Dear Friends,

While it appears to many of us that our services to the deaf and
disability communities is a thankless job, we have been getting a lot
of thanks for our work. The thanks we have been getting so far
unfortunately has not been very visible to the public. People have
been sending us donations and buying things, LOTS OF THINGS, through
our ebay store and catalog. Our weekly sales through our ebay store
has gone beyond the $2,000 mark and that could be a beautiful
suggestion that our society is showing enormous thanks for our good deeds.

We have also been very busy expanding our operations, getting the
grant proposals and RFP's done and submitted, going to chamber of
commerce meetings. And this is one of the few reasons our newsletter
frequency has sort of spaced out. The county is going to hire another
person to work in our office soon and hopes that frees up more time.
Also be mindful that editor was also elected as his condominium's
assiciation's superintendent last October and that added the
responsibilities equivalent to that of an apartment manager to his hands.

We have been getting calls about some of the editor's youtube videos.
The editor made those youtube videos for a good reason, to educate
the public of the dark side of the California state system that
finances the deaf social service programs. Much work needs to be done
to eliminate the collusions that remain within the state deaf services
funding program and the videos are already getting their attention.

Congratulations and kudos goes to the Deaf Life Magazine for their
bold comeback!

We also are getting calls for Disneyland tickets as well, we had plans
for a deaf day at Disneyland but it was scrapped.

We are getting ourselves ready for the big education campaign of 2007
with the kickoff at the Orange County Mixer in March.

We now have 14 month 2007 English-Spanish-ASL calendars for sale now.
Check our ebay catalog item
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230057779149?refid=store
and they make great gifts.!

We also have a huge stock of American Sign Language Alphabet Placemats
this year we wont run out like we did last year.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230053135704?refid=store
and they also make great gifts too.

Do your shopping at our eBay store today! Lots of NEW products for
the deaf, and blind, and other disabilities. We also have products
for people with Cochlear Implants and people who need FM systems.
Remember your parents, grand parents, brothers, sisters, family
members, co-workers who need adaptive equipment. Employers can shop
here for equipment and accessories for their hearing impaired workers.
Stop by http://stores.ebay.com/OCDAC-Adaptive-Equipment-and-More
today to start your shopping.

OCDAC Communications
ocdac@...
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/img/keycard.jpeg

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With our subscribership from the international communities increasing
at a steady pace, we wish to make this newsletter accessible to them
and the easiest way to accomplish this is by directing them to
http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/ and entering
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocdacnewsletter/ in the website
translation box and the babelfish will help our international
subscribers become strong advocates for the deaf and disability
communities.

This weekly newsletter is now available in print form to be mailed out
each week. The price is going to be $90 per year for the print
version and the price is highly reasonable due to it's very rich deaf
and disability advocacy content and very little advertising. This
still beats out the other deaf print news that are chock full of
distracting advertisements. They are now available in other
alternative formats like floppies, braille, and in large print for
people with vision impairments. For more information, please email
ocdac@...

Our Campbell's product label collection campaign to help us raise the
means to get supplies for our office is producing results. Start
saving your Campbells product labels today and mail them to us on the
first week of each month. We have aproximately 1600 subscribers and
if each one of them accumulates and sends us 900-1000 labels a month,
we'd be able to get lots of new equipment for our office and internal
and external education programs! Lets get those labels coming. Our
big thanks to those who sent in their labels.

-------------< ANNOUNCEMENT >

Take a look and bookmark our new search page!
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/search.html It's a good source of
information you can use.

-------------< OUTSIDE NEWS PART 1/3 >

Congratulations Money Follow the Person Awardees.

On January 11, 2007, CMS announced the 17 States that were awarded
"first round" Money Follows the Person (MFP) grants. Congratulations!

CMS stated that "for too long people had to follow the money," and now
Medicaid money can follow the people. These 17 MFP awardees are
expected to "reinvest the savings [from the institutions] into
community-based services" and to have "annual rebalancing benchmarks."

