____________________________________ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 10/19/2009 3:00:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: COUNCIL E-NEWS- October 19, 2009
COUNCIL E-NEWS- October 19, 2009 Council E-News is designed to provide resources and information about disability issues that will educate and empower advocates to form their own views on issues and advocate according to their personal needs and those of their communities. If you have comments or information to submit, contact Christine Dahlberg at [email protected] 8 ITEMS OF INTEREST 1. NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2009 DISABILITY CONFERENCE 2. TAKE THE “OUR VOICE …OUR FUTURE” ONLINE SURVEY TODAY! 3. MEDICAID WAIVER BOOKLETS (YELLOW BOOK) ORDERS 4. OCT 20 ADA AUDIO CONFERENCE ON THE REGS/ ADA AMENDMENTS ACT 5. SOCIAL SECURITY E-SERVICES SEMINAR; OCT 27 IN INDY 6. FAMILY ADVOCATE CONSULTANT POSITION OPEN 7. SPECIAL EDUCATION MICRO GRANT - ENTER BY OCT 31 8. COLLABORATIVE CONFERENCE ON AGING, INDIANAPOLIS, NOV 10-11 ******* 1.NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2009 DISABILITY CONFERENCE The annual Council conference for People with Disabilities takes place LESS THAN ONE MONTH FROM TODAY Nov. 16-17 in Indianapolis at the Hyatt Regency hotel For more information or to download registration materials: _www.in.gov/gpcpd_ (http://www.in.gov/gpcpd) Worried about making the deadline? You can fax your registration to 317-233-3712 and then mail your payment and the original >Hotel overnight deadline October 22 >Registrations due November 6 >Scholarship deadline passed (Oct 16) BUT you may still be able to get a scholarship if: 1 There a few overnight room still available for scholarship recipients from out of town on a first come first served basis. 2 If you need a registration only scholarship, you may register until the regular deadline of November 6. Join us this year for fun, networking and great sessions! Don’t forget to bring a canned good for Gleaners food bank to be entered in a special drawing. If you have questions or need print copies of the registration form, contact the Council at (317) 232-7770 or [email protected] ****** 2. TAKE THE “OUR VOICE …OUR FUTURE” ONLINE SURVEY TODAY! (deadline Oct 30) The Arc of Indiana is excited to share survey results gathered at our 2009 Conference, "Our Voice … Our Vision … Our Future," and invites those who could not attend the conference to let their voices be heard by taking the survey online. If you live in Indiana, and you have a family member with a developmental disability, or you are a self-advocate, or a professional in the field of developmental disabilities, please take a few minutes to complete the online survey. Taking the survey is easy. Go to: _www.arcind.org/_ (http://www.arcind.org/) and click on Take the Online Survey today under News Feed. You can also see the results so far! Our goal is 1,000 people participating by October 31st when the survey will close. Let your voice be heard! Please take the online survey today, and share this opportunity with other family members, self-advocates and professionals. A final report, that will include combined results from the online survey and the October 1st conference, will be released after November 15, 2009. This valuable information will be shared with the Governor's Council for People with Disabilities, state officials, organization leaders, providers, and family support groups to shape future decisions. ****** 3. MEDICAID WAIVER Guide (YELLOW BOOK) ORDERS When requesting more than 50 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Programs, Consumer Guides (also known as the yellow book) the Council needs at least a 30 day notice. This will allow sufficient time to duplicate the booklets and get them shipped to you (shipping usually take at least 3 days). If you are having a training, or special event that you plan to distribute the booklets, please remember to allow sufficient time when ordering. To order send a request to [email protected] or call Betty Jones at 317-232-7774- Thank You. FYI: The Medicaid Waiver guide provides information about all of the waiver programs as well as other programs that can help people with long term care and support needs. It includes resources and telephone numbers and a description of services and application process (46pgs). It is also available on line under publications at: in.gov/gpcpd ****** 4. OCT 20 ADA AUDIO CONFERENCE ON THE REGS/ ADA AMENDMENTS ACT Free at 12 Indiana locations For location information and more go to: _www.adaindiana.org_ (http://www.adaindiana.org/) October 20th (2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern) - Questions and Answers on the EEOC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 The first Audio Conference of the 2009-2010 Season will feature Sharon Rennert, Senior Attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), to discuss and answer questions about the proposed EEOC regulations. According to information provided in a press release from the EEOC, the regulations will be published during the week of September 21 in the Federal Register. There will be a 60-day comment period on the regulations. Please view the press release from the EEOC to read it in its entirety. Certificate of Participation and/or CRCC continuing education credits are available for this session. Please sign-up at the site you