Monthly NewsletterSeptember 01, 2010
Annual Meeting Annual Meeting of the Center For Independent Living Options will be held in the ADA Celebration CILO would like to thank all the organizations and individuals who participated in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which took place on Fountain Square on July 26th. Special thanks to the sponsors of the event: Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio, DeafChoice, Inc., Downtown and Western Hills Lions Clubs, Fifth Third Bank, Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Services Metro, Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission. Congratulations to the winners of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission awards for “Excellence in Advancing Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities.” These are the organizations and businesses which excel in providing employment to people with disabilities: D&W Fire Safety,LLC, Venice on Vine Pizza, StreetVibes, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Fidelity Investments, Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries, Jewish Vocational Service, Easter Seals/WRC, Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Service, Kroger, Netherland Hilton, Fifth Third Bank, Joseph Beth Books, Cincinnati Reds, Procter & Gamble, Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired Home Choice Transition CILO is happy to announce that, in the 22 months since the program began, we have transitioned 66 people with disabilities from long-term care facilities to home and community-based settings. Not only are these people now living in their preferred settings, but it also is a cost savings to the taxpayers. The Ohio HOME Choice project is funded by a federal grant from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services which provides matching funds to help Ohio begin balancing its long-term services and supports systems by allowing greater choice, flexibility and transparency. HOME Choice relocates Medicaid consumers who have lived for at least three months in nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities, hospitals or residential treatment facilities for children. In addition to Transition Coordination, CILO provides Independent Living Skills Instruction and Community Support Coaching to program participants. More information about HOME Choice, as well as success stories, can be found at http://jfs.ohio.gov/OHP/consumers/homechoice.stm. Questions? call: 1-888-221-1560 A very important mid-term election will occur November 2. Ohio: The deadline to register to vote in the November 2, 2010 General Election is October 4th, 2010, so any registration form must be returned to your Board of Elections, Secretary of State’s office, office of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, a public high school or vocational school, a public library, the office of a county treasurer, or a state or local office of a designated agency or postmarked no later than October 4, 2010. If you are already registered to vote but have moved within Ohio and/or changed your name, you must update your voter registration by submitting a new voter registration form or change of address form for your new residence. Ohio’s voter registration application also serves as a change of address and change of name form. A form may be obtained online at http://www.sos.state.oh.us. In Ohio, anyone who wishes may vote an absentee ballot, but a request must be made before each election. Forms are available at all the locations listed above, or you may call your board of elections to request the form. Kentucky: You can register at one of the following locations: · County clerk's office Kentucky mail - in Voter Registration Card: You may request an absentee ballot application from your county clerk's office in person, by mail, by phone, or by fax. The deadline for applying for a mailed absentee ballot is seven days before an election. You must fulfill one of these qualifications in order to request a mailed absentee ballot: · Due to advanced age, disability, illness or medical emergency You work outside the county and are unable to either vote on the absentee voting machine in the county clerk's office or in your polling place on election day. CILO has an exciting agenda for the month of September, please come and join us for the following events Becoming Computer Savvy... The Center for Independent Living Options is offering a 6 week beginners computer class. Internet Safety – St. Paul’s Village Citizenship In Action Art Beyond Boundaries Gallery
|