FOLLOW THE THREE C’S WITH GREATER ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY TO FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS

OPTIONS TO WORK FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

JOIN GIFTED LIFE MINISTRIES YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOR A YOUTH AND NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH RALLY

TAP INTO YOUR SENSE OF ADVENTURE OPEN POSITIONS AS OF JUNE 14TH, 2013

Help us welcome our 2013 Teach For America Teachers to Englewood who will be teaching in Englewood schools this Fall.

Town Hall Meeting on Emergency Preparedness for

People with Disabilities — June 26, 2013.

June 5, 2013

Excepts from: www.cityofchicago.org/disabilities

Posted by: Sean Rhodes

The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, OEMC, and FEMA invite you to a Town Hall Meeting on individual preparedness strategies and city-wide programs for people with disabilities.

Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 

 6:00 – 8:00pm

 MOPD Field Office; 2102 W. Ogden Avenue

Presenters include:

The Office of Emergency Management and Communication (OEMC)

• City of Chicago Public Safety/Emergency Preparedness Policies & Programs

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• Overview of FEMA Resources for People with Disabilities

IL., IN., WI. Regional Catastrophic Planning Team (RCPT) 

• Recommendations & Resources for Individual Preparedness

Sign language interpreters will be provided. To confirm your attendance or request an accommodation other than sign language interpreters, please contact Judy Palencia at (312) 744-7050, (312) 744-4964 (TTY) or judy.palencia@cityofchicago.org by Friday, June 21st.

Accessible Housing

MOPD provides the following housing services:

• Home Modifications that will allow people with disabilities, who are under the age of sixty, to receive home modifications that make their living environment accessible.

• Links people with disabilities with appropriate, available and accessible housing. Information, short-term counseling and referral services are provided to people with disabilities who are trying to secure housing in Chicago, and need information on housing rights and housing programs.

• Maintains resource listings of services in Chicago that are usable by people with disabilities.

• Provides information on how to modify existing homes and apartments for accessibility and how to finance these modifications.

• Educates housing professionals who want to learn the accessibility guidelines — as mandated by accessible housing laws such as the Illinois Accessibility Code (IAC) and the Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA) — are provided with information and written materials.

• Advocates on various levels (individually and legislatively) for accessible housing and the housing rights of people with disabilities via individual contact, workshops, seminars and other education strategies.

Employment Services for People with Disabilities

Promoting Economic Opportunities of People with Disabilities

The Employment Services Unit (E.S.U.) of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities is committed to promoting the employment opportunities of people with disabilities.

Through the Option to Work Program, ESU staff provide federal benefits consolidation to People with Disabilities who interested in working.

MOPD’s Employment Services staff works closely with over 53 program partners, made up of government agencies, community organizations and private sector employers to reach Chicagoans with disabilities.

Submitted by: Marla Thompson: Typist, Sean Rhodes: Reporter, Denice Davie: Editor

Philip Hargrave  is the young man who is helping  Imagine Englewood If with some minor repairs in our office. He happens to owns his own business. He did repairs to the building so that the organization can pass it’s inspection. Mr. Hargrave requires that we use non lead base paint in the storage room that he was working on to insure the safety of the children and the employee’s. He is a licensed carpenter and he’s been doing this type of work since 2008. Mr. Philip came out to help his community by doing these repairs for IEi.

Submitted by: Marla Thompson: Editor , Denice Davie Co-Editor

Stephaine Montgomery is a student in our senior and physcially challenged adults computer class.  Stephanie is learning how to use e-mail system and computer applications.  Mrs. Montgomery is a bright lady and willing to learn everything there is to know about computers. She’s a very nice and funny lady who is an asset to our class.

1. Imagine Englewood if (IEi) has a computer class where they teach seniors and physically challenged adults on Tuesday and Thursday from 11am-1pm and from 3pm-5pm. The class on Saturday from 11am-1pm. Student are really excited about the class. I had a chance to sit down in the class and help Ms. Carter who is the teacher. I interviewed Ms. Rutie who is one of the students and she also works for IEi as an office assistant. Ms. Rutie heard about the senior and physically challenged computer class through her job, and travels here on the CTA bus to attend. In the computer class she’s hoping to learn more about how to use Excel to work with spreadsheets and to establish a data base. Ms. Rutie has her own computer with INTERNET access so she will be attending orientation so she can learn how to use her system through the distance learning program which will use video conferencing software to enable the students to attend the class remotely. Ms. Rutie is already familiar with sending emails and the social media, but needs a little help with posting videos, photo, and written documents to a blog. Ms. Rutie answer phones, send and receive mail, type documents, and also make flyer’s. She has been a big help for the 3 years she’s been at IEi.