-Eric Neudel and Alison Gilkey, Director and Producers of Life Worth Living, a historical documentary about the Disability Rights Movement, will attending the screening at Shepherd on November 8th, Noon-1, (1-1:30, Q&A), 7th Floor Auditorium.
-Movie treats and drinks will be served.
-RSVP Requested (thanks to those of you who already have)
-Trailer: http://www.itvs.org/films/lives-worth-living
-NY Times Review: http://tv.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/arts/television/lives-worth-living-on-independent-lens-review.html
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Documentary on Atlanta Legal Aid Tonight: Includes story of Olmstead
Tonight! Documentary on Atlanta Legal Aid Society, including story of Olmstead v. L.C.
ONE LAW FOR ALL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30,
PBA, CHANNEL 30
ONE LAW FOR ALL, co-produced by DAVID DUKE and his SON, JOHN, tells the story of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Founded in 1924 and one of the oldest legal services agencies in the country, Atlanta legal aid offers civil legal services to low-income persons.
You will enjoy this thirty minute documentary: Thursday, October 27 at 8:30.
ONE LAW FOR ALL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30,
PBA, CHANNEL 30
ONE LAW FOR ALL, co-produced by DAVID DUKE and his SON, JOHN, tells the story of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Founded in 1924 and one of the oldest legal services agencies in the country, Atlanta legal aid offers civil legal services to low-income persons.
You will enjoy this thirty minute documentary: Thursday, October 27 at 8:30.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
OCR Findings Olmstead Findings Letter Sent to Georgia DCH
Georgia Department of Community Health
In a letter of findings to the Georgia Department of Community Health, OCR found the entity failed to assist the complainant in moving out of a nursing home and back into the community as required by the Olmstead decision. In Olmstead, the Supreme Court held that the ADA requires public entities to provide community-based services to persons with disabilities when such services are appropriate; the affected persons do not oppose community-based treatment; and community-based services can be reasonably accommodated. This complainant has lived in a nursing home for 17 years and has been very clear about her desire to move to the community. She has been determined by her doctor to be appropriate for community placement and the state has made no showing that such services cannot be reasonably accommodated.
In a letter of findings to the Georgia Department of Community Health, OCR found the entity failed to assist the complainant in moving out of a nursing home and back into the community as required by the Olmstead decision. In Olmstead, the Supreme Court held that the ADA requires public entities to provide community-based services to persons with disabilities when such services are appropriate; the affected persons do not oppose community-based treatment; and community-based services can be reasonably accommodated. This complainant has lived in a nursing home for 17 years and has been very clear about her desire to move to the community. She has been determined by her doctor to be appropriate for community placement and the state has made no showing that such services cannot be reasonably accommodated.
People who believe that an entity receiving federal financial assistance has discriminated against them (or someone else) on the basis of disability, may file a complaint with OCR at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/complaints/index.html.
Summaries of each of these enforcement efforts can be found on OCR’s website: www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/activities/agreements/. For more information on community living and Olmstead please visit: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/understanding/disability/serviceolmstead/index.html.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Powerful Documentary Chronicles the History of America’s Disability Rights Movement
Lives Worth Living Premieres on the PBS Series Independent Lens on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 10 PM
Powerful Documentary Chronicles the History of America’s Disability Rights Movement
Lives Worth Living Trailer--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?While there are close to 50 million Americans living with disabilities, Lives Worth Living is the first television history of their decades-long struggle for equal rights. Produced and directed by Eric Neudel, Lives Worth Living is a window into a world inhabited by people with an unwavering determination to live their lives like everyone else, and a look back into a past when millions of Americans lived without access to schools, apartment buildings, and public transportation – a way of life unimaginable today. Lives Worth Living premieres on the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 10 PM (check local listings). Lives Worth Living traces the development of the disability rights movement from its beginning following World War II, when thousands of disabled veterans returned home, through its burgeoning in the 1960s and 1970s, when it began to adopt the tactics of other social movements. Told through interviews with the movement’s pioneers, legislators, and others, Lives Worth Living explores how Americans with a wide variety of disabilities — including the blind, deaf, mentally, and physically challenged — banded together to change public perception and policy. Through demonstrations and legislative battles, the disability rights community finally secured equal civil rights with the 1990 passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, one of the most transformative pieces of civil rights legislation in American history.
To learn more about the film, and the issues involved, visit the film’s companion website at www.pbs.org/independentlens/
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
FaithWorks 2011 Mental Health Conference November 17th
FaithWorks 2011 Mental Health Conference on Thursday, November 17 from 9am-1pm (registration starts at 8:30am) at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.
The conference emphasizes the uniquely important role that faith and spirituality play in treatment for those with mental and addictive illness. The conference is also approved for 4 CE units by the GA Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of GA, and GA Addiction Counselors Association (toward certification).
The conference emphasizes the uniquely important role that faith and spirituality play in treatment for those with mental and addictive illness. The conference is also approved for 4 CE units by the GA Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of GA, and GA Addiction Counselors Association (toward certification).
