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News From the Heart
Vol 2, Issue 3
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January 21, 2011
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 Heart and Hope
The 5th Annual Heart and Hope Statewide Family Conference is fast approaching! The conference is being held at Southwest Middle School in Orlando, FL on Saturday, February 12, 2011, from 9:00am until 4:00pm. Heart and Hope is a FREE full day event that is designed to help bring individuals who are at risk, families who have children with disabilities and the professionals who serve them awareness of their options and rights that are available to them within the school system and beyond. This year's Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Angela Martin Walker, creator of the popular "Families Building Better Readers" and "Mysteries in the Middle" programs in Florida. She will be presenting her "Readers of the Caribbean" literacy workshop for families. Children will be invited to "pirate tryouts" and put through a battery of funny "tests" in their quest to become BOOK-A-NEERS. Parents and children practice reading activities led by the trainer, children participate in a live reader's theater, and each participating family takes home a literacy adventure gameboard that helps them apply what they learned during the workshop. The "Readers of the Caribbean" literacy workshop will be seen "live" via our website. Additional information will be provided so stay tuned! Workshops will be presented on Guardianship, Early Childhood, Transition, Parent Involvement, and more. Workshops on IEP, IDEA and Positive Behavior will be conducted in English, Spanish and Creole.   This year's event is sponsored by the Harper Family Charitable Foundation and Publix Super Marketsand presented in partnership with Orange County Public Schools Exceptional Student Education and Bright Feats.
For more information or to register, please visit www.fndfl.org/categories/99/ or call the Family Network on Disabilities Central Office at 800-825-5736. |
 Family Network's Special Needs Trust Administration Program
Family Network on Disabilities provides comprehensive special needs trust services, including service as a trustee, co-trustee, or trust administrator. We handle all types of special needs trusts, including pooled trusts. Family Network serves as trustee for the Family Network on Disabilities National Pooled Trust, proudly serving persons with disabilities since 1999. We also serve as administrators for several other pooled trusts, including FND's Family Pooled Fund of third party trusts, as well as many individual special needs trusts.
What we provide:
Comprehensive trustee services - our goal is to make sure that our beneficiaries have access to funds that they need, when they need them, with as little difficulty as possible. We place a premium on making sure that our beneficiaries have the highest quality of life possible. We have designed our entire system to be as easy to use as possible for persons with disabilities, their families, and those who work with them. Our fees are reasonable and highly competitive.
Coordination of money management and custodial functions - We can provide a single point of contact for beneficiaries and their representatives so that they aren't left running in a number of directions when attempting to get information.
Service - Our goal is to provide a "no mess, no fuss" solution to special needs trust administration to our beneficiaries and the professionals who serve them. We have designed our systems to provide the quickest service possible. Our staff is only a phone call away for personal service by real persons.
Transparency - Especially during these times, transparency is vital and is our watchword. We structure all of our services to provide as much transparency as possible. We offer beneficiaries and their representatives 24 hour a day, seven days a week, online view-only access to information concerning their trusts. We also provide monthly statements and detailed accountings as frequently as desired.
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 In Recognition of Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. passed away on January 19, 2011, at the age of 95. He was a true public servant, who said "It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart."
Below are just a few of Sargent Shriver's contributions to society:
- First Director of the Peace Corps
- As Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the mid-60's, he ran the "War on Poverty"; many of the programs developed as part of this effort still exist today, such as Head Start, VISTA, Community Action Program, Legal Services to the Poor, and Foster Grandparents.
- Co-creator (with his wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver) of the Special Olympics
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