attend. ******* ******* 5. SOCIAL SECURITY E-SERVICES SEMINAR; OCT 27 IN INDY Please join us for an interactive seminar demonstrating a wide-range of Social Security online services: Please RSVP to Charo Boyd at [email protected] or 1-866-931-7057 ext 22607 -General overview of Retirement, Spouse, Survivors, and Medicare benefits -Detailed explanation of entitlement factors for SSI and SSDI -Demonstrate SSA’s online disability application and the determination process -Highlight SSA’s webpage for People with Disabilities, Social Agencies, and Representatives -Illustrate other useful online tools including 700 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) SEMINAR DETAILS Tuesday, October 27th, 2009..2:30pm-4:00pm Riley Room Bring your laptop with wireless capability! Central Library 40 East St. Clair Indianapolis, IN 46206 ****** 6. FAMILY ADVOCATE CONSULTANT POSITION OPEN Info from Ask: The Indiana Community Integrated Systems of Services (IN CISS) Project is searching for a parent of child/children with special health care needs to advocate for CYSHCN and their families while working within a multidisciplinary team, i.e. medical professionals, volunteers, community groups, and families of children with special needs. Experience navigating state and local government systems, accessing a wide variety of services and supports, knowledge of statewide and local family and disability organizations and an understanding of the Medical Home and Family-Centered Care is a must. Position located in Indianapolis. For more information and a full job description contact: Kimberly Minniear, Grant Project Manager, IN CISS Project (317) 233-7428; [email protected] ****** 7. SPECIAL EDUCATION MICRO GRANT - ENTER BY OCT 31 Special Education works, one student at a time. Teachers know the impact of these individual efforts is far reaching. Take five minutes to apply for this microgrant to share how your work, project or idea can make a positive impact for special education students. Your project may inspire other teachers who collectively can make a difference in the lives of more students with special needs. Enter by October 31st, and then rally as many votes as you can. The projects with the most community votes receive $200 and a Flip Video camera to share the project in action. Applicants must be educators and must have an active teacher profile on WeAreTeachers.com: _http://www.weareteachers.com/_ (http://www.weareteachers.com/) ***** 8. INDIANA COLLABORATIVE CONFERENCE ON AGING, INDIANAPOLIS, NOV 10-11 Hello. I wanted to make you aware of the Indiana Collaborative Conference on Aging. The Indiana Collaborative Conference on Aging is taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 10 & 11th, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Marriott East hotel. There are four curriculum tracks including Health & Wellness, Care & Support, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia and Aging Veteran Issues. The flyer is attached to this email for your convenience. I have also attached a word document, in case that is easier. CEU's are available. A couple of the sessions include: "Building Resiliency: Preventing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Professionals" "The Role of Exercise in the Management of Chronic Disease in Older Adults" "The Medical Home Concept of Care" "Psychosocial Factors in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI)"and several more.... One of our Keynote Speakers will be Dr. Josepha Campinha-Bacote. Dr. Campinha-Bacote will present "Listening to Many Voices – Serving a Diverse Aging Population." Dr. Campinha-Bacote is the President and Founder of Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates, a private consultation service which focuses on clinical, administrative, research, and educational issues in transcultural health care and mental health. She has worked with managed health care organizations, acute and long term medical centers, outpatient healthcare organizations, academic institutions, community outreach centers, faith-based organizations and the federal government to enhance the level of cultural competence among their employees and health care professionals. It is my hope that you will find this conference announcement to be worthwhile and will forward the information to others in the community who may benefit. For more information or to register, visit _www.inagingconference.com. _ (http://www.inagingconference.com. /) There are a few exhibitor booths still available. If you are interested, please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you for your time and consideration of this valuable event. Emily Abel, Gerontology Graduate Assistant, UIndy Center for Aging & Community [email protected] 317-791-5930 ******* Please let me know if you would prefer not to receive this info in future and I will remove you from the list. If you receive this forwarded from someone else and would like to get it directly send your name, organization, street address and e-mail to me at the address below. We use the database for our print On Target newsletter to send E-mail News so if you sign up, you will receive both in the future. Christine Dahlberg, Associate Director Governor's Council for People with Disabilities 150 West Market, Suite 628 Indianapolis, IN 46204 317-232-7774 317-233-3712 (fax) [email protected] _www.state.in.us/gpcpd_ (http://www.state.in.us/gpcpd)
