In this webinar, Roberta Newton, manager of the Los Angeles Office of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities speaks about:
> The importance of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
> What changes are coming to HCBS and and how people with developmental disabilities will be affected.
> How to prepare for and participate in the development of new HCBS regulations.
Assessment 10
Project 2
Needs Assessment
Community Name
Saint Helena Island
Description of the community needs
Saint Helena Island found within the county of Beaufort, South Carolina. The city is scenically and has a string reservation of the culture of antebellum. There is a reconstruction monument that symbolizes the after civil war reconstruction. There are military establishments that are located in Beaufort, such as the US Naval Hospital, Paris Island, and the Marine Air Station. Two thousand eighteen census statistics indicate the population of the area as being 188,715 within the city boundaries. The racial distribution stands at Asians being 1.4 %, African Americans 18.2 %, and whites 77.9%. The possible needs for this population are providing affordable facilities, proper care to help those in the community that is suffering from substance abuse. Another need is eliminating the ongoing violence in the community.
Community Needs that are Currently Being Met
The community needs that are currently being met are the mayor and police department working together to try to cut down the crime rate for a safer community. Beaufort County Sheriff Department is working with the community and taking the necessary steps to provide more safety checks, holding town hall meetings to educate the community, and providing safety tips on how to stay safe. Youth and adult males ages 18- 50 would benefit from seeking assistance from Human Services. Substance abuse is one of the biggest problems in the community, and seeking help from human services professionals would be beneficial. Services available to the population is a program provided through the Department of Social Services. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center, which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC, which is a temporary live-in facility. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center, which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC, which is a temporary live-in facility. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC which is a temporary live in facility.
Community that were identified as not being met or population not being served
Thecommunity is not being served as it should be because of the lack of facility treatment centers in the community. Crimes are something else that needs to be addressed in the community. The police are slow in the process of stopping and solving crimes in a timely matter. The community is afraid to come forward because of the lack of protection. Funding and facilities are needed to help the people in the community overcome their addiction, which needs to be affordable for people without insurance. There is only one facility in the ...
This report was submitted to the City of Somerville, MA in December, 2005. Written by a human rights activist who focuses on disAbility rights issues, this report particularly focused on developing ideas to help the City of Somerville respond to the needs of low-income individuals with disAbilities in Somerville, MA- who constitute approximately 20% of the city's population- and over 33% of the low-income community of Somerville.
The Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD) unanimously voted to submit this as a Commission-vetted product before it was hand-delivered and emailed to mayor Curtatone, the Office of Community Development and Sponsored Programs, and many other municipal Department directors, subrecipient non-profits throughout Somerville, and several other Commissions, iin the week of December 15, 2005.
2011: This municipality's disAbility access and inclusion gaps persist. The only choice open to activists is to submit State and federal complaints until the city's leadership begins to understand and acknowledge that people with disAbilities have legitimate, equal rights- and abilities.
In this webinar, Roberta Newton, manager of the Los Angeles Office of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities speaks about:
> The importance of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
> What changes are coming to HCBS and and how people with developmental disabilities will be affected.
> How to prepare for and participate in the development of new HCBS regulations.
Assessment 10
Project 2
Needs Assessment
Community Name
Saint Helena Island
Description of the community needs
Saint Helena Island found within the county of Beaufort, South Carolina. The city is scenically and has a string reservation of the culture of antebellum. There is a reconstruction monument that symbolizes the after civil war reconstruction. There are military establishments that are located in Beaufort, such as the US Naval Hospital, Paris Island, and the Marine Air Station. Two thousand eighteen census statistics indicate the population of the area as being 188,715 within the city boundaries. The racial distribution stands at Asians being 1.4 %, African Americans 18.2 %, and whites 77.9%. The possible needs for this population are providing affordable facilities, proper care to help those in the community that is suffering from substance abuse. Another need is eliminating the ongoing violence in the community.
Community Needs that are Currently Being Met
The community needs that are currently being met are the mayor and police department working together to try to cut down the crime rate for a safer community. Beaufort County Sheriff Department is working with the community and taking the necessary steps to provide more safety checks, holding town hall meetings to educate the community, and providing safety tips on how to stay safe. Youth and adult males ages 18- 50 would benefit from seeking assistance from Human Services. Substance abuse is one of the biggest problems in the community, and seeking help from human services professionals would be beneficial. Services available to the population is a program provided through the Department of Social Services. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center, which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC, which is a temporary live-in facility. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center, which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC, which is a temporary live-in facility. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC which is a temporary live in facility.
