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March 2010

Senators at Budget Hearing Oppose Proposed Reduction in MR Funding

March 12, 2010

On March 3 PA Senate Appropriations Committee heard opposition to cuts to payments for mental retardation services proposed in the Governor’s Executive Budget for FY 2010-2011. Seven (7) of the seventeen (17) members of the Senate Appropriations Committee questioned the proposed $6.1 million cut to community mental retardation funding. The one percent (1%) decrease that [...]

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OMHSAS Conducts Statewide Survey of Trained Certified Peer Specialists

March 12, 2010

The Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) is initiating the first Pennsylvania statewide survey of trained Certified Peer Specialists to better understand CPS training and employment experiences. OMHSAS is receiving assistance from the University of Pennsylvania Collaborative on Community Integration (www.upennrrtc.org) and the Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition (http://www.pmhca.org/?page=coal).The purpose is to [...]

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OMHSAS Plans Training in LGBTQI Cultural Competency

March 12, 2010

The PA Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) has announced that it will be developing standards and delivering training modules for competency in serving individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Intersex Consumers (LGBTQI).  OMHSAS says that its goal is to train front line staff, including peer specialists, therapists, [...]

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PA SILC Seeks Public Comment on State Plan for Independent Living

March 12, 2010

The Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council (PA SILC) in partnership with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) is accepting comments from the public on the Draft State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) for federal fiscal years 2011-2013 (October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2013).The Draft SPIL may be reviewed online at www.pasilc.org. Individuals may request [...]

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LIFE Program to Expand

March 12, 2010

In the March 6 edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the PA Department of Public Welfare (DPW) announced an expansion of the Living Independence for the Elderly (LIFE) program. The Living Independence for the Elderly (LIFE) Program is the Commonwealth’s replication of the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Model. DPW is asking organizations [...]

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Action Plan for Use of Community Development Recovery Funds Amended

March 12, 2010

In the March 6 edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the PA  Department of Community And Economic Development (DCED) proposed an amendment to its Action Plan for the Distribution and use of Community Development Block Grant—Recovery Funds. The 2008 Action Plan is an update of the Commonwealth’s Consolidated Plan for FFY 2004-2008. Due to revised activities [...]

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