FCC News

Area 9 Family Care Council held their monthly meeting on August 9, 2016, at the APD office in West Palm Beach. Attorney Anthony D. George, Jr. spoke to the Council regarding guardianships, guardianship advocates and special needs trusts. Pictured clockwise from the right are Patricia Bell, Karen Oberg, Martha Stuart, Ruthie Bunkelmann, Elaine Scola, Claire Falik, Luz Montes and Jean Malako. Standing are Attorney Anthony D. George, Jr. (left) and his associate.

Jennifer Percival from the FAU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD), Past Chair of FCC-15 Melody Hearn, and member of FCC-09 Ruthie Buckerman, attended a discussion of the recently enacted “Wes Kleinert Act” at the FAU MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, Florida on August 19, 2016. This new law concerns law enforcement’s interactions and questioning for persons with autism.

On August 31, 2016, Pat Murphy, Executive Director/Chief Program Officer of United Cerebral Palsy of South Florida, Elizabeth Torres, Medical Case Manager and RN for APD, and Adella Earle, Medical Case Manager and RN for APD (standing) are present at the Respite Committee at the United Way Office in West Palm Beach.