Community that were identified as not being met or population not being served
Thecommunity is not being served as it should be because of the lack of facility treatment centers in the community. Crimes are something else that needs to be addressed in the community. The police are slow in the process of stopping and solving crimes in a timely matter. The community is afraid to come forward because of the lack of protection. Funding and facilities are needed to help the people in the community overcome their addiction, which needs to be affordable for people without insurance. There is only one facility in the ...
This report was submitted to the City of Somerville, MA in December, 2005. Written by a human rights activist who focuses on disAbility rights issues, this report particularly focused on developing ideas to help the City of Somerville respond to the needs of low-income individuals with disAbilities in Somerville, MA- who constitute approximately 20% of the city's population- and over 33% of the low-income community of Somerville.
The Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD) unanimously voted to submit this as a Commission-vetted product before it was hand-delivered and emailed to mayor Curtatone, the Office of Community Development and Sponsored Programs, and many other municipal Department directors, subrecipient non-profits throughout Somerville, and several other Commissions, iin the week of December 15, 2005.
2011: This municipality's disAbility access and inclusion gaps persist. The only choice open to activists is to submit State and federal complaints until the city's leadership begins to understand and acknowledge that people with disAbilities have legitimate, equal rights- and abilities.
Communities for a Better Tomorrow: Working for Children Everyday in Every WayLaila Bell
Communities for a Better Tomorrow is an Action for Children North Carolina lead prevention initiative targeting high-risk children and youth in Halifax, Northampton, Hertford and Bertie counties.
Somerville Disability Commissioners, 2006, attempted to form a collaborative strategy to address and implement bus stop accessibility improvements. But the City staff were unwilling to broker a good-faith relationship with the MBTA.
At one meeting, City ADA Coordinator Campbell summed up the city’s stance with the following words, “YOU (MBTA) were sued, so YOU should be doing this. We didn’t do anything wrong and we don’t have to do anything for you.”
meetings disintegrated in April 2008, after no Somerville staff promises were upheld.
Bizwerx Innovation & Mobility Hub by Dr. Cassandra LittleForth
Dr. Cassandra Little, CEO at the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce gave this presentation at the Forth Increasing Community Impact with Meaningful Engagement webinar on April 09, 2024.
York Herald, 2014 Issue #5, Gloucester, VA BoS Chuck Thompson
News letter of Phillip Bazzani, Gloucester County Board of Supervisors. Gloucester, Virginia. Keeping everyone up to date on Board Meeting information and decisions. Used in news stories over at Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us.
ECDP recently took part in OPM's personalisation debate, centring around the importance of frontline workers in social care. This speech represents our argument against the motion.
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FINAL CUMULATIVE UPDATE FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LAW, THIRD EDITIChereCheek752
FINAL CUMULATIVE UPDATE FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LAW, THIRD EDITION
January 2018
This final cumulative update for the third edition of California School Law encompasses
significant legal developments since the book was published in September 2013. The update may
be downloaded and printed without charge. Each development is linked to the relevant chapter
and page in California School Law. Thus, readers will find it easy to scroll through this document
to find developments of particular interest. Another approach is simply to print the update and
keep it together with the book.
Because many updates involve legislative changes to the California Education Code, readers who
want to consult the statutes themselves should go to the California Department of Education
website at www.cde.ca.gov and click on Laws and Regulations under the “Resources” heading.
Note that as with the book, the information herein is not intended to take the place of expert
advice and assistance from a lawyer. It is posted on the book’s website with the understanding
that neither the publisher nor the authors are rendering legal services. If specific legal advice or
assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
CHAPTER 1
LAW AND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOLING SYSTEM
Page 8: Application of the Americans with Disabilities Act to Person in Wheelchair at
Football Games.
As noted in Table 1-1 on this page, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accords
persons with disabilities meaningful access to programs and facilities at most businesses in the
country. A good illustration of how ADA applies to persons outside the employment context
involves a federal lawsuit brought by a disabled person in a wheelchair who claimed that the
failure of the Lindsay Unified School District in the Visalia-Porterville metropolitan area to
modify its bleachers to accommodate wheelchairs denied him meaningful access to view football
games. The high school bleachers at this small school district were constructed in 1971 and are
not wheelchair accessible. But the district allows spectators in wheelchairs at several locations on
the sides of the field including the end zone at the east side near a concession stand. The plaintiff-
appellant argued that these locations are not the same as having access to the bleachers where his
view of the field won’t be obstructed by persons walking in front of him and by standing players
and coaches and in some locations by a fence. Under ADA Title II regulations, public facilities
constructed prior to January 26, 1992, need not to be made accessible and usable by persons with
disabilities but the public entity must make its programs readily accessibility. Here, the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit noted that the school district “offers many different
locations from which spectators who use wheelchairs are able to view football games, and it is
...
