ATTENTION NCARF Members!  

On Friday, January 22 there will be an important NCARF Director's Meeting in Greensboro at the FirstPoint offices.  We highly urge Directors/Presidents to attend or at the very least send one senior staff member to the meeting if preservation of funding and services is an important issue to you (which we assume it is to all of you).  

This meeting will be a time to orient us all to the fiscal and political realities of the "short" legislative season that begins the second week of May.  Funding is not expected to get any better and current state revenue collections are already $100 million behind projections!

This will also be a time for us to develop our legislative goals for 2010 together as an organization.  The meeting will begin at 10:30 and we expect to be finished around 2:30.

I'd like to personally challenge each CRP to have their state representatives visit the organization before the legislative session begins in May.  The Director's Meeting will give you the talking points for that visit.  The legislators must understand the seriousness of the funding and services situation.  We must put a face on the services we are providing and make sure that our legislators throughout the state KNOW WHO WE ARE.
 
We do really good work, and help people improve their lives every day....but outside of the CRP community we don't get a lot of respect or recognition.  And we have no protection from further budget cuts unless we make sure we are more broadly known.

Please plan to attend this meeting!

Alicia Camacho
NCARF President 2009/2010

Download a registration form and register today! 
 

  
From Lee County Industries:

 

After 15 years of providing trophies and plaques to area businesses, sports teams, and county fairs, Lee County Industries is announcing that we are closing our Awards program effective December 23, 2009. If you would like to place an order, you may do so through December 14, 2009. Thank you for your support over the years. LCI continues to provide CAP, ADVP, Case Management and Vocational Rehabilitation services to over 100 persons with disabilities per year. We also continue to provide contract manufacturing and custom crate and pallet manufacturing services to local industry. We can be found at 919-775-3439, or www.lciinc.org.