Weekly E-Mail Update

VOR’s Weekly E-Mail Update, distributed every Friday that provides members with “real time” news items from across the country.  Each week the most recent Weekly Update will be featured here. To receive the Update directly, please consider joining VOR. Just $40/year for individuals.

Most Recent Issue: VOR Weekly E-Mail Update, July 30, 2010 (The importance of guardianship)

July 23, 2010 (Template letter to the editor from Missouri; Fed Update)
July 16, 2010 (North Carolina and Nebraska updates)
July 9, 2010 (Focus on Missouri; healthcare.gov - new web resource for health care reform)
July 2, 2010 (A struggle to educate the severely disabled)
June 25, 2010 (Legal News: TN and CA victories for families; Supreme Court to consider P&A access to records)
No Updates May 21-June 18, 2010 (Annual Conference and Initiative preparation and event)
May 14, 2010 (Promise seen in drug for Fragile X)
May 7, 2010 (Annual Meeting Speaker Update, plus MA, AR and OR news)
April 30, 2010 (Tufts Dental to Remain Open!; VOR at first two HHS Listening Sessions)
April 16, 2010 (State News: NC and VA)
April 9, 2010 (State News: WA, CA, NY, VA, LA and TX)
April 5, 2010: Holiday, No Update
March 26, 2010 (Massachusetts news)
March 19, 2010 (Hurry! Early Bird Registration; More on Lanterman)
March 12, 2010 (Focus on Utah; Choice bill passed)
March 5, 2010 (Support for Lanterman Developmental Center, California)
Feb. 26, 2010 (The Microboard Alternative PART II)
Feb 19, 2010 (The Microboard Alternative PART I; Privatization Dangers)
Feb 12, 2010 (Annual Meeting Updates; State $ News)
Feb 5, 2010 (Help from Chambers of Commerce - ICFs/MR are good business!)
January 15, 2010 (PCIDD Reports, Legal News, California Update).
December 21, 2009 (Feel Good Stories for the Holidays).
December 11, 2009 (NJ Family Survey Released: 96% prefer ICFs/MR placement for their loved ones).
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December 4, 2009 (State News)
November 20, 2009 (State News)
November 13, 2009 (ICFs/MR as Permanent Homes)
No Update Nov. 6, 2009
October 30, 2009 (Hammond Proclamation in Support of Centers)
October 23, 2009 (Health Care Reform and Long Term Care)
October 2 - 16, Focus on VOR Awareness Month

Archives: Back issues of VOR's Weekly E-Mail Update are also available:

Calendar Year 2009

Sept 25, 2009 (65 cosponsors and counting!; Maryland and Colorado News)
Sept 18, 2009 (64 cosponsors and counting!; New York)
Sept 11, 2009 (63 cosponsors and counting!; Harkin to Chair Senate HELP; Massachusetts, Georgia, Colorado)
Sept 4, 2009 (Money Follows the Person Update - free Webinar; plus news from CA, WI and CT)
August 28 (Fernald Fighter Feature, California, Colorado)
August 21 (litigation updates)
August 14 (Announcing New Website)
August 7 (Grassroots Advocacy Lessons Learned)
July 31 (H.R. 1255 Update: 60 cosponsors!; Should Disability Funding Be Part of Health Reform?)
July 17 (State News: Florida, California, Nebraska)
July 10 (Breaking Legal News: Illinois Judge Sides with Choice)
July 3  (State News: Illinois, Pennslvania)
June 26 (Report: Annual Conference Update)
No updates May 22  -  June 19, 2009
May 15 (State News: Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland)
May 8 (Annual Conference and Initiative deadlines)
May 1 (Choice Petition! Plus, State News: Massachusetts, Texas, California, Illinois, Kentucky)
April 24 (VOR calls for no funding increase for DD Act programs; Kentucky and Iowa news)
April 17 (Choice Petition - Sign it!; Nebraska and Iowa news)
April 10 (Federal Resolution on Improving Access to Long-Term Health Care
April 3 (A Rebuttal to the Opposition: H.R. 1255: What the bill WILL and WILL NOT do)
March 27 (State News, Misc)
March 20 (State News: North Dakota, etc.)
March 13 (State News: Utah, Louisiana,Texas, Massachusetts,
March 6 (H.R. 1255 Introduced / Alert!)
February 27  (VOR files Amicus Curiae brief in Fernald case; State News: NJ, MI, TX, and NE)
February 20 (Seminar and conference call opportunities; date sensitive)
February 13 (A focus on Massachusetts, Fernald case to Supreme Court)
February 6 (Doctors' unease found to leave many disabled adults with pediatricians; plus Georgia and CA)
January 30 (VOR Annual Conference and Initiative details; announcement)
January 23 (Budget Woes, Cuts, Closures and Tools for Advocates)
January 16 (Policy Recommendations to President Barack Obama)
January 9 (Mark Your Calendar: VOR 2009 Annual Conference and Initiative)
Calendar Year 2008
 
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