What's New.....
DDSD Waiver Central Registry/Wait List
Over 5,000 children and adults waiting for services. Click here for waiting list information and updates.
2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ACTION ALERTS & UPDATES
Legislative Report #4, February 13, 2012
IMPORTANT SAVE THE DATES
Steps to Success Spring Conference - April 12, 2012. Click here for more information.
NEWS:
Disability Data in National Surveys Report
OSEP releases 30th Annual Report to Congress on IDEA
Disability and Public Health in the Media...click here for more information
Scholarships for Studens whose Parents have a diability...read more.
US Dept. Of Labor wants your comment on Caregiver Overtime Pay. Read the Public Notice. Click Here to weigh in on the proposed legislation before February 27th
EPICS Spring Workshop Series. Click here for the flyer.
Foley Lawsuit 1st Annual Report. Click here to read the official reports.
US Department of Labor seeks your comments on Caregiver Overtime Pay. Click here to read more about it and for the Public Notice. Click here to comment. On December 27, 2011 the Department published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the companionship and live-in worker regulations for two important purposes: (1) To more clearly define the tasks that may be performed by an exempt companion, and (2) To limit the companionship exemption to companions employed only by the family or household using the services. Third party employers, such as in-home care staffing agencies, could not claim the exemption, even if the employee is jointly employed by the third party and the family or household.
EPICS Spring Workshop Series - Click here to view the flyer.
Foley Lawsuit Annual Report. Click here for official reports.
Differences in Health Status for People with Disabilities Webinar
Join the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) on January 24th, 2012, to discuss the challenges that people with disabilities face in achieving and maintaining good health. The webinar will cover some of the health indicators reflecting these challenges, present overviews of promising approaches to improve these challenges and outline a strategy for expanding these efforts. Register here.
The Brain Injury Advisory Council's (BIAC) website has recently been updated! Please visit www.nmbiac.com to see the latest additions. Materials from the Retrain My Brain Brain Injury Tool Kit and the Let's Talk Helmet Safety activity book with their respective facilitator's guides as well as BIAC meeting minutes are now available for download. The latest information on state services, resources, data and screening tools are included.
Free Online: Growing Ideas Tipsheets and Resources for Guiding Early Childhood Pracatices
Think Beyond the Label Creates Jobs Portal for People with Disabilities. Click here to read more...
Social Security Announces 3.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2012:The Social Security Administration has announced that monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase 3.6 percent in 2012. The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with the January 2012 benefit payments. Increased payments for people on SSI will begin on December 30, 2011. For some beneficiaries, the increase in their Social Security benefit amount may be partially or completely offset by increases in Medicare premiums in 2012.
Positive impact from Children with Down Syndrom on their familes. Read the article.
Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) results.
The PowerPoint presentation provided by HSRI are results of the first 500 people piloted with the SIS survey and shows New Mexico's infamous bell curve on intensity of needs leaning towards the right - the higher end of the support needs.
Breakthrough on Concussion Monitoring... read more.
Recruiting Participants for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Read More
EPICs 9th Annual Family Leadersip Adademy Announcement
Partners in Employment, Click here to read more.
Sign Language Classes...Click Here for more information.
Click Here to find out more about We Connect, a website for College Students with Disabilites.
AMC Theaters offers sensory friendly films...Click Here for more information.
NEWS AND UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONER LEWIS:
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♦ View Updates to the §1915 (c) Waiver Instructions & Technical Guide
♦ IDEA Part B & C Updates (OSERS)
♦ HRSA Awards $28.3 million...read more...
Congratulations UNM & CDD for a grant award of $680,000
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