These 17 States will receive more than $23 million in FY 07 and will
be eligible for more than $900 million federal dollars over the next 5
years. These funds will help 25,000 disabled and elderly persons
leave institutions, return to the community, and receive appropriate
Medicaid funded services in their own homes. CMS emphasized that the
winning States addressed a broad range of people with disabilities,
people with "complex needs," people with developmental disabilities,
elderly persons, persons with dual diagnoses and others.

CMS stated that the MFP grants will help States "level the playing
field by eliminating barriers in the community" and "expand choice"
for persons who want to live in the community.

CMS publicly recognized ADAPT's and NCIL's extraordinary hard work in
both convincing Congress to allocate the $1.75 billion for MFP and in
urging and working with States during the application process.

Now the work really begins in those 17 States. Over the next 12
months, you and your State must flesh out "Operational Protocols"
answering how the program will be implemented. Disability and elderly
advocates have the expertise in transitioning persons from
institutions to the community. You know the real problems people will
face. Get to the table.

The 17 winning States are: WI, NY, WA, CN, MI, OKL, ARK, MARYLAND,
NEB, N. HAMPSHIRE, CA, IND, TX, S. CAR, IOWA, OH, MISSOURI.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER STATES?

Another 21 States applied for MFP but, according to CMS, need to
"refine their application" with "more specificity." As far as we can
tell, as a general matter, CMS correctly did not award these 21 States
a first round grant because CMS wants (a) more details on how these
21States will "rebalance" their institutional versus community
Medicaid expenditures/services and (b) more specific benchmarks
regarding the numbers of persons who will be transitioned out of the
institutions.

As disability and elderly advocates, this information is critical for
us, too. By January 22, 2007, CMS will notify these 21 States
regarding the specific additional information required in order to win
"second round" MFP grants. These States will have 30 days to respond
and CMS expects to announce late March which of these 21 States will
be "second round" MFP winners.

CMS did not identify these 21 States. Did your State apply for MFP's
"enhanced federal match" grants? Did disability and elderly advocates
participate in writing the MFP proposal? Will you, on 1/22, be able to
learn what CMS wants from your State? Will you be able to assist your
State in responding to CMS?

We had heard rumors that some States submitted very nonspecific MFP
applications just to placate disability and elderly advocates in their
State. You should get a copy of the 1/21CMS letter to your State
Medicaid office so you can know specifically what CMS wants to know.
This letter is a great opportunity for disability and elderly
advocates to get to the table with your State's Medicaid officials and
discuss rebalancing your Medicaid budget.

OH, you want to know about the remaining13 States that DID NOT EVEN
APPLY FOR MFP! Those 13 States apparently care so little about the
unnecessary institutionalization of its disabled and elderly citizens
that they did not even apply for the extra federal monies. Shame on
these 13 States!

Do you know if your State falls in the 13 State did not apply category?

What are the disability and elderly advocates going to do about these
States?

If you know specific persons in nursing facilities who want out, what
are you going to do about it? Has your Medical Assistance Director
ever met a nursing home resident who wants to live at home? Remember
Pogo?

Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues

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COME TO OUR MEETUPS!

The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group -
http://asl.meetup.com/37/ - and the he Orange County Deaf & Hearing
Impaired Meetup Group http://deaf.meetup.com/38/ meets each 3rd
Fridays of the month.

Come to our meetup on February 16, 2006.

The Orange County American Sign Language & Orange County Deaf &
Hearing Impaired Meetup.

When:
Friday, February 16, 7:00 PM

Where:
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
17595 Harvard Ave #B
Irvine, CA
(949) 660-1332

What:
Meet the 2 meetups

===================================

Oral Deaf Orange County Club

Come to our meetup on Tuesday February 6, 2007.