Communities for a Better Tomorrow: Working for Children Everyday in Every WayLaila Bell
Communities for a Better Tomorrow is an Action for Children North Carolina lead prevention initiative targeting high-risk children and youth in Halifax, Northampton, Hertford and Bertie counties.
Somerville Disability Commissioners, 2006, attempted to form a collaborative strategy to address and implement bus stop accessibility improvements. But the City staff were unwilling to broker a good-faith relationship with the MBTA.
At one meeting, City ADA Coordinator Campbell summed up the city’s stance with the following words, “YOU (MBTA) were sued, so YOU should be doing this. We didn’t do anything wrong and we don’t have to do anything for you.”
meetings disintegrated in April 2008, after no Somerville staff promises were upheld.
Bizwerx Innovation & Mobility Hub by Dr. Cassandra LittleForth
Dr. Cassandra Little, CEO at the Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce gave this presentation at the Forth Increasing Community Impact with Meaningful Engagement webinar on April 09, 2024.
York Herald, 2014 Issue #5, Gloucester, VA BoS Chuck Thompson
News letter of Phillip Bazzani, Gloucester County Board of Supervisors. Gloucester, Virginia. Keeping everyone up to date on Board Meeting information and decisions. Used in news stories over at Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us.
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Maurice Muia, Climate Advisor at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) gave this presentation at the designing and financing transportation electrification webinar on February 09, 2021
FINAL CUMULATIVE UPDATE FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LAW, THIRD EDITIChereCheek752
FINAL CUMULATIVE UPDATE FOR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LAW, THIRD EDITION
January 2018
This final cumulative update for the third edition of California School Law encompasses
significant legal developments since the book was published in September 2013. The update may
be downloaded and printed without charge. Each development is linked to the relevant chapter
and page in California School Law. Thus, readers will find it easy to scroll through this document
to find developments of particular interest. Another approach is simply to print the update and
keep it together with the book.
Because many updates involve legislative changes to the California Education Code, readers who
want to consult the statutes themselves should go to the California Department of Education
website at www.cde.ca.gov and click on Laws and Regulations under the “Resources” heading.
Note that as with the book, the information herein is not intended to take the place of expert
advice and assistance from a lawyer. It is posted on the book’s website with the understanding
that neither the publisher nor the authors are rendering legal services. If specific legal advice or
assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
CHAPTER 1
LAW AND THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOLING SYSTEM
Page 8: Application of the Americans with Disabilities Act to Person in Wheelchair at
Football Games.
As noted in Table 1-1 on this page, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accords
persons with disabilities meaningful access to programs and facilities at most businesses in the
country. A good illustration of how ADA applies to persons outside the employment context
involves a federal lawsuit brought by a disabled person in a wheelchair who claimed that the
failure of the Lindsay Unified School District in the Visalia-Porterville metropolitan area to
modify its bleachers to accommodate wheelchairs denied him meaningful access to view football
games. The high school bleachers at this small school district were constructed in 1971 and are
not wheelchair accessible. But the district allows spectators in wheelchairs at several locations on
the sides of the field including the end zone at the east side near a concession stand. The plaintiff-
appellant argued that these locations are not the same as having access to the bleachers where his
view of the field won’t be obstructed by persons walking in front of him and by standing players
and coaches and in some locations by a fence. Under ADA Title II regulations, public facilities
constructed prior to January 26, 1992, need not to be made accessible and usable by persons with
disabilities but the public entity must make its programs readily accessibility. Here, the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit noted that the school district “offers many different
locations from which spectators who use wheelchairs are able to view football games, and it is
...
1. Davis Kennedy/Publisher & Editor
Chris Kain/Managing Editor
One-size-fits-all
On many D.C. blocks, residents have trouble parking near their
homes due to motorists from elsewhere in the city or beyond who take
up much of the street. One approach that has proved effective has been
resident-only parking, also known as Enhanced Residential Permit Park-
ing. Under that city program, one side of each street with Residential
Permit Parking (RPP) is designated only for residents of the same park-
ing zone while the other side allows anyone to park for up to two hours.
The D.C. Department of Transportation now has proposed expanding
that program for blocks that meet certain criteria, which in general is a
good idea that could help many residents. But sadly, the agency’s spe-
cific proposal is deeply flawed and needs to be revised.
