Programs
Each program below describes the actual scope of our work today, and where ACA is headed next as funding, partners, and volunteers come in.
Current Programs
Awards for graduating high school seniors with disabilities pursuing higher education in the Tampa Bay area. The program supports the next chapter — college, trade school, or another post-secondary path — for students whose education has been navigated with accommodations and intent.
Scholarship details
A holiday service program where ACA students visit veterans at VA nursing homes in Pasco County. The kids bring conversation, gifts, and respect; the veterans give the kids a generation's worth of stories and the experience of showing up for someone else. Both sides walk away with something they didn't have before.
Care packages assembled and distributed to children of military families in the Tampa Bay area. MacDill Air Force Base is in our backyard, and these packages mark the Month of the Military Child each spring — deliberate reminders that the community sees these kids and their parents.
Local events that connect families, volunteers, and partner organizations across the Bay area — the social fabric our other programs are stitched into, and the place where new ideas and partnerships begin.
Where We Are Growing
These are the programs ACA is working toward. They are listed here so families, donors, and partners can see the full direction of the work as funding and volunteers arrive.
Public awareness and advocacy work for policies that support disabled and marginalized children. Focused on inclusive education and equitable access to services in Florida.
Guidance and resources for families navigating special education — including IEPs, 504 plans, and the work of being a parent advocate inside the school system.
Counseling, support groups, and workshops for families. A place to connect with others who share the experience and trade hard-won knowledge.
Referrals and connections to therapeutic services, medical care, and educational materials — the practical work of meeting families where they are.
Partnerships with Tampa Bay schools to support educators with training in inclusive practices and effective support for students with special needs.
An online resource hub for families of special-needs children in the Tampa Bay area — a single place to find services, support networks, and information that's actually local.
Each of these will become real with a partner, a funded grant, or a volunteer who shows up. If any of them are close to something you care about, we'd love to talk.
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