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Come Hear from ACT Team Providers October 17th
Daniel Trussell has arranged to have leaders of some metro Atlanta ACT teams share with us
at this meeting.
If you have any questions, please contact Rheba at (404) 758-4500 ext. 104.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Independent Reviewer Report to be Filed by October 7, 2011
According to the court file, Independent Reviewer, Elizabeth Jones, is to file her report on the first fiscal year of the Settlement Agreement by October 7, 2011.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Applying Lessons of Brown v. Board of Education to Olmstead
Click here for May 2011 National CIL conference presentation on Applying Lessons from Brown v. Board to Olmstead
APPLYING LESSONS FROM THE EVOLUTION OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION TO OLMSTEAD: MOVING FROM GRADUALISM TO IMMEDIATE, EFFECTIVE, AND COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATION by Charles Bliss and C. Talley Wells, Georgia State University Law Review, 2010
APPLYING LESSONS FROM THE EVOLUTION OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION TO OLMSTEAD: MOVING FROM GRADUALISM TO IMMEDIATE, EFFECTIVE, AND COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATION by Charles Bliss and C. Talley Wells, Georgia State University Law Review, 2010
Monday, September 19, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Supported Employment and Customizable Employment in Georgia
Employment First of Georgia
Georgia APSE
Worktec
Briggs & Associates
American Work
Community Friendship
Cobb CSB Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation Georgia
Suggest other links in the Comment Section Please!
Georgia APSE
Worktec
Briggs & Associates
American Work
Community Friendship
Cobb CSB Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation Georgia
Suggest other links in the Comment Section Please!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
DOJ Technical Assistance Guide for Olmstead
Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C.
In the years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), the goal of the integration mandate in title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act – to provide individuals with disabilities opportunities to live their lives like individuals without disabilities – has yet to be fully realized. Some state and local governments have begun providing more integrated community alternatives to individuals in or at risk of segregation in institutions or other segregated settings. Yet many people who could and want to live, work, and receive services in integrated settings are still waiting for the promise of Olmstead to be fulfilled.In 2009, on the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead, President Obama launched “The Year of Community Living” and directed federal agencies to vigorously enforce the civil rights of Americans with disabilities. Since then, the Department of Justice has made enforcement of Olmstead a top priority. As we commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Olmstead decision, the Department of Justice reaffirms its commitment to vindicate the right of individuals with disabilities to live integrated lives under the ADA and Olmstead. To assist individuals in understanding their rights under title II of the ADA and its integration mandate, and to assist state and local governments in complying with the ADA, the Department of Justice has created this technical assistance guide.
Click here for FULL WRITTEN Department of Justice Technical Assistance Guide
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
DBHDD July 21 Press Release on Housing in DOJ Settlement
Georgia Adds More Supported Housing for People With Mental Illness
Thursday, July 21, 2011 Contact: Tom Wilson
ATLANTA - More than a hundred people with mental illness in Georgia began receiving supported housing in the past year thanks to a push by the state to build more community-based services. The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) provided 118 people in 31 counties with help finding and affording housing, making it possible for them to live independently in the community and avoid hospitalization or homelessness. The agency gave an average $475 in rental assistance and an average $2,300 in bridge funding to participants, the latter helping pay for deposits, furniture, and other necessities of starting up a household. By July 1, 2015, the state has committed to helping at least 2,000 people with mental illness find and afford housing.
“Our goal is to help people with mental illness remain independent in the community and sustain their own recoveries,” said DBHDD Commissioner Frank Shelp, MD, MPH. “It’s nearly impossible to do that when you don’t have a stable place to live. By providing supported housing, we’re helping people with mental illness avoid ending up in hospitals, in jails, or on the street.”
Last year, Georgia committed to placing 100 people with mental illness in supported housing by July 1, 2011. It exceeded that goal by 18% and, with another 164 people already in the process of looking for housing, is well on its way to reaching next year’s goal of assisting 500 people total. DBHDD’s focus is currently on helping those people with severe and persistent mental illness that might otherwise have to resort to a state psychiatric hospital or other public services.
Georgia Counties with new supported housing participants in FY 2011:
Appling, Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Chatham, Clarke, Cobb, Dekalb, Dougherty, Floyd, Fulton, Hall, Henry, Houston, Lamar, Lowndes, Muscogee, Newton, Pickens, Polk, Richmond, Spalding, Sumter, Thomas, Troup, Upson, Walker, Walton, White, Worth.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Latest News from Rome Hospital: 4 Individuals Remain
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Atlanta Legal Aid Lawyer Sue Jamieson and Olmstead Plaintiff Lois Curtis Travel to White House to meet President Obama
In celebration of the 12th anniversary of the landmark Olmstead v. LC & EW decision by the United States Supreme Court, President Barack Obama met with lead attorney Sue Jamieson and surviving client Lois Curtis today in the Oval Office. The Olmstead case, widely described as the Brown v. Board of Education of disability rights cases, established the right of people with mental disabilities to live in community with proper supports as a civil right.
