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Calendar of Events
January 22, 2010
NCARF Winter Training
Greensboro, NC
NCARF Directors Meeting
Greensboro, NC
April 22-23, 2010
NCARF Annual Leadership Forum
Wrightsville Beach, NC |
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NCARF Headquarters
Suite 102
Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone
919-863-9486
Email
Nicole Shore
Association Executive
Michelle Eggleston
Membership Coordinator
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NCARF Human Resources Training Event |
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NCARF will be hosting a Winter Training Event on Human Resource Issues in Non-Profits January 22, 2010 in Greensboro. Mike Womble, SPHR, from Carolina Human Resources, Inc. will be instructing the course.
Topics will include: Personnel Manuals with samples to share, Developing Pay Scales, Responding to Unemployment Claims, Legal Updates, Performance Evaluations with samples, and Confidentiality. Please come with questions prepared for a Question and Answer session.
Preliminary Agenda
9:30 am - 10:30 am.......Registration
10:30 am - 12:00 pm.....Education Session
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm.......Lunch
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm........Education Session
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm........Break
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm........Education Session
4:30 pm.....................Adjourn
Updated Hotel Accommodations
If you will be needing overnight accommodations use the Marriott Greensboro Downtown. Please reference GMA to receive the room rate of $135 per night. The daily parking rate is $11. The hotel is within walking distance to the training facility.
Marriott Greensboro Downtown
304 N. Greene Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
336-379-8000
Receive an additional $10 discount if you register by December 31, 2009! Download a registration form and register today!
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NCARF Directors Meeting 1/22 |
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).
Please note that the NCARF Legislative Agenda-Director's Meeting will run concurrently with the NCARF Human Resource Training. It would be a great opportunity for you to participate in the Director's meeting and bring an appropriate person from your organization to participate in the Human Resource Training.
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
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Civil Rights Update: ADA Video Gallery
Series of videos about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) including profiles of people with disabilities whose lives have been shaped by the struggle for equal rights, and the speech given by President George H. W. Bush when he signed the ADA into law on July 26, 1990.
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Judge Grant Preliminary Injunction! |
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Disability Rights NC
Monday, December 28, 2009
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NCARF Member Job Posting |
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Vacancy Notice
Beaufort County Developmental Center
1534 West Fifth Street
Washington, NC 27889
Position Available: Residential Services Program Manager
The Hiring Range for this Full Time position is: $31,949-$42,473, with room for Career Growth up to $52,998, and Excellent Health and Fringe Benefits.
Description of Duties:
The Residential Program Manager is responsible for the operations of BCDC's residential programs, which presently include 2 DDA level Group Homes and 9 Supervised Apartments. A total of 20 adults with developmental disabilities are served in these residential programs, all of which are located in Washington, NC. The Residential Program Manager provides leadership and supervision to the 8 full time and 3-4 part time employees in this department, and directs staff in the implementation of person-centered program plans designed with each resident. Responsibilities include oversight of all Residential Program licensing and CARF accreditation activities, staff training and development activities, and careful liaison and communication with day programs as well as the families of those we serve. The Residential Program Manager serves as a member of the BCDC Management Team, and is a key position in our community-based efforts to provide a wide array of services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. This position is also expected to promote the development of scattered-site housing opportunities for people with disabilities.
Minimum Qualifications:
The successful applicant will possess a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a related field of work, meet Qualified Professional requirements for the DD population, and will have at least three years experience with persons with developmental disabilities---at least one of which should be in a mid-level management position. The applicant should also demonstrate proven leadership and communication skills, an awareness of issues related to consumer and family rights and responsibilities, and possess the ability to serve as a spokesperson and representative for BCDC's programs and services to other organizations and agencies.
An application can be downloaded from our website, at www.bcdcsolutions.org
Applicants should forward a completed BCDC application, by Wednesday, January 20th to:
Chris Kiricoples, Chief Executive Officer
Beaufort County Developmental Center, Inc.
