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A temporary COVID-19 exception will end in mid-July, if Oregon doesn't act to keep it. Families say the paid parent caregiver option is essential.

More than 5,400 Oklahomans currently hold a place on a 13-year waiting list to receive developmental disability services (DDS) to help them live at home in the community instead of

Oregon’s Human Service budgeteers are members of LGBTQ community , Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Oregon’s Human Service budgeteers are members of LGBTQ community , Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Mike Nowatzki North Dakota Office of the Governor Gov. Doug Burgum released the following statement today after signing House Bill 1247, which directs the state Department of Health and Department of Human Services to unite into the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, effective Sept. 1, 2022. “North Dakota’s Department of Health and Department of Human Services have a long history of working together to serve the citizens of our state, as evidenced by their lifesaving w...

Friday, April 9, 2021 The Arc of Nebraska advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Senator Machaela Cavanaugh has introduced AM 896 to LB 380 to fund Nebraska’s long-neglected Developmental Disabilities, Waiting List fully. For nearly 3000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, this will make a tremendous difference in their lives, for The State of Nebraska, this means creating long-term savings in our Medicaid System, and for families, this me...

How people with disabilities are accessing the coronavirus vaccine Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org Physician Assistant Rick Pope fills a syringe with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Pomperaug High School in Southbury. Kevin Skeggs was smiling under his mask. The 24-year-old sat with his mom in the activity room of the Arc of Litchfield County in Torrington on Friday. Christine Skeggs briefly pulled back her son’s mask to show a big smile. He had a good reason — Kevin had just receive...

Agencies offer hope for those struggling with addiction during COVID-19 pandemic     Albany, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Disruptive events such as a natural disaster or loss of a job can affect individuals, as well as their families, even when the circumstances are short in duration. In the midst of a global pandemic that has disrupted the lives of nearly everyone in myriad ways — from being shut off from loved ones to long periods spent in isolation — and has lasted for a year the imp...

The Center for Public Representation issued the following news: The Center, together with a broad cross section of the disability, aging, and civil rights organizations, urged the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to take specific steps to ensure individuals at high risk of complications from COVID-19 have equitable access to the vaccines. These recommendation include: (1) the development and distribution of accessible, plain language resources in multiple formats; (2) broadening the list of qual...

RHONDOR DOWLAT-ROSTANT The 1st Choice Family Services (1stCFS) of the USA recently handed out thousands of dollars’ worth of school supplies, toys and food, to families and homeless individuals in Trinidad, who needed it the most during the Yuletide season. The organisation is dedicated to providing essential and uncompromising quality services to developmentally disabled individuals in Ohio (USA). In its project, “Mission Giveback”, the organizers expressed delight in the fact that the d...