Oral Deaf Orange County Club

When:
Tuesday, February 6, 7:00 PM

Where:
Natαle Coffee
2801 W. MacArthur A2
Santa Ana, CA
714-668-9094

-------------< ANNOUNCEMENT >

See what we offer at Ebay!
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=ocdac

-------------< DEAF GRAPEVINE >

Deaf Life's Magazine's Comeback
The "Unity for Gallaudet" protest generated a lot of multimedia
coverage and commentary, including dedicated Websites and blogs. Among
other features, their January 2007 issue contains an exclusive
timeline of the protest, and a "farewell" interview with Dr. I. King
Jordan.
Deaf Life Magazine is the only colorful magazine with news and stories
and information about the deaf community.
www.deaflife.com

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Top Cities in Disability Friendliness, Outreach

Berkeley, CA, and Chicago, IL, have been chosen as the winner and
runner-up in the sixth annual Accessible America Contest, the National
Organization on Disability (NOD) announced today. The cities are being
heralded as national models for innovative programs to promote
community inclusion of people with disabilities.

The Accessible America Contest, administered by NOD's Community
Partnership Program, is sponsored by generous grants from UPS and
Wal-Mart.

Other 2006 contest finalists were: Alexandria, VA; Bloomington, IN;
Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Miami Beach, FL; New Haven, CT; San
Francisco, CA; and Sioux Falls, SD.

Berkeley will receive the top prize of $25,000 sponsored by UPS. Their
best practices included the nation's first universally designed
affordable housing development; a comprehensive transportation
program, an outstanding emergency preparedness planfor people with
disabilities, and a self-imposed tax to fund some of their disability
services.

Chicago, as runner-up, will receive a Wal-Mart sponsored cash award of
$10,000. Chicago was chosen for a variety of programs that help
incorporate people with disabilities in community life, included
rewriting of the city building code to mandate adaptable and visitable
requirement in privately and governmentally owned and financed units;
the creation of a Mayoral Task Force on Employment of People with
Disabilities; a certification program for business enterprises owned
and operated by people with disabilities.

The award money will be presented at forthcoming ceremonies to
theMayor in each of the winning cities and is intended to fund local
disability-related efforts.

Previous Accessible America first-place winners include: Cambridge,
MA, Venice, FL; Irvine, CA; Phoenix, AZ; and Pasadena,CA. Honorable
mentions have gone to Austin, TX, and West Hollywood, CA.

The finalists were judged by five leading national disability
advocates and experts. Accessible America applicants demonstrate an
exceptional commitment to offering their citizens with disabilities
full and equal opportunities to participate in the life of their
communities, including access to jobs, education, religious worship,
voting, transportation, housing, emergency preparedness planning, and
services. The Accessible America Contest promotes nationwide
replication of these best practices.

For information about entering the 2007 Accessible America
Competition, contact Mr. Rik Opstelten at 202/293-5960. The deadline
is October 31, 2007. Additional information is available online at
http://www.nod.org.

-------------< ANNOUNCEMENT >

Take a look and bookmark our new search page!
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/search.html It's a good source of
information you can use.

-------------< OUTSIDE NEWS PART 2/3 >

From the Desk of Day Al-Mohamed, Director of Advocacy and Governmental
Affairs

January 11, 2007

Yesterday afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the Fair
Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (H.R. 2) by a vote of 315 to 116. The bill
raises the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour over the
next two years and two months. This would take place in three stages:
to $5.85 an hour 60 days after being signed into law by the president,
to $6.55 a year later and then to $7.25 the following year. According
to a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV.), a vote
in the Senate is not expected until the end of next week.

Of particular note, and perhaps as an opportunity for future action,
are the following comments made by Representative English (PA) they
can be found in yesterdays Congressional Record:

Today, we have an opportunity to raise the minimum wage, but because
of the procedural restrictions we face on the floor some are going to
be left behind and that is particularly disappointing.

While H.R. 2 will provide a $2.10 raise for American workers, sadly,
it fails to take into account many Americans with disabilities who are
in our workforce. These are disabled Americans who receive SSI
disability benefits who are active participants in the workforce and
maintaining jobs that give them great satisfaction. Unfortunately,
they are left behind because, currently, SSI beneficiaries are limited
to $900 per month in order to remain eligible to receive benefits. If
the wage hike under consideration today goes into law without raising
an earnings limit for people on SSI, Americans with disabilities
engaged in full-time employment would either potentially lose their
benefits or have to cut back on their hours. That is a decision they
shouldn't have to make.

