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>> And record.

I am thrilled to have had the chance to briefly introduce myself to all of you. I need to jump on the DD Council call to do the same. I look forward to collaborating with all of you!

>> Oh, where's the record? Where's the record? notes of us who guy as members disability community

need to come to terms and seize the opportunity to address the fact that we have work to do to become inclusive in our

spaces ourselves. That is a major reason why I was so honored to be initially recommended for this particular position as commissioner, the opportunity presents itself to further develop on the efforts on the administration of

disability to collaborate throughout its portfolio of programs so inclusive of the programs that that are underneath the AOD umbrella and encourage grantees

throughout the US to do the same in this your respective states.

If there are silos between the CILs and the U said and the PNAs in your respective states, I'm hoping that what we do here

at the federal level will inspire conversation around how can we collaborate at the state level to invest time and intention and ensuring that stakeholders really understand

that the program including Independent Living within the ARD portfolio are more often than not, lifespan

programs for disabled people of all ages including older disabled people that includes people who age into disability,

who encounsel iter disability as a result of aging * and disabled people who age into aging.

We've seen and heard Alison speak eloquently with the White House's efforts to be inclusive of our communities

during the five past weeks. You see ASL interpretation ated televised communications, specific mentions of the disability

community in relations to the administration's priority, COVID-19, racial equity, climate change, the inclusion of people

known to our community on the COVID-19 response task force, and 9 unprecedented commitment to recruiting *

qualified disabled applicants to political appointments. We know this administration as well as society at large

Christina Holtzclaw, Assistant Director of NWGA CIL Choltzclaw@nwgacil.org

serge has a long ways to go. The Texas CILs can reach out to Jennifer

Martin, program officer and to the SILC and the DSE. You can reach out to me any time if need ed. As many of you know

I'm originally from Texas so I have family and friends still there and were affected by the storm. I've been keeping a

close eye on recovery efforts. So please don't hesitate to reach out if need ed.

The winter storms and COVID-19 has tested our resolve. We are a resilient group. So we will succeed in the ends.

To achieve success, CILs keep up the great work and continue following ACL guidance and FAQs. I also don't want CILs to

engage the SILC in your stage. are required to monitor, review

and evaluate the implementation of this bill but they have other duties and authorities available to CILs and consumers.

Now, I'm going to refer to the previously published FAQ on disaster and preparedness. SILCs are iew in I cannily, attend meeting and in return share this important information

and resources with you. s in this role. Arizona SILC has a detailed plan on statewide coordination efforts in this bill. The-- Nebraska

Ed-- crat advocating for people with disabilities for receiving

a vaccine and speak being out on the state's lack of response to people living in congregate settings and people with disabilities

living in the community. This is great information to share with CILs and others in the state to build relationships that

they're forming.

It's a start with communicationThank you, Regina. you're a good PO. Before I get going, I want to echo the comments about

Please feel free to post your questions in the Q&A feature of Zoom or in this Chat box. Thank you very much.

what can ACL do to encourage/incentivize states to prioritize vaccination of people with disabilities?

Kelly. I've known-- I knew of him when I was in the Washington CIL and SILC world. We worked together. You are

a force and a legend. And as the commissioner mentioned, we're excited and interested to see what you do next. So congratulations

on your environment.

your retirement.

I want to give you highlights, first of all, thank you to everybody who submitted stories and questions for us to address.

The got 30 more pages of input than we ever did for any meeting before. When it comes to stories, I have to pick and choose

a little bit before we get to the questions.

Also I don't know if we mentioned it before, but if you have questions that you would like us to address today, please type

them into the Q&A box. You can also submit them through the OILP you submitted of about.

I am discuss stories here. If I don't mention everything, on the-- that you submitted. Just

for a quick, if people-- if possible just for REs, if you can enter questions in the Q&A box, not the CHAT box, just so

that we can look for the questions in one spot. I'll keep an eye on both.

So great. Let's start. Ocean state center for Independent Living. . In January, had a successful food distribution event,

120 individuals received boxers of variety of food and providing gift cards and providing consumer in accessing online

shopping platforms. I heard CILs on the phone, ordering food-- using that for CARES Act funds.

Technology, a lot of people working with different forms of technology to keep pe provide services to over 1500 additional consumers. 779 kits, to people that are ij pacted-- 2,156 penal. 842 bottles of soap-- et cete

One of the things that the Director Kimberly so noted is significant difficulties tracking the COVID rates a core adviser group originated by FEMA. I wanted to bring

that up because a lot of the groups and partnerships coming to fruition now started in the past,So hopefully

Can you all send out the Q&A document that Regina referred to about disaster preparedness? Thank you!

you're keeping an eye on those partner shins partnerships and identify in you ones. I want

Is CART working?

Aloha, with the accessibility to internet and online resources being provided, have other CILs utilized digital literacy navigators to support access to these resources online, especially for individuals not familiar with using the internet?

CART stopped 5 minutes ago. It was lagging but no longer updating.

Thank you all for this information. I have to head to another meeting. Have a wonderful day

I am communicating with the captioner trying to plug back in Zoom.

Are CILs required to create a complete CSR for everyone we assist with these funds?

We have lost CART- do we typically continue if CART is not available

That would limit our impact

Appreciate the effort to resume captioning.

Saipan had the Covid task force come to the center and administer the vaccine to the Centers consumer

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Thank you!

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Can you resend the FAQ to those that registered for this meeting. Or attach it to this chat

Will the transcript resume working?

Thank you for the information.

Captioner needs you to assign her again.

Thank you Sharon for stopping the presentation to get the captioning fixed so that everyone has access to this great info! Nothing about us without ALL of us! :)

We are go again

it looks like it’s going now

Thank you, everyone, for your patience

Thank you all for your patience with the technology glitch.

Lost captioning again. It seems when there is a chat message it disconnects the captioning.

There's a gap in the transcript from 16:12 to 16:21

Do you have the transcription of that gap?

It appears as a full transcript but NOT on the bottom of the screen. It goes in and out.

Sorry, but captioning is not showing up again....

Streamtext is working

hey Sharon and carol the captioner is asking if you can stop sharing screenthat could help

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the streamtext is working

It seems to be working now without the screensharing

I still have captions on zoom

its working now that you stopped sharing screen

Sharon, don't worry, I just loose the visual, but am able to follow on the full transcript.

Much better without the screen sharing.

Sean let's continue past 4:30 to 4:45, if that works for you today?

Thank you all for your patience with the technology glitches and we will be extending today's presentation for the questions Sean is reading.

Could someone please clarify the stipulation on using CARES funds for temporary relocations? That answer was confusing.

i wonder if it would be useful to mention a good rule of thumb is can you relate it to health, safety, and well-being and making sure that you can identify it goes to persons with disabilities

I’m confused about the PPR excel sheet. could you please elaborate?

Very helpful and supportive call. Thank you so much.

great. thank you

Will this be available to rewatch?

yes

Thanks to all - this was very helpful.

yes

Thank you and congratulations to Reyma!