Our primary concern is that to add a single block to the resident-only
program, every RPP block in an entire advisory neighborhood commis-
sion would receive similar restrictions, without regard for the widely
varied locations in many large ANCs.
For instance, if a Spring Valley resident sought parking protections
from customers at the local shopping area, Foxhall Village would have to
accept the same rules three miles away at the other end of ANC 3D.
Even in geographically smaller commissions closer to the city center —
such as ANC 2A in Foggy Bottom/West End — some community lead-
ers have pointed to a diversity of blocks under their jurisdiction, citing
concerns that resident-only parking would stand empty during the day.
There are multiple drawbacks to this all-or-nothing approach. An
ANC accepting resident-only parking may burden some of its constitu-
ents — including local businesses — with unnecessary restrictions on
parking for visitors and customers. On the flip side, residents whose
blocks are uniquely affected by visitor traffic may be kept out of the
program, if their ANC decides the program would have too many
unwanted consequences in other locations.
We understand the Transportation Department’s goal. Previous park-
ing restrictions applied only on a block-by-block basis, rather than using
a consistent policy. The new proposal calls for ensuring that an ANC
includes at least five blocks that would truly benefit from resident-only
parking, and its consistent application is intended to prevent one block
from pushing its own parking problems to nearby residents.
But residents have repeatedly stressed that one-size-fits-all parking
rules are inappropriate, and the message remains true within an ANC.
The Transportation Department needs to find another way to achieve its
goal — perhaps by listening more to residents who have long sought
parking rules tailored to reflect their blocks’ particular needs.
Closetheloopholenow
It would seem obvious that if any part of the criminal justice system
orders an individual to wear a GPS monitor, that individual is legally
required to do so.
But since 2014, judicial precedent in D.C. has disagreed, with a rul-
ing that only certain entities — a judge or the U.S. Parole Commission
— actually carry any legal authority on GPS mandates. The Court Ser-
vices and Offender Supervision Agency, which is responsible for many
local convicts, has no such power, according to a recent Washington
Post article. A convict could simply disable or remove his or her GPS
device and essentially face no consequence.
Infamously, this loophole allowed Antwon Pitt, now 22, to beat and
rape a woman in her Southeast home last year, shortly after he was
arrested for disabling his GPS tracker but then released. Mayor Muriel
Bowser is now proposing a legislative fix that would explicitly crimi-
nalize such behavior.
We wholeheartedly support the change, and the D.C. Council should
act promptly — on an emergency basis — to carry it out. We can fath-
om no legitimate basis for inaction or delay on this matter.
Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie, chair of the Committee
on the Judiciary, did raise one concern to The Post: Many juvenile
offenders are among the individuals under GPS monitoring, and they
are entitled to broader privacy protections.
We would not want to see juveniles inappropriately affected by a
legal change. But surely the council can make necessary improvements
to the law now to cover adult offenders, and then cycle back to tackle
the juvenile issue in the future when writing permanent legislation. The
status quo is unacceptable, and the solution is clear. It’s time to act, as
soon as possible.
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egarding The Current’s Aug. 17 editorial
on senior services, I’m not clear why the
paper suggests that Ward 3 must choose
between having a D.C. Office on Aging-spon-
sored senior wellness center or multiple smaller,
independent sites.
The fact is, Ward 3 already has multiple small-
er sites offering senior programs, such as the Uni-
versity of the District of Columbia’s BodyWise,
Sibley Memorial Hospital’s senior association, the
Wilson Aquatic Center, Iona Senior Services’ pro-
gram at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, and the
Department of Parks and Recreation’s Guy Mason
and Chevy Chase community centers. Thank
goodness for these caring providers who have so
admirably stepped up to care for our seniors,
since Ward 3 has the highest concentration of
seniors compared with the rest of the city and still
no senior wellness center.
As someone who founded Club 60+ at the
Chevy Chase Community Center in 2013 and
whose mother is elderly, I continue to be alarmed
at the lack of any comprehensive plan to address
the unique needs of seniors in Ward 3 and in
Ward 4 west of Rock Creek Park. Social isolation
is an epidemic in our country facing seniors in
retirement, and it doesn’t care what you look like
or how much you have in the bank.
Even with multiple service providers serving
our area, one still finds that the class variety is
limited, classes are not offered daily, classes do
not cater to the range of physical abilities of
seniors ages 55 to 95-plus, and in some cases
popular classes are closed to newcomers — ses-
sion after session.
Contrast this to a D.C. Office on Aging Senior
Wellness Center that operates full time Monday
through Friday, with many locations offering Sat-
urday hours, as well.
