Interpreter standards, language access for deaf children, and whether a hurricane shelter can tell you anything at all. This is the least visible thing FAD does and the reason it was founded in 1917.
The Health Policy committee hears it on 6 October. Members in Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Gainesville are closest to the committee chairs.
Write to your senatorWe are collecting accounts of access at hurricane shelters from the last two seasons. Names stay out of anything we file.
Add your accountOne day in Tallahassee. Interpreted and CART throughout. No experience needed, and travel is reimbursed.
Put your name downFAD runs on volunteers. Pick a committee — no experience required, just an area you already care about.
Engages Deaf youth through programs and leadership development.
Advocates for the quality of Deaf education and monitors policy.
Tracks state legislation and ensures Deaf representation in the room.
Addresses the needs of older Deaf adults across the state.
Reviews financial records and keeps the books transparent.
Builds long-term sustainability through donor engagement.
Runs the website and social media, and keeps both accessible.
Builds the endowment fund and manages planned giving.
Keeps the organization operating under current, effective governing rules.
Organizes the 50th Biennial Conference, October 2027.
Email VicePresident@fadcentral.org or call 904-342-1115 with the committee you want and whatever experience you’re bringing.
The Legislative Committee brings a recommendation, members vote at the Biennial, and the board acts between conferences. If you want a say in what FAD supports, that is what the twenty dollars is for.
Join and get a voteIf your organization is working on something in your county, send it over. FAD can sign on, bring it to the Legislative Committee, or put it in front of the whole state.
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