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    TFC Community Highlight - Annandale Village
    Together for Choice
    • May 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    TFC Community Highlight - Annandale Village

    #annandalevillage #continuumofcare #specialneedshousing #disabilityrights #disabilityhousing Featuring Annandale Village, a wonderful continuum of care community for adults with developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries in Suwanee, Georgia! Speaker: Adam Pomeranz, CEO of Annandale Village
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    The Meaning of Community
    Together for Choice
    • Feb 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Meaning of Community

    To Whom It May Concern: This letter, in support of Pathfinder Village in Edmeston, New York, is written as support for the Village, its residents and the staff, who each bring their own style of caring and support to the Village. My experience with Pathfinder Village goes back many years, long before I was an actively involved member of their community. I had a vested interest in Pathfinder as my brother had Down Syndrome and I had trained as a Special Educator and had worked
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    TFC's Letter to Illinois' Director of the Department of Developmental Disabilities
    Together for Choice
    • Feb 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    TFC's Letter to Illinois' Director of the Department of Developmental Disabilities

    #HCBSSettingsRule #Medicaid #SettingsRule #TogetherforChoice #DisabilityRights #DisabilityAdvocacy #Illinois #DevelopmentalDisabilities Scott Mendel, Chairman of Together for Choice, wrote to Allison Stark, Illinois’ Director of the Department of Developmental Disabilities, regarding Illinois' Interpretation of the Settings Rule. From: Mendel, Scott Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 12:07 PM To: Stark, Allison <Allison.Stark@Illinois.gov> Subject: Presentation at the ARC Lead
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    ACCSES Response to Questions from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
    Together for Choice
    • Jan 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    ACCSES Response to Questions from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

    #civilrights #disabilityrights #FairLaborStandardAct #DisabilityAdvocacy #TogetherforChoice #ChoiceinEmployment #ACCSES #USCCR Kate McSweeney, Vice President and General Counsel of ACCSES, responded to questions from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Special Minimum Wage for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Please click on the link below. https://accses.org/CMS/Resources/dropbox/accsesresponsetouscommissiooncivilrights011420.pdf Thank you, A
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    Together for Choice Policy Statement
    Together for Choice
    • Jan 15, 2020
    • 5 min

    Together for Choice Policy Statement

    #disabilitypolicy #disabilityrights #intellectualdisability #developmentaldisability #specialneeds #advocacy #disabilityadvocacy #positionpaper Enhancing the Lives of All Individuals with Disabilities Who Is Together for Choice? Together for Choice (TFC) is a nationwide advocacy organization consisting of families who have family members with a disability and providers that support these men and women. TFC’s primary focus is on those with significant intellectual and develop
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    Together for Choice 2019 Fall Newsletter
    Together for Choice
    • Sep 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Together for Choice 2019 Fall Newsletter

    In this issue: Illinois Congressman Supports 14(c), New England Village, Baddour Center, Member Survey, NCSA, Ashley Kim
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    Together for Choice
    • Jun 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Together for Choice Summer 2019 Newsletter

    #Newsletter #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsAdvocacy
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    Together for Choice
    • Jan 30, 2019
    • 2 min

    This is me

    #TogetherforChoice #DisabilityRights #Advocacy In Camphill Village, I have been allowed to grow both spiritually and developmentally. I have learned many new skills here. Everyone in the community is my friend. Before I came to Camphill, I had people who were nice to me, but there was no continuity to my experiences. It seemed like I was jumping from one thing to another all the time. I was born and raised in Banner Elk, North Carolina. I have a very loving and supportive fa
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    Notes from the 2018 National HCBS Conference
    Together for Choice
    • Sep 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    Notes from the 2018 National HCBS Conference

    #DisabilityRights #HCBS #HCBSConference #Advocacy #DisabilityAdvocacy Dear fellow advocates: I would like to share with you some of the key highlights from this year’s National HCBS Conference. The conference hosted over 1,500 attendees, many of whom were federal, state and local policymakers and those who administer, manage, and deliver waiver and other HCBS programs. This post will be focusing on speakers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) including
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    Letter to the Secretary of Labor
    Together for Choice
    • May 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    Letter to the Secretary of Labor

    #disabilityrights #disabilityemployment #employment #TogetherforChoice #14c Secretary Acosta, Assistant Secretary McGuire, Deputy Assistant Secretary Sheehy, and Senior Advisor Mannix: Please find attached a letter signed by over 100 organizations across the United States who provide services to or advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities, explaining the importance to such men and women of preserving the specialized wages provided for in Section 14(c) of the F
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