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03/23/2026
Don't forget to follow our new LinkedIn page, so you can keep up with our program growth, professional development opportunities, business connections, and more. Search for "Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities" and let's connect!
03/21/2026
Today is World Down Syndrome Day. This year's theme from the World Down Syndrome Day organization is "Together Against Loneliness."
Everyone deserves to feel seen and know that they are not alone. Each person with DS is different and unique, with their own unique identity, personality, gifts and talents. We celebrate all that makes you such a wonderful individual!
03/20/2026
It's springtime and the flowers are blooming, thanks to our students!
Several of our Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Programs offer the opportunity for students to get their hands dirty and make the world a beautiful place through gradening and horticulture activities and credentials, like Project SAINT at Santa Fe College, BOOST at First Coast Technical College and Okaloosa UP at Okaloosa Technical College, to name a few.
03/19/2026
The Seahawk NEST Academy is a Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program at Broward College in Coconut Creek, Florida.
Students can choose from certifications such as business, office support and more.
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03/17/2026
Our next FCSUA Informational Webinar will take place on April 7 from 3 - 4 p.m.
Join us as we celebrate a decade of transformative impact through the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program (FPCTP) Act 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 ten years. Discover how FCSUA has empowered postsecondary and comprehensive transition education and shaped brighter futures across Florida.
Project SAINT is a Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida.
Students can choose from certifications such as safestaff food handler, instruction to construction and more.
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03/15/2026
Gues who is now on LinkedIn!?!?
We now have a LinkedIn page, where you can keep up with our program growth, professional development opportunities, business connections, and more. Search for "Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities" and let's connect!
03/13/2026
We are celebrating 10 years of student success this year! This is one of our student completers: Jessica Gottlieb.
Jessica was initally a shy young woman before enrolling in the Seahawk Nest Academy at Broward College. But her growth, drive and deterimation set her up for success. Following successful internships, she was offered and accepted a job at the Broward College Testing Center following her completion of the program.
VERTICAL is a Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program at Florida State College at Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida.
Students can choose from credentials such as automotive service technician, welding and more.
Swipe through and learn a little more about VERTICAL!
03/10/2026
Our FCSUA March Informational Webinar is now available on our YouTube.
We would like to thank Indian River State College, Santa Fe College and the College of the Florida Keys for joining our panel discussion about their respective Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Programs and sharing history, insight and wisdom from years of experience.
We are continuing our celebration of 10 years of student success this year! These are two more of our student completers, both from Project SAINT at Santa Fe College: Carlos Gonzalez & Sienna Smillov.
Carlos completed Project SAINT in December 2022 and has been a faithful and committed employee at Wawa for the last three years. Sienna has been an employee at The Villages, a retirement facility in Gainesville, since she completed the program in 2019. Both completers are described as hard-wroking, dedicated and great employees to work with at their respective workplaces.
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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))