your area.
ADA Contacts

Abilities Work Web Portal

The new Abilities Work Web Portal, within the Employ Florida Marketplace, is the state’s official online job-matching and career development tool. The new web portal will help employers identify qualified job candidates with disabilities and post job openings. For more information, please visit the Abilities Work Web Portal at http://AbilitiesWork.employflorida.com. The Help Desk can be contacted at 1-844-245-3405 or AbilitiesWorkHD@vr.fldoe.org.

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APD Event Calendar

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Other News & Announcements

  • Florida Medicaid is amending the Developmental Disabilities Individual Budgeting (iBudget) Waiver and will be submitting a draft transition plan for how we will implement the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Home and Community Based Settings rule. We are looking for feedback from the public on our transition plan. To view the draft transition plan, please go to this link. To learn more about submitting comments on the transition plan, be sure to read this letter.

  • The Agency Long Range Program Plan for fiscal years 2015-2016 through 2019-2020 has been published. To view the plan, visit the Florida Fiscal Portal website at this link.

  • The 2013-2014 Annual Report for the agency has been published under the Publications section. To read the report, click here.

  • If you are an active duty military service member and are interested to learn more about applying for services, please read this PDF for more information on how to apply.

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