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The New York State
Office for People With Developmental Disabilities Announces a Public Hearing 
 
October 27, 2014:   1pm – 5pm   OPWDD will be accepting your comments, feedback and testimony at [...]

Good afternoon: OPWDD has posted to its website a “Statement Regarding the Need for a Home and Community-Based Settings Transition Plan for OPWDD’s Care at Home (CAH) waivers (CAH III, […]

Please note the following changes to the Questions and Answers document regarding the Developmental Disability Support and Care Coordination Organization (DISCO) Certificate of Authority (COA) [...]

We are pleased to add to our agenda a presentation from ArchCare. They recently received one of the largest Balancing Incentive Program grants in the state. Their grant is focused […]

October 2014 Dear Friends and Colleagues: October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a national campaign that raises awareness about the employment of individuals with [...]

OCTOBER 9, 2014 FEGS 315 HUDSON STREET 9th Floor AGENDA I. Introductions II. Approval of Minutes III. Announcements IV. State News: Donna Limiti, Director DDRO Region 4 Liz Cambra, Deputy […]

Service Availability: AHRC: Has several availabilities; see attached flyers AMAC: 3-5 openings are available in the Adult Day Services Program which accepts those with a diagnosis of Autism or  [...]

STATEWIDE COALITION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FAMILY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS c/o Margaret Puddington ■ 562 West End Avenue, 2A, New York, N.Y. 10024 ■ phone 212-799-2042 ■  [...]

I. Introductions were completed. II. Minutes were approved; if you were unable to open them, they are available as always on the DD Council website (www.manhattanddcouncil.org). III. [...]

For quite some time we have been asking the question: “How will the Managed Care infrastructure (including DISCO’s) be financed?” To date, even though it appears that managed care is […]