Top photo: Howard McBroom (right) presents award to Assemblymember Chris Holden (left)
Center, left photo: Howard McBroom (right) with Secretary Diana Dooley
Center, right photo: Howard McBroom (right) chats with Senator Steve Glazer
Bottom photo: Howard McBroom speaks with Assemblymember Chris Holden
Last month, Howard McBroom, peer advocate, accompanied by Brian Nguyen, Easter Seals Southern California program director, headed to Sacramento to present the Assembly Leadership Award to Assemblymember Chris Holden at the Annual Legislative Awards Dinner.
Brian says, "Hosted by Easter Seals, the awards honor senators and assemblymembers who have done fantastic work for our services, and most importantly, our individuals."
Howard thanked Assemblymember Holden for all his work sponsoring the one-time only bridge funding request of $25 million to help service providers pay for unfunded costs. Howard shared in his presentation speech that "we need to stay competitive in today’s world or else we will be left behind." Brian adds, "He did an absolutely wonderful job presenting the award to Assemblymember Holden."
As for the rest of the evening, Howard and Brian enjoyed dinner and spoke to/took pictures with senators and assemblymembers, thanking them for all the work they have done.
The legislators who were honored on March 13, 2018 during the dinner at The Citizen Hotel were:
California law and regulation requires that regional centers display on their Web sites information about the dollar value of services they purchase for clients. These data (called "purchase of service" or "POS" data) must be reported separately by clients' ethnic/racial group, langauge and diagnosis.
¿Cuáles son sus necesidades de servicio actuales? ¡Responda la encuesta y avísenos!
Lanterman is seeking your feedback and assistance in completing a short survey so we can better understand the current service needs. This survey is for our community to complete, including clients, family members, service providers or community partners. Thank you in advance for your time!
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Lanterman busca sus comentarios y ayuda para completar una breve encuesta para que podamos comprender mejor las necesidades actuales del servicio. Esta encuesta es para que la complete nuestra comunidad, incluidos los clientes, los miembros de la familia, los proveedores de servicios o los socios comunitarios. ¡Gracias de antemano por su tiempo!
Regional centers must post information regarding how providers are doing with ensuring individuals served are part of their communities (Welfare and Institutions Code section 4519.2(b)). This information is to be updated at least every six months until DDS has determined that statewide compliance has been met.
El Internet está inundado de información y recursos sobre el Coronavirus (COVID-19) desde el nivel federal hasta el estatal y local. Comenzamos esta página para compartir algunos de los recursos e información que encontramos más útiles y accesibles, además de compartir información específica para Lanterman sobre cualquier efecto que esto tenga en nuestras operaciones, nuestros proveedores de servicios y la comunidad en general.
The Internet is awash in info and resources about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the federal to the state and local levels. We're starting this page to share some of the resources and info we found most helpful and accessible, plus to share information specific to Lanterman about any effects this is having on our operations, our service providers and community as a whole.
