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Your Voice Counts!
Your Community Counts!
When Others Speak
For You, You Lose
- Ed Roberts
Nothing About Us
Without Us
- Ed Roberts
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The Arc Collaborative of Southeast Michigan |
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The Arc Collaborative of
Southeast Michigan, the seven Arc chapters in Southeast
Michigan, will assure that children and adults with
disabilities can successfully access and utilize the
crisis and basic needs support systems available to them
and address a way of mobilizing community assets and
partners to bring together the fragmented pieces of the
service delivery system. The strategies will build on
and complement one another as system navigators build
relationships with and between the service systems to
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The Arc
of Dearborn/Dearborn Hgts.
27325 W Warren Avenue
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Phone: (313) 562-0219
Email:
arcpdp@aol.com
Web:
www.arcdearborn.org
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The Arc Detroit
51 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI
48201
Phone: (313) 831-0202
Email:
thearcdetroit@aol.com |
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ARC Downriver,
Inc.
4212 Thirteenth Street
Wyandotte, MI 48192
Phone: (734) 283-0710
Email:
arcriver@sbcglobal.net
Web:
www.downriverarc.org |
ARC Services of
Macomb, Inc.
44050 Gratiot Avenue
Clinton Township, MI 48036
Phone: (586) 469-1600
Email:
rfkimball@arcservices.org
Web:
www.arcservices.org
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The Arc of
Northwest Wayne County
26049 Five Mile
Road
Redford, MI 48239
Phone: (313) 532-7915
Email:
arcnw@aol.com
Web:
www.thearcnw.org |
The Arc of
Oakland County, Inc
1641 W. Big Beaver Road
Troy, MI 48084-3501
Phone: (248) 816-1900
Email:
tfk@thearcoakland.org
Web:
www.thearcoakland.org
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Calendar of Events |
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Best Practices Guide |
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Adult Home Help Services
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Adult Home Help Services: "A practical guide to the
details of the Michigan Department of Community Health
program --- operated by the Michigan Department of
Human Services --- where a caregiver can receive payment
for the chore work they perform on behalf of a person
with a disabling condition.” PDF
file, 36 pages, added March 2010.
Checklists
Community Participation
Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
General
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The Arc Coalition of Wayne County:
Information about services offered and how to contact
chapters of The Arc in Wayne county. PDF file, 2
pages, tri-fold brochure, added June 2009.
Guardianship Alternatives
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Guardianship Alternatives
Information Network (GAIN):
Basic information and contacts concerning
alternatives to guardianship. PDF file, 2 pages,
tri-fold brochure, added June 2009.
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The After I'm Gone Program: A brochure listing
scheduled workshops that
assist parents of children
and adults with disabilities in planning for their son
or daughter’s future when they are no longer able to
provide care. PDF file, 2 pages, added June 2009.
I.D.E.A. (Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act)
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IDEA Training Slides:
Things you should know about the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act. PowerPoint
presentation, 49 slides, added April 2009.
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Special Education Informal Dispute Resolution Process:
A
guide for parents and advocates when they encounter
challenges within the special education system. The
hope is to encourage early and meaningful collaboration
between home and school in order to facilitate the best
possible outcomes for EVERY student receiving special
education services. PDF file, 6 pages, added April 2009.
Person
Centered Planning
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Just What is Person
Centered Planning Anyway?
Principles of person centered planning and where to get
support.
PDF file, 2 pages, tri-fold brochure, added June 2009.
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Self-Determination: Getting
a plan of service that adheres to the principles of
person centered planning and self-determination.
PDF file, 19 pages, added June 2009.
Social Security
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Planning A More Secure Future:
A
detailed discussion on the topics Supplemental Security
Income (SSI, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI,
Medicaid, Medicare, and how all that impacts upon the
importance of estate planning. PDF file, 43 pages,
updated April 2011.
Tax
Reporting
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2010 Annual Income Tax Guide:
Prepared for persons supporting children and/or adults
with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
PDF file 28 pages, added April 2009.
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Other Resources |
2-1-1 health and human services non-emergency help
United Way of
Southeast Michigan 2-1-1 is a free, easy-to-remember
telephone number that connects people with resources
that improve their lives. The 2-1-1 call specialists are
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and are ready
to provide information about a wide range of community
services – including health care, job training, child
care, mortgage foreclosure assistance and more.
Ask a 2-1-1 call
specialist about resources for:
Rent/Utility Assistance
Food
Legal Assistance
Shelter
Support Groups,
and more
If
it’s a life-threatening emergency, always call 9-1-1.
Info added December 2009
Directories
Personal Assistance
Services
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Hiring and Managing Personal Assistants
This is a guide on how to
hire and manage personal assistants. You do not have to
understand everything in the guide to be a good
employer. Remember that you have a supports coordinator
and allies to help you. PDF file, 39 pages, added
April 2009.
SafeLink offers
free cell phone service
This is a U.S.
government-sponsored program that provides a free cell
phone and 68
minutes per month of phone time to income-eligible
folks, including
those receiving SSI, food assistance and Housing Choice
Vouchers. Eligible persons can enroll via the
web, but there is also
a phone
number, 800
977-3768.
Instead of receiving a
monthly telephone bill for your traditional
Lifeline service, SafeLink converts the total amount
of discounted service (approximately $13.50 of discounted
telephone service) into minutes (68 minutes) each month.
SafeLink Wireless Service does not cost anything – there are
no contracts, no recurring fees and no monthly charges.
Participants in the program are subject to annual
verification.
SafeLink will only
accept one request per mailing address.
Info added December
2009
Social Security
Disability Benefits
The Social Security and
Supplemental Security Income disability programs are the
largest of several Federal programs that provide
assistance to people with disabilities. While these two
programs are different in many ways, both are
administered by the Social Security Administration and
only individuals who have a disability and meet medical
criteria may qualify for benefits under either program.
Links added December 2009.
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