Adult Protective Services
Please communicate with your State Senator and Representative this week about the need to include start-up funds for Adult Protective Services in next year’s budget. We need to build a groundswell of support to be noticed in this busy budget season.
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Feds Approve PA Autism Waiver
On May 14, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) approved Pennsylvania’s request to use federal Medicaid funds to establish a program that provides home and community based services for adults with autism. This program is know as the Autism Waiver and is the first such program for adults in the nation to receive federal approval.
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Stretching Hearts and Hands across the Miles to Costa Rica
Several months ago Susan Tachau, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation reached out to Vision for EQuality asking us to help sponsor the trip of a young Costa Rican special education teacher, Connie, to America. Vision was pleased to step up to the plate.
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EDUCATION OF YOUTH IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES
A Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) is a place where children and adolescents go to live an receive mental health treatment. There has been some confusion about the education and special education rights of children and adolescents living at RTFs and about what happens when they return to their home school districts.
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Premise Alert System
On April 7th of 2008, The Premise Alert System was presented to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the Honorable Chris Ross, Representative from Chester County in a ceremony at the Rotunda in our state capitol building. The Premise Alert System is a safety program that supports individuals living with disabilities as well as Police Officers responding to calls at a specific address.
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A New National Listserv for the Waiting List - "NOEWAIT" - The National Organization to End the Waitlist through Advocacy, Information and Transformation
Dedicated to ending national waitlists for services for adults with Developmental Disabilities through ADVOCACY within the political system, the sharing of INFORMATION from all sources, and the TRANSFORMATION of the laws, leading to all individuals with Developmental Disabilities receiving appropriate services of their choice within the community.
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PLEASE LET OTHERS KNOW!
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