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A Big Week For The House
Over the weekend, White House officials urged the House of Representatives to vote on the Senate-passed health overhaul bill. Meanwhile, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is still working to assuage concerns from both sides of the ideological base on the issue of abortion. A vote is expected sometime this week.
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Read the full story on our Health/Long-term Services page
Legislature wades into tax bills this week
After weeks of talking about weak revenues and budget cuts, the Legislature this week takes up various tax proposals ranging from elimination of sales tax exemptions to a new levy on soda pop and other sugared drinks. ...
Read the full story on our State/Local Issues page
New hope for Illinois’ mentally ill nursing-home residents
Thousands of psychiatric patients are likely to move out of nursing homes and into community-based settings in the next five years under a landmark legal agreement designed to reshape Illinois' troubled long-term care system. ...
Read the full story on our Civil Rights page
Public Forum on the Future of Community Transportation
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at the Big Gage Shelter House, 1-4 pm
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Explore with us how we can improve Topeka’s support of alternative transportation modes.
Apply NOW for Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)
LIEAP provides help paying winter heating bills to qualifying households.
You can apply for LIEAP online at: http://www.usa800.net/lieapportal/.
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Testimony Presented to the House Committee on Appropriations in Support of and Requesting Consideration of Amendments to HB 2673, By Mike Oxford, TILRC Executive Director, March 9, 2010 - HB 2673 would create a Medicaid provider assessment on nursing facilities in Kansas. Revenue from the assessment would be used to finance initiatives to maintain or improve the quality and quantity of care in Kansas in both nursing facilities and HCBS Waiver Programs.
Unsafe In The Schoolhouse: Abuse Of Children With Disabilities, details 180 incidents of the use of abusive interventions against children with disabilities in school. The report also includes suggested legislative remedies.
Job Openings
- Policy Analyst, National Council on Independent Living (NCIL), Applications accepted until close of business Monday, March 22, 2010.
- Full-time Director for the Montgomery Center for Independent Living (MCIL), Applications accepted until position is filled
- Co-Director, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)
- Social Security Administration - Various job openings w/ possible preference for workers w/ disabilities
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, National Archives at Kansas City, March 16 – June 10, 2010. This traveling exhibition from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum features original artifacts, photographs, documents and historic film footage illustrating how Hitler’s Nazi regime attempted to implement its vision of an ethnically homogeneous community through a program of racial eugenics that begin with the mass sterilization of “genetically diseased” persons and culminated in the Holocaust
2009-2010 Accessible Tech Webinar Series
The next in the series of webcasts will be, Successful Accommodations: Assistive Technology and Accessibility Working Together at 1pm on May 12, 2010.
AccessibilityOnline Webinar Series
The next in the series of webcasts will be, Section 508 Standards Refresh at 1pm on April 01, 2010.
ADA Legal Webinar Series
The next in the series of webcasts will be, Reasonable Accommodations Legal Update at 1pm on April 07, 2010.
Kansas Employment First Summit, April 15 and 16, 2010, Capitol Plaza Holtel, Topeka KS
The Employment First initiative establishes integrated, competitive employment as the first priority for Kansans with disabilities. The summit will share best practices and strategies designed to support this initiative. For more information, please contact the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities at 785-296-2608.