Since leaving a revolving door of institutions in the wake of Olmstead, Lois has reinvented herself as a folk artist, and she presented the President a self-portrait from her collection. Lois' story will be featured today on the White House Disability Blog.
Sue, a pioneering legal advocate for the disabled, brought Olmstead before the Court in 1999 after witnessing the plights of countless people like Lois. Sue, Lois and late co-plaintiff, Elaine Wilson, stand as symbols of freedom and the power of the law to serve as the agent for change for disability advocates across the nation.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Closure of Georgia Regional Hospital Rome News over last month
48 patients remain at N.W. Georgia Regional Hospital Read more: RN-T.com
Region-applies-for-funds-for-displaced-NWGRH-employees Rome News
Future-of-NWGRH-property-mulled Rome News
NWGRH-employees-fear-for-their-jobs---patients? RomeDaily News
Group helps train those on the front lines of mental health community services by Lydia Senn, staff writer Rome News
State Moving NWGRH Forensic Patients Rome News
Region-applies-for-funds-for-displaced-NWGRH-employees Rome News
Future-of-NWGRH-property-mulled Rome News
NWGRH-employees-fear-for-their-jobs---patients? RomeDaily News
Group helps train those on the front lines of mental health community services by Lydia Senn, staff writer Rome News
State Moving NWGRH Forensic Patients Rome News
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
LONG ROAD HOME 2011 EVENTS
The events scheduled to celebrate the Landmark Supreme Court Olmstead Decision. The events are intended to bring public awareness to the meaning and spirit of the decision and to the many people with disabilities still waiting for that decision to be implemented so they can be freed from institutions across the state so they can live a meaningful quality of life in their community of choice.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, June 15 -Decatur, GA
Featuring music, art, food, informational discussion, and freedom stories.
Location and time: Holy Trinity Church, 515 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur, GA 30030; 11 am to 2 PM
Thursday, June 16 -Dalton, GA
Featuring refreshments until 4:30 and speakers Lois Curtis, Andy Wade, and Tammy Ruggles Location and time: Dalton City Hall, 300 W. Waugh St., Dalton, GA 30720; 4 PM to 6 PM
Contact: Faith Reed -423-902-5896 or 706-278-8143
Saturday, June 18 -Gainesville, GA
Featuring a free hot-dog lunch, music from the Lefty Williams Band, and other talents.
Location and time: Roosevelt Square in downtown Gainesville; 11 am to 2:30 PM
Contact: The Disability Resource Center -770-534-6656
Monday, June 20 -Savannah, GA
Featuring guest speaker Willie Bivins.
Location and time: Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE), Inc.,12020 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31419; 11 am to noon
Tuesday, June 21 -North Augusta, SC
Featuring a showing of the First Long Road Home video, inducted into the Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2005.
Location and time: Walton Options, 325 Georgia Ave., N. Augusta, SC 29841;
Time: To be announced
Contact: Carla Cook -803-279-9611
Wednesday, June 22 -Main Celebration at the Georgia Capitol Building in Atlanta Featuring speakers, a DJ, and an art display featuring the work of artists with disabilities.
Location and time: Georgia State Capitol, South Wing rotunda, downtown Atlanta
Contact: Jenny Puestow -404-885-1234 or jpuestow@thegao.org
Wednesday, June 22 -Bainbridge, GA
This event will feature refreshments.
Location and time: Decatur County Senior Center, 402 W. Water St., Bainbridge, GA 39817; 2 PM to 4 PM
Contact: BAIN, Inc., Center for Independent Living -229-246-0150 or bain@surfsouth.com. RSVP required.
Wednesday, June 22 -Fitzgerald, GA
Featuring a march and rally.
Location and time: The Jessamine Place, 402 S. Main St., Fitzgerald, GA 31750; 9 am to noon
Contact: Constance Foster -229-426-5298
Wednesday, June 22 -Rome, GA
This event will feature a Lunch-and-Learn.
Location and time: Sara Hightower Regional Library, Oostanaula and Etowah Rooms, 205 RiverSidePkwy., NE, Rome, GA 30161; 9 am to 1 PM
Contact: Andy Wade -706-314-0008 or 866-888-7845
Long Road Home thanks the following organizations for making these events
possible:
Atlanta Legal Aid's Disability Rights and Mental Health Unit BAIN, Inc.
Center for Leadership on Disability
Cross Plains Community Partner
disABILITYLINK Northwest
Disability Resource Center
Georgia Advocacy Office
Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network Friends of l'ArcheAtlanta Holy Trinity Church Jessamine Place Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE), Inc.
People First of Atlanta
People First of Fitzgerald
People First of Georgia
People First Northeast GA Chapter
People First Northwest GA Chapter
People First of Thomasville
Walton Options
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