On Tuesday, Oct. 18, The Community Foundation will host the 6th annual ENPY awards – Excellence in Nonprofit Performance Yearly awards ceremony. Too often the ones doing the work to better…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Family Initiative hires Rachel Fecteau as community engagement specialist CAPE CORAL, Fla. (August 18, 2022) – Rachel Fecteau has joined Family Initiative, Inc. as the community…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Family Initiative welcomes Haley Moss as the first in Redefining Autism speaker series CAPE CORAL, Fla. (Aug. 29, 2022) – Family Initiative, an autism and child welfare community…
After Amy Richardson’s daughter, Olivia, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder about eight years ago, the Cape Coral mom scoured Southwest Florida from Naples to North Fort Myers to find…
Click to watch the ABC7 Cover Story. ABC7 Reporter Megan Miller talks with Fort Myers Autism mom, Amber Zollinger about acceptance and inclusion during Autism Acceptance Month.
CAPE CORAL, FL (November 9, 2021) – Family Initiative, an autism and child welfare community services organization based in Cape Coral, Florida, recently became the first organization in Florida to…
Florida Weekly takes an in-depth look at the state of our understanding of autism, provides profiles of the diversity of those on the spectrum, shines the light on care and…
Click to see the NBC7 special report video. ABC7 partnered with Florida Weekly to help tell the stories of people on the spectrum within the Southwest Florida community. In part…
Story by Nathan Mayberg – Editor The Reeling for Autism fishing tournament brought out 38 anglers this past weekend to Salty Sam’s Marina to support Family Initiative, the Cape Coral…