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VOR Awareness Month is October 2010.
This month long event across the country is an opportunity for VOR members and others to work to together to EDUCATE the general public about VOR's good and necessary advocacy work, and an opportunity RECRUIT more people to support VOR with memberships and contributions. (A few examples of how you can help are listed below).
Background
During the last 27 years VOR has accomplished many things due to the support our loyal members and donors.
We are proud and excited about what we have been able to accomplish over the past two decades. Please take a minute to look at the VOR Recent Milestones and the Value of VOR Membership attachments, which include Member Benefits, recent and historic Milestones, and an overview of VOR activities.
We need your help now to let others know about VOR’s important work.
With VOR’s 2010 Awareness campaign we are calling on ALL VOR members to EDUCATE existing donors and RECRUIT as many new members as possible.
We need the help of all of you to get the word out and make October 2010 a really special time for VOR Awareness.
How you can help
We are calling on each of you to work with your Family Groups, Facilities, and others to increase the awareness and visibility of VOR!! There are lots of ways to help:
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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN
VOR'S 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND WASHINGTON INITIATIVE!
The event held June 4 - 9, 2010 in Washington, D.C. was a great success.
This annual event would not be possible without the generous support of our many Sponsors. Please see the listing below for all those who provided financial support to make our meeting happen. THANK YOU SPONSORS.
This year participants heard presentations from Tom York, an attorney specializing in disability litigation; a representative from the Administration (pending); Paul Heckt, an estate planning attorney; Markus Rose, Legislative Assistant to the Honorable Barney Frank; Mark Diorio, Director of the Northern Virginia Training Center; and Bob Shrewsberry, Director of the Southeastern Virginia Training Center.
Immediately following the VOR Annual Conference, VOR also hosted a Washington Initiative during the week following the conference. During this time, VOR volunteers canvassed Congress with materials relating to our legislative priorities.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Conference Exhibitor
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On August 17, 2009, VOR submitted its comments in response to the federal Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which oversees Medicaid programs. The ANPRM asked for comments relating to allowing states to combine home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers for people with different disabilties who have similar functional needs. CMS also sought input on how to define "community."
In its comment, VOR expressed significant concern that current state budget woes and administrative conveniences would prove too great of temptations to States, leading to dangerous comingling of people with incompatable disability-types, leading to tragic consequences. Many real life examples were cited to reinforce VOR's stated concerns. With regard to defining community, VOR pointed out that both facilities and smaller settings can be "integrated." Our comments reinforce the need for choice, and Olmstead's support for choice. |
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VOR has launched a Petition which calls for “Support for a Full Array of Residential and Support Options for People with Developmental Disabilities.” VOR seeks thousands of signatures in support of the Petition, which will be presented to Congress.
To review the complete Petition and SIGN THE PETITION go to: http://www.petitiononline.com/DDchoice/petition.html
VOR supports at common sense approach to public policy on behalf of persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MR/DD).
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VOR Initiatives
