{"id":8468,"date":"2015-11-30T20:13:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/find-programs\/california\/about\/programs-5\/"},"modified":"2019-09-17T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T18:02:33","slug":"programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/florida\/about\/programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs (Florida)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc_row element-row row highend_67666eaec6c37\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"color: #59399a;\"> Our Impact<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row element-row row highend_67666eaec73e6\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row element-row row first-row highend_67666eaec7822\"><div class=\"our-impact wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1601310971049\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element impact-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">378<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1601309076877 our-impact-smaller-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Chapters<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"our-impact wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1601310977235\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element impact-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">11,168<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1601309101588 our-impact-smaller-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Participants<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"our-impact wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1720471448887\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element impact-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">111,680<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1601310911960 our-impact-smaller-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Impacted<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row clearfix\"><div class=\"col-6 \">\n<p class=\"impact-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">133<\/p>\n<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Cities<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-6 \">\n<p class=\"impact-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">30<\/p>\n<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Counties<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row element-row row highend_67666eaec8ad0\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1719937894043\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element 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class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row clearfix\"><div class=\"col-1 \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><center><div class=\"yellow-arrow-right\"><\/div><\/center><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-4 \">\n<p class=\"chapter-text\">3<\/p><\/div><div class=\"col-6 \"><p class=\"impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Elementary School<\/br> Chapters<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element vc_custom_1720482478371 chapter-column\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row clearfix\"><div class=\"col-1 \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><center><div class=\"yellow-arrow-right\"><\/div><\/center><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-4 \">\n<p class=\"chapter-text\">86<\/p><\/div><div class=\"col-6 \"><p class=\"impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Middle School<\/br> Chapters<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element 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vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Impact-Page-Employment-Pillar.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"employment-icon alignleft wp-image-182593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Impact-Page-Employment-Pillar.svg\" alt=\"Impact Page Employment Pillar\" width=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"impact-heading\">Integrated<br \/>\nEmployment<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_80 vc_sep_border_width_10 vc_sep_pos_align_left vc_separator_no_text vc_custom_1600813884185 wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1600813884185 wpb_content_element impact-sep\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span style=\"border-color:#8fd1c4;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span 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style=\"text-align: left;\">Ambassadors<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element vc_custom_1720637921674 chapter-column\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row clearfix\"><div class=\"col-1 \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><center><div class=\"orange-arrow-right\"><\/div><\/center><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-4 \"><p class=\"chapter-text\">105<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-6 \"><p class=\"impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Transitions <\/br>\nParticipants<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"yellow-border wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"living-icon alignleft wp-image-182435\" 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