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Text Box: North Central Florida’s leading disAbility Resource Center for more than 25 years! Text Box: Our Center is a 501(c)(3) Private Not-For-Profit Organization committed to the Principles of the Independent Living Philosophy Picture of CIL's Marion County Branch Office In Ocala, FL

Ocala Office Serving Marion County

Find a Center for Independent Living (CIL) near you.

Lecanto Office Serving Citrus County

Gainesville Office Serving Alachua County

MARION COUNTY

 

3445 NE 24th Street

Ocala, FL 34470

Voice (352) 368-3788

TTY (352) 368-2969

Fax (352) 629-0098

CITRUS COUNTY

 

3774 W. Gulf to Lake Hwy.

Lecanto, FL 34461

(352) 527-8399

Fax (352) 527-9511

Toll Free (877) 232-8261

HERNANDO COUNTY

 

Career Central Hernando
7361 Forest Oaks Blvd.
Spring Hill, FL 34606

Toll Free (877) ADA-VAN1

HEADQUARTERS

 

222 SW 36th Terrace

Gainesville, FL 32607

Voice (352) 378-7474

TTY (352) 372-3443

Fax (352) 378-5582

Toll Free (800) 265-5724

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Interpreting Services

Toll Free (877) 629-8840

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A “Cross-Disability” Resource Center

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“We are empowering people with disabilities to exert their individual rights to live as independently as possible, make personal life choices and achieve full community inclusion.”

Florida Office on Disability and Health

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Text Box: Draft of FODH Strategic Plan ready for viewing and comments: The Florida Office on Disability and Health held its first annual forum on February 8, 2008. The result of that forum is the first draft of our “Florida Office on Disability & Health Strategic Plan: 2008-2012.” Please take a few minutes to review this brief document and provide us with your feedback. All comments and suggestions are appreciated very much. Please reply to: marci.buchanan@phhp.ufl.edu.

Text Box: The Florida Office on Disability and Health invites you to take our short survey about disability and health issues in the state of Florida. Please click here to begin the survey.

Florida was recently awarded a disability and health grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This grant allowed for the creation of the Florida Office on Disability and Health, housed within the College of Public Health & Health Professions at the University of Florida.

The overall goal of this project is to improve the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of Floridians of all ages living with disability. The project has been categorized into three (3) purpose-level objectives:

1. Reduce the incidence and severity of secondary conditions among people with disabilities;
2. Improve access to public health programs for people with disabilities; and
3. Implement effective health promotion and wellness programs for people with disabilities.

Since disability is likely to impact all people at some time, it is important to have a sound framework for addressing disability and health issues, since they truly are population issues. The establishment of the Florida Office on Disability and Health (FODH) in Florida will facilitate the movement toward continuity in care for people with disabilities and their families, serving as a centralized location for designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs and services. A major aim of the FODH will be to generate epidemiologically sound and consistent data on disability and health, using both new and existing sources of data, so that disability and health-related public health policies and programs within the state are data-driven, evidence-based best practices.