EXCUSE ME?
We have been beating the drum since 2004. In perfect rhythm we can chant, “There are 15,500 men, women and children with developmental disabilities in the State of Indiana on waiting lists for services. They can be on a list for 10 years or longer.”
Until now, we continued to use 15,500 as the number, even though we assumed to some degree it was no longer correct.
We knew the list would grow as infants and toddlers were diagnosed with developmental disabilities (DD), young adults graduated from special education classes, and older adults needed a living situation because of aging parents.
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| Joe & Jan Moyer |
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| Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Interchurch Lenten Services Deborah James Phyllis Kingery Metea Baptist Missions Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Larry Shidler Betty Schodrof |
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| Please Click HERE to see a complete list of Dream High Donors |
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| Corinth Brethren Church Larry Isaacs Margaret Lucas Jay & Betty Shafer Jeanne Wagner |
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| Deana Daugherty |
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| Ellen Bland, President Linda Leasure, Vice President Janet Thomson, Secretary Andrew VanZee, Treasurer Jeff Baker Larry Beach Arden Cramer Rose Ann Garrison Barry Jones Steve Miller Ryan Muller Millie Redweik Bruce Vernon Mary Welker |
As this article is my “swan song” let me try to explain what being a member of the Peak Community Services Board of Directors has meant to me.
I became a service member at the invitation of Jim Callaghan and Sharon Nelson, starting January 2000.
The State of Indiana hired the accounting firm of Davis-Deshaies to initiate a new system for determining the services a consumer receives and the rate of reimbursement.
Providers in Florida who experienced the Davis-Deshaies process suggest we will have a reduction in rates of payment and consumers will have fewer services. An exercise in Indiana in the 1970s and 1990s resulted in exactly that.
Logansport’s Supported Group Living Home on Linden Avenue has been through a lot of changes in the past few months. They said good-bye to a few friends and gained some new ones.
One Friday in August, two Peak Community Services staff members went camping with six consumers.
Normally, this would not be anything spectacular to write about, because it actually happens quite often. What makes this trip special is that most of them had never been camping before.
Providing New Jobs
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TRIP Into Bowling
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Family Ties & Little White Lies
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Annual Meeting of the Local Chapter of the ARC of Indiana
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Annual Awards
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Thank you for Dreaming High in Cass & Pulaski Counties
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Logansport, IN 46947
574-753-4104
Winamac, IN 46996
574-946-6188
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