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Offering a lifetime of support, understanding, and opportunities for people with developmental disabilities and their families. |
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| Important Town Hall Meeting! |
 Your presence is needed at an Urgent Town Hall Meeting to discuss budget cuts and under funding of community programs! Share with legislators, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities, Cathy Raggio, and Director of the Developmental Disailities Administration (DDA), Michael Chapman your feelings about your family's needs for services, changes to the Rolling Access Program, the waiting list, and the cuts that have been made this year to the DDA budget. We need you to share your story and ask your questions! The meeting will be held at Melwood's Copus Training Center on December 3rd from 6:30-8:30 pm. Click here for a map. To RSVP to attend and/or to testify, please contact Sarah Logar at 301-925-7050, ext. 256. Please RSVP by December 1st. Click here to watch news coverage of the Frederick Town Hall Meeting. |
| No New Cuts! |
 Thanks to your many calls, letters, and public advocacy, the Board of Public works has kept the Developmental Disabilities Administration Budget off the chopping block during the November 18th round of statewide budget cuts. Please contact the Governor's Office to express your deep appreciation for responding to your appeals not to cut anymore funding for people with developmental disabilities. Call 410.974.3901 or 1.800.811.8336 or go to www.martinomalley.com. | |
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| Support our programs! |
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The Arc Holiday Appeal
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| Join us in giving the gift of respite to families this year! |
Funds from t he 2009 Holiday Appeal will go toward the expansion and renovation of The Arc's Respite Home. These renovations include adding two new bedrooms and a fully accessible bathroom. The home will get new carpeting and flooring, a new roof, a fresh coat of paint, a sprinkler system, electrical and heating upgrades, and numerous accessibility modifications. With these renovations, we will have a home that can easily provide live-in staff not just for weekends, but also for every day of the week. Look for the Holiday Appeal letter in the mail this week, or donate online now! A gift of $250 or more will assure your membership in the prestigious Arc Society 2009. |
| The Arc begins a new childcare partnership in College Park! |
The Arc is excited to begin a partnership with the Easter Seals NARA Child Development Center on Adelphi Road in College Park! The center will offer inclusive childcare for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years and will be able to serve up to 10 children with developmental disabilities. This partnership will enable the center to have a full-time nurse. Children who are in the Infants & Toddlers Program will be able to receive their therapies at the center. The new center is within the Francis Fuchs Early Childhood Center Transportation Boundries. For more information, please contact Mary Funk at 301-925-7050, ext. 232.
The Arc / YMCA inclusive childcare partnership in Bowie is also accepting children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Contact Judy Tribby at 301-538-5080 or contact Mary Funk. |
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The Arc Awarded LISS Program Grant Which Replaces Rolling Access. |
 The Arc was one of five providers across the state to be awarded a Low Intensity Support Services (LISS) grant by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA). The Arc and Maryland Community Connections will serve the Southern Maryland Region. The Arc will be partnering with The Arcs of Montgomery County and Southern Maryland in this effort. LISS replaces the Rolling Access Program and is meant to assist individuals and their families who are not receiving any other DDA services or enrolled in any other waivers. More information on LISS will be available on The Arc website early next week. In the meantime, please call 1-877-967-5272, ext. 245 for an application and further details. |
| December Spotlight: "Welcome to The Arc. How can I help you?" |
 Listen closely to the telephone rings that resonate through The Arc's front office, and you will have a hard time picking up on any differences among them. But take a seat next to receptionist Osceola Haliburton, and you will quickly learn what sets one ring apart from the other.
"If it is a short ring, it's going to voicemail. But if it's a long ring, it's going to the operator. And I'm the operator," said Osceola Haliburton, The Arc's front desk receptionist.
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| Volunteer Opportunity of the month! |
 Do you love decorating holiday cookies? Volunteer to come and share your artistic talent and teach a small group how fun holiday cookies can be! Contact Sarah Logar at 301-925-7050, ext. 256 to talk about this and other volunteer opportunities.
Attention college students: Now is also the time to plan your spring internships! Contact Sarah Logar. |
| Members of The Arc family celebrate Thanksgiving together! |
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 Arc residential house managers, Sharon Hunt and Charlotte Montague organized and cooked Thanksgiving dinner for residents who were unable to spend the holiday with their families. The event took place at Bridges and over 40 people attended! Everyone had a lot of fun and a lot of food! A big thank you to Sharon and Charlotte for this big-hearted effort! |
| Creativity Shines at the Resource Connection Art Showcase! |
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Congratulations to the following Arc program participants for their award winning entries in last month's Art Showcase: 
1st place: Erica Hungerford, 3rd place: Audra Nobles, Honorable Mention: Largo Day Program's quilt squares (pictured)--Morgan Baker, Kendall Banks, Monica Baum, Elizabeth Booher, Denita Bradley, D'Angelo Dickens, Alfred Ejuba, Sheri Hancock, Donte Humphries, Lisa McDuffie, John Merriweather, Eric Vincent, Most Creative: Laurel Day Program's Pizza--Jamaal Austin, Eric Cleveland, Terri Fluke, Delethia Garner, Richard Porter, Alisha Stockton, Margery Tannen, Justin Tucker. |
| Important information for anyone receiving services through a waiver program: |
A new guide: HOW TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL WAIVER SERVICES, is for people who are already enrolled in one of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) Medicaid waivers (Community Pathways or New Directions) and who need additional waiver services for habilitation, health or safety.
Click here to access the new guide. |
| Upcoming workshops and events: |
Autism Coffee Break: Yobics
Town Hall Meeting
December 3rd, Melwood, 6:30 pm. Click here for details.
Breakfast with Santa
Baltimore Aquariaum Trip
Infants & Toddlers Family Holiday Party
December 13th. Click here for details .
Professional Childcare Provider Holiday Meet & Greet
Book Discussion: From Emotions to Advocacy
Transition 101
Infants & Toddlers Story Time and play time
Various times and locations. Click here for details.
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| The Arc is a great place to work! |
Our latest listing of employment opportunities can be found by clicking here. Please share this listing with your family and friends!
Arc Notes is a publication for members and supporters of The Arc of Prince George's County who have provided us with their e-mail address. Please feel free to give us feedback by replying to this e-mail.
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Mac Ramsey
Executive Director
The Arc of Prince George's County
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Super Sunday Savings!
Get an extra 20% off when you shop on a Sunday in 2009! |
| Offer Valid every Sunday in December, 2009 with coupon. | |
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