Mr. Speaker, this is not only a disincentive to work, it is a woefully
shortsighted policy, which hopefully we will be able to correct before
this law goes into effect.

I introduced H.R. 290 which would ensure that workers with
disabilities would not lose their payments through raising the
earnings limitation on SSI. I wasn't able to offer that provision
today because no amendments are being allowed. The result,
unfortunately, is, having barred Republicans from having offered this
change as an amendment, the majority has created as real victims not
House Republicans but Americans with disabilities. And that is a shame.

Although an increase in the minimum wage is critical, and I strongly
support this bill, I sincerely hope that the new majority will move
ultimately to rectify this inequity in this Congress.

Source:
Day Al-Mohamed
Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs
American Council of the Blind
1155 15th St. NW
Washington DC 20005
Tel. 202-467-5081
dalmohamed@...

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"I do know that there are a lot of deaf people that feel as if a deaf
person should be treated just as a hearing person."
Rick Norris, Communication Service for the Deaf

-------------< ANNOUNCEMENT >

Do you shop at Albertsons or Sav-on stores? You can get a free
community partners card at those stores and then add it to our list of
supporters. A percent of what you buy will go to helping our Deaf
youth program. If you already have a school or other program that you
are supporting, don't worry, you can add your card to support our
program too! It doesnt cost you anything more than your purchases to
be a supporter. There are two ways to add your card. You can email
your First and Last name with your phone number and community partners
card number to ocdac@... or you can download and print
our Albertsons / Sav-on Community Partners signup forms at
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/community/AlbertsonsSignup.pdf and have
your friends, neighbors, associates, and relatives sign up as
supporters and then mail the form to the address on the form. To reach
our funding goal we need 25,000 supporters who shop at Albertsons /
Sav-on. And remember to use your community partners card when you shop
at Albertsons or Sav-on.

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Middle States Commission on Higher Education
3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680
Phone: 267-284-5000 Fax: 215-662-5501 www.msache.org
Report to the Faculty, Staff, Students, and Administration
of Gallaudet University
by a Team Representing
the Middle States Commission of Higher Education
Dr. Stephen Sweeny, President, College of New Rochelle, Team Chair
Dr. David Rubino, Special Assistant to the President, Seton Hill
University
Ms. Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President, Wells College
accompanied by
Ms. Linda Suskie, Vice President, MSCHE

January 10-12, 2007

Gallaudet University is a private liberal arts institution in
Washington DC offering certificate/diploma, bachelor's, master's, and
doctoral programs. Its primary mission is to serve the deaf and hard
of hearing. In addition to its Washington campus, it operates Regional
Centers at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida; Johnson County
Community College in
Overland Park, Kansas; Kapialani Community College in Honolulu,
Hawaii; Northern Essex
Community College in Haverhill, Massachusetts; and Ohlone College in
Fremont, California. It
has been accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher
Education since 1957.
The team is highly impressed with Gallaudet's extraordinary resources
and magnificent facilities,
which may well rank among the finest of any institution in the
country. The team is also struck
by Gallaudet's warm, nurturing environment; during the visit Gallaudet
was repeatedly
characterized as "home."

