Rhode Island Department of Health will be hosting an open forum for all people with disabilities and their families on Friday, July 25th, 2014, from 1:30 – 3:30 PM, at the South Providence Library’s Community Room, 441 Prairie Avenue, Providence, RI.
The mission of RI Department of Health is to ensure family-centered, community based systems of services for children and youth with special healthcare needs through infrastructure building, training and technical assistance, and collaboration with families, other state agencies, heath plans, and community agencies.
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These forums are an opportunity for ALL people with disabilities and their families to speak out and voice their concerns. There will be a panel of representatives present from several state agencies and community-based organizations to listen to the participants. These forums are being held throughout the state during the week of July 21st – 25th, as part of the 24th year anniversary celebration of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Additional public forums on the Concerns of People with Disabilities and their Families will be held on:
Monday, July 21st, 2014, from 1 – 3 PM, at the Zambarano Unit of the Eleanor Slater Hospital, 2090 Wallum Lake Road Pascoag, RI Hosted by the Zambarano Unit of the Eleanor Slater Hospital
Monday, July 21st, 2014 from 4 – 6 PM, at the Woonsocket Harris Public Library’s Community Room, 303 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, RI. Hosted by Seven Hills Rhode Island
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014, from 2 – 4 PM, at the Warwick Public Library’s Community Room, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI. Hosted by the Ocean State Center for Independent Living
Wednesday July 23rd, 2014, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM, at the Middletown Public Library’s Community Room, 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI. Hosted by Opportunities Unlimited
Thursday, July 24th, 2014, from 4 – 6 PM, at the Rogers Free Library’s Herreshoff Community Room, 525 Hope St, Bristol, RI. Co-hosted by RI Statewide Independent Living Council and National Federation of the Blind of RI
Thursday, July 24th, 2014, from 4 – 6 PM, at the Charlestown Town Hall Chambers, 4540 South County Trail, Charlestown, RI. Hosted by Perspectives Corporation
Sign language and Spanish interpreters and real-time captioning will be used at the site and a transcript will be compiled of the testimony. Assistive listening systems will be available upon request at the hearing. Requests for other language interpreting should be made to 462-2130 at least 3 business days in advance.
Comments may be made in person during the forums. They can also be faxed to 462-0106, e-mailed to GCD.Disabilities@gcd.ri.gov, or mailed by August 8th to Governor’s Commission on Disabilities, John O’ Pastore Center-41 Cherry Dale Court, Cranston, RI 02920-3049. For more information or to request an accommodation call, 462-0100 or 462-0101(tty).
