REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count
Date: 7/15/2020
Video Description: Keri Gray, Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Communications for the American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) addresses the following topics:
- Voter Suppression: What it is, How it Impacts Outcomes, Why it Matters to the Disability Community
- Stakeholder Education: Approaches and Tools that Work
- Levering Candidate Questionnaire and Forums to Advance Your Cause
- Making the Most of REV Up!'s Tools and Resources
Webinar Recording: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count
Webinar Transcript: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count (PDF)
Additional Resources: aapd.com/advocacy/voting
Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations
Date: 7/9/2020
Video Description: A roundtable of representatives from ILCs around the state discuss how they adapted to operate in the "new normal" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Topics include:
- Ensuring all staff have proper technology, including Internet access
- VPN and other forms of remote access such as LogMeIn, SplashTop, Google Remote Desktop
- Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Skype
- Temporary phone numbers via Google Voice
- Voice over internet protocol
- Zoom with encryption to allow for staff calls, plus staff with consumers
- Zoom alternatives
- Managing bandwidth
- Peer counseling, wellness calls and emotional support strategies for staff and consumers
Webinar Recording: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations
Webinar Transcript: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations (PDF)
Get Out The Vote: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights
Date: 6/17/2020
Video Description: Presenters from Disability Rights New York (DRNY) address the following topics:
- Why it Matters: Understanding the Impact of the Disability Vote
- Voter Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Polling Place Accessibility/Ballot Marking Devices
- Alternative Voting Options
- Absentee Voting in NYS Today
- DRNY Recent Litigation
Author: Presented by Helen Charland, Advocate, DRNY, and Christy Asbee, Executive Director, DRNY
Presentation Slides: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights
Understanding Grief and Loss During the Pandemic
Date: 4/13/2020
Video Description: Grief and loss is important to understand. It is not a problem to be solved, but rather, a process to be experienced. Never the less, it is a complicated process and even more so during a pandemic. This webinar focuses on breaking down the complexities of grief. How to recognize it, what to do with it, how to support others, and how to sustain mental wellness during a time that is filled with worry and heartbreak.
Author: Presented by Carly Nichols, LMSW, APHSW-C, Support Services Manager at CareFirst; a Hospice, Palliative Care, and Grief Services agency.
Presentation Slides: Understanding Grief and Loss During the Pandemic (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Understanding Grief and Loss During the Pandemic
The Emotional Impact of COVID-19
Date: 4/29/2020
Video Description: Open Doors (MFP) Transition Center Social Work Coordinator- Laurie Carter, LMSW presents a webinar on the Emotional Impact of COVID-19.
This webinar focuses on staff (TS, HS, Peers) and the impact the COVID 19 virus has had on us personally and professionally. We discuss the many changes and stressors we face (fear, isolation, anxiety, stress, grief, guilt……) as well as strategies, techniques and resources to assist in coping with the, sometimes overwhelming nature of this pandemic.
Author: Open Doors (MFP) Transition Center Social Work Coordinator, Laurie Carter
Presentation Slides: The Emotional Impact of COVID-19 (PPT)
Webinar Recording: The Emotional Impact of COVID-19
Webinar Transcript: The Emotional Impact of COVID-19 (DOC)
What to do and Where to Get Accurate Up-to-date Information on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Date: 3/3/2020
Author: Open Doors (MFP) Transition Center Project Nurse, Laura Bingell, RN.
Handout Description: Laura Bingell, RN has put together this informational handout on the Coronavirus, which is now in New York.
Presentation Handout: What to do and Where to Get Accurate Up-to-date Information on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)(PDF)
Universal Precautions Open Doors Training
Presentation Description: Open Doors (MFP) Transition Center Project Nurse Laura Bingell, RN outlines what we need to know about infection control.
Further your knowledge and awareness of
• Hand hygiene, cough etiquette
• How disease spreads
• Vaccines
• Use of gloves and masks
And be able to educate your consumers.
Date: 3/15/2022 (Revised)
Author: Open Doors (MFP) Transition Center Project Nurse, Laura Bingell, RN.
Presentation Slides: What You Need to Know About Infection Control (PPTX)
Presentation Slides with Audio and Captions in Slide Descriptions: Universal Precautions Open Doors Training (PPTX)
Using SNTs When You Receive a Lump Sum or Have Excess Resources
Video Description: This is the second part, in a two part webinar series, introducing the basics of Supplemental Need Trusts (SNTs). This second part covers the rules and options on transferring, spending or depositing a lump sum payment while recieving Medicaid, SSI, Veteran's Benefits, SNAP/Food Stamps, and Housing Subsidies including Section 8.
Date: 11/15/2019
Author: Presented by Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, Director, Valerie Bogart.
Presentation Slides: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part One and Two (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part Two (External Link to YouTube)
Introduction to Supplemental Needs Trusts
Video Description: This is the first part, in a two part webinar series, introducing the basics of Supplemental Need Trusts (SNTs) and will go over the various types of SNTs (Pooled trusts vs. Individual trusts, 3rd party trusts vs. Self-settled trusts). How to use a SNT to eliminate Medicaid 'Spend Down', what expenses may be paid by an SNT, and how ABLE accounts and SNTs differ, will be covered.
Date: 11/6/2019
Author: Presented by Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, Director, Valerie Bogart.
Presentation Slides: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part One and Two (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part One (External Link to YouTube)
Money Follows the Person - Quality of Life Survey
Video Description: The Money Follows the Person Quality of Life Survey (QoL) was designed to measure quality of life in seven domains: living situation, choice and control, access to personal care, respect/dignity, community integration/inclusion, overall life satisfaction, and health status. The target population for the survey includes people with disabilities and long0term illnesses who are transitioning from institutionalized care to a setting in the community. This webinar reviews the survey.
Date: 7/30/2019
Author: Presented by Laurie Carter, Social Work Coordinator, Open Doors (MFP) Transition Center Project
Presentation Slides: #65 QoL Guidance 2019 (PDF)
QoL Training 7/30/2019 (PowerPoint)
Webinar Recording: Quality of Life Survey Webinar 7/30/2019