Marion Area Transition Team (MATT)

MATT MISSION STATEMENT

 MATT (Marion Area Transition Team) is a council committed to coordinating services to facilitate smooth transition for individuals with disabilities into adult lives that are productive in the educational, recreational, residential, social and vocational realms.

PROJECT CONNECT

In April of 2000 the Marion County School System and Central Florida Community College applied for a grant (Project Connect) to the Bureau of Instruction Support and Community Services of the Florida Department of Education, the Transition Center at the University of Florida, and the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc..  They were chosen as one of the sites to become a model for the State of Florida.  Replication of their best practices may be utilized for the future statewide training.

PROJECT CONNECT MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Project Connect is to identify promising practices for providing comprehensive and continuous transition services from school to post school adult life for students with disabilities by enhancing community partnerships.

 

The MATT Community Resource "Guide" will assist you in finding the services you need and the community agencies that provide them.

Click here for a complete list of local agencies.

PROJECT CONNECT MEMBERS

Doris Purvis, Chair

             -- School Board of Marion County, Florida

  Kimberley Smith 

            -- Central Florida Community College

  Sharon Brandt 

            -- Developmental Services

  Janet Moulton 

            -- Forest High School Exceptional Education Work Coordinator

Marion County Schools Exceptional Student Education Transition and Agency Support Personnel:

      -- Doris Purvis (671-6832) or Janet Moulton (671-4700 or 816-9734)