This visit was conducted in response to action taken by the Middle
States Commission on Higher
Education on November 16, 2006, to acknowledge receipt of the Periodic
Review Report and
the staff-requested information report on governance and climate due
November 9, 2006, to
express serious concern regarding recent developments at the
institution, to postpone a
decision on accreditation, and to direct a small team visit by January
12, 2007. The Commission
acted further to request a supplemental information report, due by
March 1, 2007, on (1) the
effectiveness of shared governance including presidential search
process, (2) nurturance of a
climate that fosters respect among students, faculty, staff, and
administration for a range of
backgrounds, ideas, and perspectives, (3) mission review and
implementation of a
comprehensive institutional strategic plan, (4) implementation of a
comprehensive enrollment
management plan that addresses student recruitment, retention,
graduation, and placement,
(5) evidence of the academic rigor of the degrees offered, and (6)
procedures for ensuring that
changes and issues affecting the institution are disclosed accurately
and in a timely manner to
the Commission. An additional visit may follow submission of the
supplemental information
report. The Commission acted further to request a monitoring report,
due by April 1, 2008,
documenting (1) the institution's further response to recommendations
from the 2001
evaluation team report and (2) implementation of a documented,
organized and sustained
2
process to assess the achievement of institutional and program-level
student learning goals that
includes direct evidence of student learning.
During its visit, the team met with:

• Interim President Robert Davila and his staff
• Interim Provost Michael Moore and his staff
• The MSA planning committee
• Representatives of the faculty and staff (with perhaps 200 or
more in attendance)
• Representatives of the students (with perhaps 100 in attendance)
• The entire Board of Trustees

The team thanks the Gallaudet University community, especially
President Davila, Provost
Moore, and their staffs, for their gracious hospitality in hosting
this visit. The team is cognizant that this visit was scheduled at a
particularly busy time, with the President formally assuming his
position only one week earlier, with a high school basketball
tournament and university student orientation occurring concurrently,
and with Spring classes scheduled to begin the following week. The
team is grateful to the entire University community for accommodating and
actively participating in the visit at this time.

The purpose of the visit was:

• to convey personally the Commission's serious concern
regarding recent events at
Gallaudet University,
• to explain the Commission's standards for accreditation,
• to explain what is requested in the Supplemental Information
Report due March 1,
2007, and
• to discuss potential Commission actions and the timeframe for
them from this point
forward.

During the visit, the team repeatedly expressed that the free, open,
and unfettered exchange of
ideas is the hallmark of an accredited institution. The team further
stressed that closing an
institution through protest, preventing or intimidating students from
attending class, or
precluding the open exchange of ideas brings the institution out of
compliance with Middle
States' accreditation standards, and any further such actions will
have dire consequences in
terms of accreditation.

The team further observed that there is great fragmentation within the
Gallaudet community
regarding its mission, leading to concerns about the mission's
viability, and the team urged the
Gallaudet community to consider reviewing the mission.
The team also observed that the shared governance structure is unclear
and may be ineffective.
The team therefore stressed the need for the University community to
review and evaluate the
effectiveness of its governance structure.

The team further noted that Gallaudet's historic isolation from the
rest of the higher education
community has not served it well, especially in recent years when
expectations and initiatives in
higher education have changed dramatically. The team strongly
encouraged the University to
become a more active participant in the Middle States Association and
other relevant higher
education organizations.

The team encouraged the Gallaudet community to use the preparation of
the Supplemental
Information Report as an opportunity for broad-based dialogue across
the University community
regarding the University's mission and to aim to develop a report that
can be a template for an
operational plan for the University over the coming 18-24 months.

The team requests that Linda Suskie, Middle States staff liaison to
Gallaudet University, visit
Gallaudet after the Supplemental Information Report is submitted, to
discuss and validate the
Supplemental Information Report. Other individuals may accompany Ms.
Suskie on this visit.

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January 19, 2007

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

As chairperson of the National Council on Disability (NCD), I want to
personally invite you and all our friends in the disability community
to participate in our next quarterly meeting from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00
p.m., January 29-31, 2007, at the Town and Country Resort and
Convention Center, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, California.

We believe it is vital that NCD hear from disability communities
around the country on what works and what does not for people with
disabilities. We are delighted to have the opportunity to visit San
Diego and learn first hand about the experiences of people with
disabilities from Southern California. The entire 15 member NCD board
will be present, including its California members Marco Rodriguez from
Sacramento and Kathy Martinez from Oakland.

Please save the date and do not miss this opportunity to meet NCD
board members and staff and offer your comments during the public
comment sessions on Monday and Tuesday.