Last year, Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary
Cheh generously allocated $100,000 to study the
needs of seniors in Ward 3. Unfortunately, this
sum was redirected to fund the D.C. Office on
Aging’s citywide senior survey, distributed last
month to identify service gaps across the District.
Where does that leave Ward 3 now? According to
the Office on Aging, there is no money in its bud-
get until 2018, and even then there is no guaran-
tee that it could fund a senior wellness center. It is
up to us to make our priorities known.
In July, Advisory Neighborhood Commission
3/4G (Chevy Chase) passed a resolution unani-
mously seeking parity with six other wards
through the creation of a senior wellness center
for our community. We recognize that Ward 3
continues to lack the long-term planning, assess-
ment, coordination, expertise and oversight
housed in one centralized Office on Aging loca-
tion, operating full time for the benefit of Ward 3
and western Ward 4 seniors (and their caregivers).
Essentially, we’re asking for a budget line item
for Ward 3 comparable to those previously allo-
cated to six other wards for establishing their
senior wellness centers.
The good news for Ward 3 is that this is not an
either-or situation: Smaller senior sites continue
to operate in other wards in conjunction with a
city-sponsored senior wellness center to ensure
the needs of seniors are met. Indeed, no one loca-
tion can possibly accommodate all seniors. Why
can’t Ward 3 have the best of both worlds, too?
The fact is that for years no one realized that
Ward 3 and western Ward 4 were being deprived
of the kind of full-time, publicly sponsored facili-
ty that six other wards had! Now that we’ve
uncovered this fact, let’s join together and resolve
this disparity as soon as possible. One day, we all
may find ourselves grateful for the activities
being offered at our own senior wellness center.
Here’s to aging well and aging in place.
Carolyn “Callie” Cook is a member of Advisory
Neighborhood Commission 3/4G (Chevy Chase).
Ward3deservescityseniorwellnesscenter
VIEWPOINT
CAROLYN “CALLIE” COOK
City over-relies on
standardized tests
In response to The Current’s
Sept. 7 editorial “Administrative
glitches,” I think it is essential
to always point out that stan-
dardized test such as the Part-
nership for Assessment of Read-
iness for College and Careers
(PARCC) test and D.C.’s previ-
ous standardized exams, such as
DC-CAS, have no consequences
to the student.
Students are essentially tak-
ing the test as a favor to the
school, so it is not surprising
that students concerned about
Advanced Placement or SAT
scores give priority to tests that
matter to their future. Tests like
PARCC should therefore never
be used to evaluate schools or
teachers. How a “no-stakes” test
for the student was ever consid-
ered valid for “high-stakes”
evaluation of schools and espe-
cially teachers has never made
sense, but D.C. teachers have
lost their jobs as a result of the
misuse of such test scores.
Linking student test results to
specific teachers is impossible
without following individual
student test scores from year to
year, which has never been
done. Comparing this year’s
group of 10th-graders to a com-
pletely different group from the
prior year is not statistically
valid. The scheduling problems
discussed in the editorial simply
compound the inherent prob-
lems with the use of tests of no
consequence to the test takers.
Arthur Siebens
Retired biology teacher
at Wilson High School
Park Service isn’t
adequately funded
The Aug. 31 editorial “Mon-
umental failures” addresses the
limited access to the Washing-
ton Monument after the 2011
earthquake and insufficient ren-
ovation made to the elevator.
You’re right that the monu-
ment is not in good shape. Like
many national park sites around
the country, it has suffered from
congressional budget cuts that
have resulted in an almost $12
billion maintenance backlog
across the system. This number
grows every year, in part
because Congress has not ade-
quately funded the National
Park Service’s construction
account, which pays for critical
repairs and restoration projects.
This has led to unmaintained
trails, crumbling roads and visi-
tor centers in disrepair. Low
budgets mean park staff must
make tough choices about
which projects to prioritize and
which projects must wait. The
elevator issues at the Washing-
ton Monument, along with the
alarming deterioration of the
Memorial Bridge, are two glar-
ing D.C.-area examples.
In addition to being the right
thing to do for our national
parks and all who visit them,
investing in parks makes good
financial sense. For every dollar
Congress invests, $10 is
returned to the American econo-
my, because national park visi-
tation generates roughly $32
billion to our U.S. economy
annually.
Hopefully visitors will again
soon be able to experience the
tallest monumental column in
the world. And hopefully Con-
gress will honor our national
treasures by reallocating funds
to properly maintain them.
Laura Atchison
American University Park
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Tom Sherwood is on
vacation. His column will
resume when he returns.