Date and Time: January 11, 2012, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: ILCNSCA Main Office 27 Congress St., Suite 107 Salem, MA 01970
This meeting is being held for current APAB volunteers and for those interested in becoming APAB volunteers. During this meeting, we will discuss current survey activity and reporting, and provide any necessary training. We will also discuss marketing strategies. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Shawn McDuff at 978-741-0077 ext 140 or via email to: smcduff@ilcnsca.org. For communications accommodations, please RSVP two weeks in advance. ILCNSCA maintains a scent free environment, so please refrain from wearing perfumes or scented products to accommodate persons with chemical sensitivities. ILCNSCA is partially funded by the City of Salem Department of Planning & Community Development and the U. S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. ILCNSCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, familial status, sexual orientation or disability. ILCNSCA is an equal opportunity employer. Por mas informacion 978-741-0077 V, 978-745-1735 TTY.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Community Access Advocacy Team (CAAT)
Date and Time: January 03, 2012, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: ILCNSCA Main Office, 27 Congress St., Suite 107, Salem
This meeting's topic will be "Accessibility to Local Businesses". A number of consumers recently voiced concerns over accessibility barriers at local businesses in the Salem area. Let’s work together over the next couple of months to advocate for barrier removal to increase accessibility. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Shawn McDuff at 978-741-0077 ext. 140 or via email to: smcduff@ilcnsca.org. For communications accommodations, please RSVP two weeks in advance. ILCNSCA maintains a scent free environment, so please refrain from wearing perfumes or scented products to accommodate persons with chemical sensitivities. ILCNSCA is partially funded by the City of Salem Department of Planning & Community Development and the U. S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. ILCNSCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, familial status, sexual orientation or disability. ILCNSCA is an equal opportunity employer. Por mas informacion 978-741-0077 V, 978-745-1735 TTY.
Location: ILCNSCA Main Office, 27 Congress St., Suite 107, Salem
This meeting's topic will be "Accessibility to Local Businesses". A number of consumers recently voiced concerns over accessibility barriers at local businesses in the Salem area. Let’s work together over the next couple of months to advocate for barrier removal to increase accessibility. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Shawn McDuff at 978-741-0077 ext. 140 or via email to: smcduff@ilcnsca.org. For communications accommodations, please RSVP two weeks in advance. ILCNSCA maintains a scent free environment, so please refrain from wearing perfumes or scented products to accommodate persons with chemical sensitivities. ILCNSCA is partially funded by the City of Salem Department of Planning & Community Development and the U. S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. ILCNSCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, familial status, sexual orientation or disability. ILCNSCA is an equal opportunity employer. Por mas informacion 978-741-0077 V, 978-745-1735 TTY.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
LISTEN TO WHAT THE LYNN DISABILITY COMMISSION DID THIS YEAR
We (me) would like to thank Dr. Latham for seeing the need to put in a TTY in the Parent Information Center since this likely the initial place parents have access to LPS. Thanks to DR. LATHAM and DAVE HEGAN, head of the PIC, for recognizing that. And a special thanks to LYNN DISABILITY COMMISSION member NICK CAPANO for bringing every one's attention to this need.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
TSA to launch Disability Hotline
Amid Complaints, and as the holiday travel season heats up, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing to launch a toll-free hotline for passengers with disabilities, but at least one lawmaker is calling for the agency to do more. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., wants the TSA to designate passenger advocates at every airport to address concerns and help travelers with special needs.
Read the full article by Shaun Heasley in the Disability Scoop, December 13, 2011
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/12/13/amid-complaints-tsa-hotline/14629/
Read the full article by Shaun Heasley in the Disability Scoop, December 13, 2011
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2011/12/13/amid-complaints-tsa-hotline/14629/
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
DOL Proposal to Benefit Home Care Providers
Joined by Secretary Solis on Thursday, President Obama announced new rules proposed by the Labor Department that would provide wage protections for in-home care workers. "The nearly 2 million in-home care workers across the country should not have to wait a moment longer for a fair wage," said President Obama. "Today's action will ensure that these men and women get paid fairly for a service that a growing number of older Americans couldn't live without." Currently, workers classified as "companions" are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. When established in 1974, the exemptions were meant to apply to babysitters and companions for the elderly, not workers whose vocation was in-home care service.
