Provider Spotlight: Advocates for Empowerment

This week’s Provider Spotlight features Advocates for Empowerment.

AFE provides in-home, community inclusion, and job services for both adults and children. This values-based organization makes a strong commitment to matching families with the right provider upfront. They even publish biographies of all their employees on their website. Check them out here.

 

 

 

 

INW Proudly Sponsors All Born (In) Conference in 2018 – Registration Now Open

Independence Northwest is a proud sponsor again this year for the exceptional All Born (In) Conference. Registration is open now!

The annual All Born (in) Conference is an exciting day for parents, caregivers, and professionals working to end segregation in neighborhood schools and the community. It’s a day of celebrating community and learning how to use Universal Design for Learning and Best Practices to reach and teach every child. Share, learn and make connections so that we can all go forth to open the eyes of the wider community to the fact that our children are all born “in”. The Conference was founded by Northwest Down Syndrome Association in 2006 in partnership with Portland State University’s joint certification program and the Center on Inclusive Education. It has grown to be a cornerstone resource in the Northwest region, engaging many innovative parents, professionals, and community partners to embrace the gifts of every learner.

Brokerage customers with Family Training written into their ISP can use support services funding to pay customer and non-paid caregiver conference costs. Please contact your Personal Agent with any questions.

Full details about the conference can be found here.

First of Several Community Provider Focus Groups a Success

Last night we held our first of three Focus Groups for our provider community and it was a great success! Huge thanks to Jessica Leitner for facilitating a lively, engaging, and community-building conversation.

Thank you to Compass Career Solutions, Advocates for Empowerment, Eastco Diversified Services, EQC Home Care, Trellis Inc., Arise Mentors, Hosanna Homes, Community Access Services , Mentor Network and Pacific Opportunities for giving us your time and energy to help make our community stronger.

News on upcoming focus group coming soon.

Provider Spotlight: Ability Training Services

This week’s Provider Spotlight is Ability Training Services.

If you live in Washington County then you should check out Ability Training Services. This amazing group not only supports people with training, activities and learning based retreats, they help coordinate a central calendar with other agencies in order to help friends meet up in the community! ATS believes that everyone deserves encouragement, motivation and the tools necessary to grow.

Did You Know: Assistive Devices and Oregon I/DD Services

Did you know that your ISP can cover one-time expenditures for Assistive Devices?

These include adaptive equipment for eating (utensils, trays, cups, bowls that are specially designed to assist an individual to feed him/herself), and specially designed clothes to meet the unique needs of the individual with the disability (clothes designed to prevent access by the individual to the stoma, Velcro closures, specially designed zippers, etc. which could allow the person to dress/undress with less support).

Contact your Personal Agent for more information. Learn more by checking out the Oregon Expenditure Guidelines.