1534 West Fifth Street
Washington, NC 27889
No Phone Inquiries, Please
BCDC is an Equal Opportunity and Drug/Smoke Free Work Place Employer
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U.S. Out to Halt State's Mental Health Cuts |
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Coalition to Send News Items to Carolina News Wire |
CarolinaNewswire.com is a daily online news magazine featuring business and technology stories, headlines, expert commentary, guest columnists, and special features that matter to the professional community in the Carolina region. Here is the link to the Carolina News Wire website http://carolinanewswire.com/
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Implementation Update #66 |
Here is Implementation Update #66: Click to ViewContains the following information------see the link below-----a variety of issues: * Application Process for IVC Designation * Use of the Introductory PCP * ValueOptions ProviderConnect Updates * Accreditation for Residential Service Providers * Revised NEA Letter * Medicaid Waiver Amendment Submission * CABHA Clarification * Clarification on Procedures for Reviewing PA Requests & Obtaining Additional Information * Limits for Medicaid CM Services |
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Vocational Rehabilitation in Employment Update |
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Disability.gov
Vocational Rehabilitation in Employment Update: Seminar/Webinar on Federal Funding of Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Is a Makeover Needed for Federal Funding of Vocational Rehabilitation Services?
The Center for Studying Disability Policy will host a seminar entitled Is a Makeover Needed for Federal Funding of Vocational Rehabilitation Services? on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. in Washington, DC. Speakers will discuss variability in the funding and delivery of state vocational rehabilitation
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Creating a Grassroots Advocacy Network |
The Arc of North Carolina is creating a statewide contact list of people who are willing to speak to elected officials and/or the media when the need arises.
Often we need to locate people from a specific area of the state when legislation is being proposed, discussed or changed. Elected officials need to hear directly from their constituents, the people who vote them into or out of office.
We are looking for people who are willing to share their stories about intellectual and/or developmental disability issues.
If we need targeted advocacy, The Arc of NC will contact you individually via e-mail or telephone, explain the need, and ask if you would like to help. If you agree, we will give you contact information. The Arc of NC will not share your personal or contact information with anyone outside of our organization.
We have developed a short survey that will capture information that we need. If you are willing to be contacted for targeted advocacy please follow the link below. Thank you and feel free to call The Arc of NC with any questions at 1-800-662-8706 or e-mail lguzman@arcnc.org
Take this survey
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Thank you.
Linda Guzman
The Arc of North Carolina | |
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NCARF on LinkedIn |
Are you LinkedIn? Consider setting up a free account and joining the NCARF group. LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of October 2009, LinkedIn had more than 50 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. For more information on LinkedIn, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn. I have created a group on LinkedIn for NCARF. This includes discussion areas, job postings, as well as a place to post links to relevant news articles. I think that online networking can be a valuable tool to keep us virtually connected. In addition to the NCARF group, I am setting up sub-groups so that staff in our organizations can connect in their job areas (such as programs, human resources, business development, quality assurance, finance, etc.). The NCARF group can be located at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1779230&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=%2Egdr_1260809135224_1 Consider setting up a LinkedIn account, connecting with me and joining the NCARF group! Alicia Camacho NCARF President 2009-2010 |
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Governance Policies
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NCARF is gathering Board of Directors and Organizational Governance Policies for member reference. We'd love to have your contributions. Please send the policies to Michelle Eggleston, meggleston@firstpointresources.com. We'll post them at www.ncarf.com in the members only area. Please send exactly how you would like them posted. If you have questions, please let us know. |
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News to Share?
Please send any news you wish to include in the weekly updates to
NCARF Staff
***The information in the NCARF Weekly Update is presented for informational purposes. Unless expressly stated, opinions may not be the opinion of NCARF as an organization. Inclusion of information in the Weekly Update is not meant to imply endorsement by NCARF or its member organizations. NCARF cannot guarantee the accuracy of all information that is passed along from various outside sources. |
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