The following positions are opening on the Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, effective July 31, 2008:

• a member representing Florida Association of the Deaf (FAD)
• a member representing Hearing Loss Association of Florida (HLAF)
• an individual who is deaf and blind
• a parent of an individual who is deaf
• an individual representing Florida Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• an individual who is a Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) provider

Please direct your correspondence and/or inquiries to the Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing staff, Attn:  Mary Grace Tavel (MaryGrace_Tavel@doh.state.fl.us) or Karen Anderson (Karen_Anderson@doh.state.fl.us)  or 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A06, Tallahassee, FL  32399-1707 for application information.

If you wish to submit comments or concerns to the Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing but are unable to attend one of our upcoming meetings, you can now submit your comments online.  Your comments will be read at the public hearing portion of the upcoming meeting of your choice.   Please see the Upcoming Meetings page of our website for a link to the Online Comment Card.