Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities

Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities Providing support to students, families, and institutions of higher ed so that students with intelle

From all of us at the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities, we want to wish everyone a safe, wonderful and ...
12/19/2025

From all of us at the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities, we want to wish everyone a safe, wonderful and happy holiday season!

Our office is closed through January 2 for the holidays, but we will be back open Monday, January 5, ready and excited to jump right into a new year of continued growth and success.

What a wonderful way to celebrate!
12/16/2025

What a wonderful way to celebrate!

The Jan La Belle Scholarship Program is now accepting applications through Feb. 12, 2026.This scholarship is currently o...
12/16/2025

The Jan La Belle Scholarship Program is now accepting applications through Feb. 12, 2026.

This scholarship is currently open to Florida residents aged 16-24 with disabilities and offers financial assistance to those entering postsecondary education, supporting both personal and career aspirations.

For more information and to apply, please visit https://fndusa.org/program-detail-page-jan-la-belle/.

Our January FCSUA Monthly Informational Webinar will take place January 6 from 3 - 4 p.m: https://bit.ly/FCSUAMonthlyWeb...
12/15/2025

Our January FCSUA Monthly Informational Webinar will take place January 6 from 3 - 4 p.m: https://bit.ly/FCSUAMonthlyWebinarJanaury2026

Join us as we celebrate a decade of transformative impact through Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Programs (FPCTP) and the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities (FCSUA). This webinar will highlight the remarkable growth of FPCTPs, showcase inspiring student success stories, and explore the innovative products and supports developed over the past 10 years. Discover how FCSUA has empowered inclusive education and shaped brighter futures across Florida.

If you were unable to attend our December FCSUA Informational Monthly Webinar last week, the recording is now available ...
12/11/2025

If you were unable to attend our December FCSUA Informational Monthly Webinar last week, the recording is now available on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/6deC4EHl2zQ

Proud of our December 2025 completes from Project STAGE at Indian River State College
12/10/2025

Proud of our December 2025 completes from Project STAGE at Indian River State College

🧑‍🎓STAGE Spotlight👩‍🎓: This week, we spotlight our December 2025 graduates. (l to r) Zachary Stambaugh, Culinary Arts Management; Joseph Kalin, Graphic Design Support; Miguel Hernandez, Information Technology Support; Faola Elas, Cosmetology; and Benjamin Tran, Graphic Design Support. (Not pictured: Vincent Lust, HVAC). Please join us in celebrating these Falcons with a Future! 🦅 Indian River State College, Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities, Mueller Campus, IRSC Libraries

As the Fall semester draws to a close, we want to take a moment to say "Job Well Done" and reflect on a successful semes...
12/10/2025

As the Fall semester draws to a close, we want to take a moment to say "Job Well Done" and reflect on a successful semester.

From new programs accepting their first cohort of students, to students enrolling in college for the first time, this has been an amazing semester and we can't wait to see what the Spring semester has in store!

With the recent approval of a new FPCTP at Gadsden Technical College, we now have 37 approved programs across the state:...
12/04/2025

With the recent approval of a new FPCTP at Gadsden Technical College, we now have 37 approved programs across the state:

* 8 universities
* 9 state colleges
* 20 technical colleges

We are continuing to see more and more institutions of higher education develop FPCTPs for students with intellectual disabilities to attend college.

Join us for our December FCSUA Monthly Webinar today from 3-4 p.m. Our December webinar "A Family Guide to Florida Posts...
12/02/2025

Join us for our December FCSUA Monthly Webinar today from 3-4 p.m.
Our December webinar "A Family Guide to Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Programs" will be presented by the FCSUA Technical Assistance team and will discuss:

~ What FPCTPs are and how they support students
~ Available scholarships, including requirements
~ Application timelines and processes
~ Credentials students can earn
~ Employment outcomes and success stories

Register now: https://bit.ly/FCSUAMonthlyWebinarDecember2025

What a wonderful gesture from the FIU Embrace hospitality students!
12/01/2025

What a wonderful gesture from the FIU Embrace hospitality students!

The Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Students, along with the FIU Embrace Education hospitality students were featured in FIU News last week - see caption below:

In pie they trust: As they do annually, students in the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management and FIU Embrace thanked those who teach, advise and otherwise help them every day by baking and gifting Thanksgiving sweets. Under the direction of John Noble Masi, lead restaurant and culinary management professor, and Tomas Menendez, food and beverage manager, the team produced 200 mini pumpkin pies, 30 pecan pies, 25 apple cranberry pies and, for good measure, four dozen cinnamon raisin biscuits and 72 apple crumb cakes. Yum.

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Signed into law by Florida’s governor on January 23, 2016, the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program Act (the Act) (FS 1004.6495) established the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities at the University of Central Florida (the Center) and charged the Center with managing the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program (FPCTP) application and approval process. The Act also established criteria for FPCTP approval, scholarship awards for eligible students to attend approved programs, grant awards to promote new program development and existing program enhancements, and accountability requirements associated with these opportunities.

As stated in the legislation, the purpose of the ACT is to “increase independent living, inclusive and experiential postsecondary education, and employment opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities through degree, certificate, or nondegree programs and to establish statewide coordination of the dissemination of information regarding programs and services for students with disabilities. It is the intent of the Legislature that students with intellectual disabilities and students with disabilities have access to meaningful postsecondary education credentials and be afforded the opportunity to have a meaningful campus experience.” (FS §1004.6495(2))

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