Let Your Voice Be Heard at two MassHealth Public Hearings
December 16, 2011, 1 pm - 4 pm, at the Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square, Worcester, MA. January 4, 2012, 9 am - 12 noon, at the State Transportation Building, Conference Rooms 2 & 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Speak Out for Your Rights - Make sure proposed changes in MassHealth and Medicare support people with disabilities, not insurance companies. Protect PCA services! Increase peer support! Improve durable medical equipment services! Bring back dental coverage!
Massachusetts is proposing to combine services for people with disabilities who are on both Medicaid (MassHealth) and Medicare. This can improve how you get services, and even increase your access to PCAs, peer support, and DME. The state will even ask providers to comply with the ADA! But the plan may allow insurance companies to take away support services YOU depend on, which is a huge concern.
Speak on what works & what doesn’t in your healthcare! Contact: Dennis Heaphy at dheaphy@dpc-ma.org or Bill Henning at bhenning@bostoncil.org for more information. Disability Advocates Advancing Our Healthcare Rights
Speak Out for Your Rights - Make sure proposed changes in MassHealth and Medicare support people with disabilities, not insurance companies. Protect PCA services! Increase peer support! Improve durable medical equipment services! Bring back dental coverage!
Massachusetts is proposing to combine services for people with disabilities who are on both Medicaid (MassHealth) and Medicare. This can improve how you get services, and even increase your access to PCAs, peer support, and DME. The state will even ask providers to comply with the ADA! But the plan may allow insurance companies to take away support services YOU depend on, which is a huge concern.
Speak on what works & what doesn’t in your healthcare! Contact: Dennis Heaphy at dheaphy@dpc-ma.org or Bill Henning at bhenning@bostoncil.org for more information. Disability Advocates Advancing Our Healthcare Rights
Friday, December 16, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
A CHANCE AT FREEDOM FROM ECONOMIC SLAVERY
Only through economic Independence will we as a community ever hope to receive our due dignity, Hand ups, not hand outs. Here's a chance.
My American Dream: Creating a Pathway for a New Beginning
My American Dream: Creating a Pathway for a New Beginning
US Labor Department seeks to improve job opportunities for Americans with disabilities by setting historic hiring goal for federal contractors and subcontractors
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of having 7 percent of their workforces be people with disabilities, among other requirements. The department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs invites public comment on this proposal, which will be published in the Dec. 9 edition of the Federal Register.
OFCCP's proposed rule would strengthen the affirmative action requirements established in Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 obligating federal contractors and subcontractors to ensure equal employment opportunities for qualified workers with disabilities. The proposed regulatory changes detail specific actions contractors must take in the areas of recruitment, training, record keeping and policy dissemination — similar to those that have long been required to promote workplace equality for women and minorities. In addition, the rule would clarify OFCCP's expectations for contractors by providing specific guidance on how to comply with the law.
"This proposed rule represents one of the most significant advances in protecting the civil rights of workers with disabilities since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "President Obama has demonstrated a commitment to people with disabilities. This proposed rule would help federal contractors better fulfill their legal responsibility to hire qualified workers with disabilities."
Although Section 503 regulations have been in place for decades, the current unemployment rate for people with disabilities is 13 percent, 1 1/2 times the rate of those without disabilities. Even more discouraging, data published last week by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics show stark disparities facing working-age individuals with disabilities, with 79.2 percent outside the labor force altogether, compared to 30.5 percent of those without disabilities.
"For nearly 40 years, the rules have said that contractors simply need to make a 'good faith' effort to recruit and hire people with disabilities. Clearly, that's not working," said OFCCP Director Patricia A. Shiu. "Our proposal would define specific goals, require real accountability and provide the clearest possible guidance for employers seeking to comply with the law. What gets measured gets done. And we're in the business of getting things done."
Establishing a 7 percent hiring goal for the employment of individuals with disabilities would be a tool for contractors to measure the effectiveness of their affirmative action efforts and thereby inform their decision-making. The proposed rule also would enhance data collection and record-keeping requirements — including for documentation and processing of requests for reasonable accommodation — in order to improve accountability. Additionally, it would ensure annual self-reviews of employers' recruitment and outreach efforts, and add a new requirement for contractors to list job openings to increase their pools of qualified applicants.
To read the notice of proposed rulemaking or submit a comment, visit the federal e-rulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Comments also can be submitted by mail to Debra Carr, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-3325, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20210. All comments must be received by Feb. 7, 2012, and should include identification number (RIN) 1250-AA02.