We are also having a special reception for the disability community on
Tuesday night at the hotel. This is yet another great opportunity for
us to meet you and hear your thoughts on the future.

For your benefit, we are attaching a copy of the agenda. Some of the
topics maybe of particular interest to you, especially the panel
presentations on veterans, foster care, and livable communities. We
will also have special guests from the White House and the U.S.
Department of Defense, who will make special presentations.

This looks to be an action packed agenda. We hope to see you at these
events, which are open to the public and free of charge.

Sincerely,
John R. Vaughn
Chairperson

AGENDA

January 29, 2007
9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Public Comments
Dinah Cohen
Director, Department of Defense, Computer/Electronic Accommodations
Program Presentation
Veterans' Panel Presentation and Discussion
12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Lunch
2:00 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.
Olegario D. Cantos, III, Associate Director for Domestic Policy, The
White House, Presentation
2:45 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.
International Watch and U.N. Convention Discussion
3:15 P.M. - 3:45 P.M.
Veterans' Panel Follow-up Discussion

January 30, 2007
9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Public Comments
Chairperson's Report
Executive Committee Report
Co-Acting Executive Directors' Reports
Legislative Update
Communications Update
Finance Committee Report
Team and Advisory Committee Reports
Americans with Disabilities Team
Employment Team
Financial Incentives Team
Progress Report Team
Educational Outcomes Team
Disability Data and Statistics Team
Health Care Team
Youth Advisory Committee
Cultural Diversity Advisory Committee
12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. (Lunch)
2:00 - 5:00pm
Livable Communities Panel Presentation
5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
Reception - Open to the disability community.

January 31, 2007
9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Public Comments
Foster Care Panel Presentation
12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. (Lunch)
2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Continuing Business Session
Unfinished Business
New Business
Announcements
Adjournment


These meetings are open to the public and free of charge. The disability
community is encouraged to attend and participate in the public comment
sessions and the reception.

For more information, please contact Mark Quigley at 202-272-2004 or
202-272-2074 TTY.

Mark S. Quigley
Director of Communications
National Council on Disability
1331 F Street, NW Suite 850
Washington, DC 20004
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Deaf High School Competition Offer Thousands of Dollars in Scholarships.

What deaf high school competition has an opportunity to win $2,000 and
two $1,000 scholarships to the student's choice of either National
Technical Institute for the Deaf or Gallaudet University?

It's definitely not sports. It could be the Spelling Bee competition
but I believe only the state of Illinois does that and they give $100
savings bond. You would think Gallaudet's Academic Bowl would have
scholarship prizes but nope. It's the Deaf Teen America in its 9th
year being hosted at Texas School for the Deaf during the dates of
March 21st to 25th, 2007

Based on the pictures of past Deaf Teen America, it seems that there
are only 10/12 schools in the competition. This is a stunning low
number to me because of the amazing scholarship awards that they offer.

Now is the time to get your school, alma mater, or child involved with
this and grab the scholarships. To get information packet - contact
Jennifer Campero by e-mail at jennifer.campero@... or by
phone at (512) 462-5461.

Jennifer Campero

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If you wish to contribute to this newsletter, feel free to send in
news, stories, and opinions relating to the disability community. Your
support in this effort to move the disability community forward will
be greatly appreciated. We will continue to aggressively pursue
justice, fairness, and equality for the disability community as it has
been doing since November 1996. We have chosen
that EDUCATION is the best way to accomplish this objective.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center is a community based
organization that puts people with disabilities first in their
advocacy for equal opportunities in safety, health, and productive living.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center provides services for disabled
individuals and their families in our community who need help in
navigating the social services maze. Every day people go without
proper food, shelter, and essential medical care every day due to a
variety of factors including low wages, job loss, injuries, illness,
age, domestic violence, or divorce. While all of us are susceptible to
hard times, disabled individuals are at the most risk. With the
generous support of people like you, we are able to help many of these
families and individuals not only to meet essential daily needs, but
to work toward a brighter future with programs in job training,
education, counseling, elderly assistance, and temporary housing.

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