1. Public hearing scheduled on the Board's 2021 Action Plan
A public hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 10th, on the Board’s proposed Action Plan for 2021. Families, persons served, providers and advocates are encouraged to participate. The public hearing will be held virtually on Zoom. Here is the link.
You may read the draft Action Plan here. This hearing will take the place of the regularly scheduled Family and Advocate Forum.
2. Nate Turner honored as Self-Advocate of the Year
Congratulations to Nate Turner on his selection by Courageous Community Services as the Self-Advocate of the Year. Nate has earned a reputation as a strong proponent of self-advocates and currently serves as the president of the self-advocacy organization SALUTE. Nate recently discussed the importance of being a self-advocate in a Board of DD podcast. You can listen here.
3. Employment opportunities
For information on open positions with the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities, follow this link.
TLC Transit is hiring drivers. They will train.
iConnect, a division of iDance is seeking Direct Support Professionals.
4. New Facebook group launches for discussion of developmental disabilities issues
A new group on Facebook has started where families and professionals can discuss issues, concerns, and questions about dd services. Find the new group and join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/dddiscussion/
5. Updated information about the stimulus checks
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced two important updates about economic impact payments (EIP). First, the IRS has extended the deadline for non-tax filers to provide information to get their EIP this year. The IRS previously announced that adult non-tax filers would have until November 21 to submit their information via the IRS’ Non-Filer Tool, while the deadline to submit information for children had expired. However, now, adults may continue to submit their children’s information until November 21 as well. An adult may receive up to $1,200. Adults with a qualifying child can get $500 per child.
Additionally, the IRS is now enabling Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries, who already received their own EIP, to use the Non-Filer Tool to register for a payment for their spouse or qualifying child if they did not receive their EIP. To help increase awareness about the importance of registering for an EIP, the IRS has established November 10 as National Economic Impact Payment Registration Day. Please help inform your clients about the extended deadline and that they can now use the tool for their spouse or child, even if they already received their own EIP.
6. Alert addresses the hazard of choking
This alert provides critical information to caregivers about preventing choking. You make the difference in choking prevention. Click here to read the alert.
7. Arc Ohio suggests webinar on technology
Arc Ohio is inviting parents, guardians and providers on Tuesday, 10 November at 12:00 noon for a special presentation by OnSeen, Inc, entitled "Technology for Parents, Guardians, and Providers in the Ohio IDD Community."
OnSeen provides a transformative technology solution, called LiveCare, for service providers in the developmental disabilities’ community. LiveCare seamlessly connects Consumers, Family Members, in-home Caregivers, and Service and Transportation Provider Management in real time via a simple mobile app.
To log on to the Webinar please use the following Zoom information: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscOigrDIjG9Oe-mDMBHIZN0nqwR4Qx5lN
8. iCafe is offering catering
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9. Worth Repeating
"A great man is always willing to be little." -Ralph Waldo Emerson