Cheryl Simpson from Endependence Center in Norfolk, VIrginia

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Hello everyone! Elvira from Disability Action Center Chico.

state your name, where you are from, what your question is for your peer or what you are working on currently or barriers you are experiencing

Elizabeth Donnelly Johnson disability network west Michigan

Tricia Lewis, Director of Independent Living at Society's Assets in Southeastern Wisconsin

Hello!! Julie with Three Rivers Inc in Kansas!!

Hello Everyone Simone Jones Independent Living Specialist from Services for Independent Living located in Euclid, Oh.

Carrie Arthur - Independent Living Consultant - Disability Action Center, Redding California

MFP= Money Follows Person

Amber Alexander with Wyoming Independent Living

We have always had difficulty getting referrals from nursing homes, despite consistent outreach. COVID has made it nearly impossible. Scott Campbell. Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living. Lancaster Ohio

Kathlyn Myers - Disability Action Center, Chico, CA.

Julia, What funding are you using to do this work?

Diversion and Relocation in Hotels are saving lives!! So glad to hear of many of you increasing your efforts in these areas!!!!! ♡

What funding did you use previously?

Women's Group: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82518272880?pwd=dDlHZjQwb1IzaS96a2RBajFLTTBOUT09

Do you have any intent of getting those ipads returned at any time?

@ Julia Sain, Kimberly Meck is wondering if you were doing this before Cares funds and if so what money did you use

We've used CARES Act funds to increase our AT loan library, provide gift cards for food, and utility assistance among other things.

Has any of you been successful obtain FEMA reimbursement for relocation efforts?

For Anyone Interested Services for Independent Living is offering a Youth Support Group via zoom on the 2nd and 3rd Friday of each month to support our youths ages 14-21. We have found that there is a lot of social isolation surrounding the pandemic with our youths and so we came up with Ready, Youth, Go or RYG to support our youths. If anyone has any youths they think may benefit from the group please feel free to contact me at 216-389-2352 or sjones@sil-oh.org

12/18/2020, Happy Hour Friday: https://zoom.us/j/719124066

Amber, I have been a WRAP facilitator for several years and love the program, it is something that can be done over zoom if need be.

Thank you for having this group together. We need it more often!

Peer WA is a great org to partner with. If you have a state or local Peer group and have not connected, I highly recommend it.

question that came in: Are WRAP materials fully accessible? I've sent an email, but haven't heard back yet.

See the below link for advocacy around relocation efforts for long term care facility residents to get the relief we need in the next COVID-19 Relief Package

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHPo0KpHAknd3mWEyTvroNzYXcVAw6VCefpdPRcY2izhRaXw/viewform

Amber Alexander, Krostron@optionsind.org

Has anyone had any luck with deaf outreach during covid??

@hershel We are connected with a local org called Hearing, Speech and Deaf Center that is providing referrals. Theya re still few and far between but some...

Jeannette Lanterman DAC Redding, just circling back to calls and mental health. We have been trained for Mental Health First Aiders at DAC in order to look and listen for signs of crisis and how to implement resources in order to assist our clients with mental health issues outside of our scope. mentalhealthfirstaid.org

We have a program in Virginia with the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. It was paused during pandemic, but now is reinstated. Our Deaf Outreach Coordinator is working on the backlog of applications for adaptive equipment for communication.

They are on the Public Health WA Website

Hi Everyone in regards to Simone Jones comment here is the flyer. April Holmes

@Mary Can I get on the list?

The WA State link I referred to in regard to crisis counseling: https://waportal.org/partners/home/WaListens

Great training and Mental Health First aid is a national program and they will come to you for training, it is either a two day session or can be done in one day . The offer both an adult and youth course which vary in content.

Some Deaf HH and Deaf/Blind work links: https://www.wasilc.org/ https://www.wasilc.org/coalition-on-inclusive-emergency-planning Jim House is the key contact!!!

Our staff got trained in QPR to help us handle situations where our consumers are struggling with mental health.https://qprinstitute.com/

am interested in any more activities that other centers are doing with care act funding? Just trying to get more ideas of things we can do

Link to news from our State training and conference opportunities: https://assets.website-files.com/5e20bef357d90e4e47de7965/5fd00fb4d40ec15841201e16_CIEP%20Alert%20Fall%202020.pdf https://disasterstrategies.org/

Via CARES funds we did some motel stays for homeless with disabilities that did not qualify for the CSB Motel/Hotel assistance program during COVID.

Too much direct liability with working directly with hotels and motels. We have options to do it through others but not directly.

12/16/2020, Peer to Peer: with Lina Wayne https://zoom.us/j/832352469

yes!! I would like those resources! thanks

Todd- Keanna would like that information, would you like to drop it in the link?

Our (WA) training and conference resource and routine (Daily) calls on Disability Rights during CV19. https://disasterstrategies.org/wa-conf/

I would like to offer to everyone the APRIL Conference workshop on Nursing Home Relocation from Misty Dion et al with some of the resources Todd was mentioning

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/IdkQ0VYMJvUMt185iMidb-Oo5-pORQ2PAGp1VIXjuREOr0SvdekzkiD7BEvR-6CI3qwFpekC2YGCVud7.Mg9dFV2SkhCP3FiR

are this meetings every month?

Every other week would be good. Just a standing meeting. :)

sorry I have been quiet.. computer issues..awesome meeting

Coming up with creative ways to spend money is awesome!

Thank you very much for organizing this!

Thank you for the information

Pay attention to the face coverings that have the clear panel for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Thank you all for all this valuable information. Looking forward to the listed resouces.

Thanks Mary!

This conversation is so valuable! I’m just absorbing it all to take back to our CIL group. Thank you!

Fairfax County in Virginia bought a bunch of accessible clear facemasks for staff to use, etc.

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Happy Holidays everyone!

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