In addition to Section 503, OFCCP enforces Executive Order 11246 and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974. As amended, these three laws require those who do business with the federal government, both contractors and subcontractors, to follow the fair and reasonable standard that they take affirmative action and not discriminate in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. For general information, call OFCCP's toll-free helpline at 800-397-6251 or visit its website at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/.
OFCCP's proposed rule would strengthen the affirmative action requirements established in Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 obligating federal contractors and subcontractors to ensure equal employment opportunities for qualified workers with disabilities. The proposed regulatory changes detail specific actions contractors must take in the areas of recruitment, training, record keeping and policy dissemination — similar to those that have long been required to promote workplace equality for women and minorities. In addition, the rule would clarify OFCCP's expectations for contractors by providing specific guidance on how to comply with the law.
"This proposed rule represents one of the most significant advances in protecting the civil rights of workers with disabilities since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "President Obama has demonstrated a commitment to people with disabilities. This proposed rule would help federal contractors better fulfill their legal responsibility to hire qualified workers with disabilities."
Although Section 503 regulations have been in place for decades, the current unemployment rate for people with disabilities is 13 percent, 1 1/2 times the rate of those without disabilities. Even more discouraging, data published last week by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics show stark disparities facing working-age individuals with disabilities, with 79.2 percent outside the labor force altogether, compared to 30.5 percent of those without disabilities.
"For nearly 40 years, the rules have said that contractors simply need to make a 'good faith' effort to recruit and hire people with disabilities. Clearly, that's not working," said OFCCP Director Patricia A. Shiu. "Our proposal would define specific goals, require real accountability and provide the clearest possible guidance for employers seeking to comply with the law. What gets measured gets done. And we're in the business of getting things done."
Establishing a 7 percent hiring goal for the employment of individuals with disabilities would be a tool for contractors to measure the effectiveness of their affirmative action efforts and thereby inform their decision-making. The proposed rule also would enhance data collection and record-keeping requirements — including for documentation and processing of requests for reasonable accommodation — in order to improve accountability. Additionally, it would ensure annual self-reviews of employers' recruitment and outreach efforts, and add a new requirement for contractors to list job openings to increase their pools of qualified applicants.
To read the notice of proposed rulemaking or submit a comment, visit the federal e-rulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Comments also can be submitted by mail to Debra Carr, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-3325, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20210. All comments must be received by Feb. 7, 2012, and should include identification number (RIN) 1250-AA02.
In addition to Section 503, OFCCP enforces Executive Order 11246 and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974. As amended, these three laws require those who do business with the federal government, both contractors and subcontractors, to follow the fair and reasonable standard that they take affirmative action and not discriminate in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. For general information, call OFCCP's toll-free helpline at 800-397-6251 or visit its website at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
LDC TO MEET
The LYNN DISABILITY COMMISSION will be having a meeting on Tie. Dec. 6 at 5 pm at Lynn City Hall. All are invited.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
The Safe Passages Project
The Aging and Disability Resource Consortium of The Greater North Shore (ADRCGNS)
The Safe Passages Project: Root Cause Analysis Findings
A collaborative response to the Affordable Care Act and the Community-Based Care Transitions Program. As we wrap up the Root Cause Analysis, we look forward to sharing our findings and getting your input as we begin to design appropriate interventions. Thursday, December 8, 2011 8:00-11:30 AM at North Shore Elder Services, 152 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA
For more information, contact Aimee Garman 781-586-8627 or agaman@glss.net
The ADRCGNS is a collaboration of Elder Service Plan of the North Shore, Greater Lynn Senior Services, The Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann, Inc., North Shore Elder Services, North Shore Career Center and Seniorcare
The Safe Passages Project: Root Cause Analysis Findings
A collaborative response to the Affordable Care Act and the Community-Based Care Transitions Program. As we wrap up the Root Cause Analysis, we look forward to sharing our findings and getting your input as we begin to design appropriate interventions. Thursday, December 8, 2011 8:00-11:30 AM at North Shore Elder Services, 152 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA
For more information, contact Aimee Garman 781-586-8627 or agaman@glss.net
The ADRCGNS is a collaboration of Elder Service Plan of the North Shore, Greater Lynn Senior Services, The Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann, Inc., North Shore Elder Services, North Shore Career Center and Seniorcare
ILCNSCA Annual Holiday Open House
Come celebrate the holidays!
Date and Time: December 09, 2011, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: ILCNSCA 27 Congress St., Suite 107, Salem, MA
Date and Time: December 09, 2011, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: ILCNSCA 27 Congress St., Suite 107, Salem, MA
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