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Supportive Services |
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Other Community website
links:
Department of Social Services:
www.dss.virginia.gov
Town of Vinton:
http://www.vintonva.gov/default.htm
Covington:
www.covington.va.us |
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Contractor List
1. Merrill Noreen 947-2424
2. Joe Myers 980-1391
3. VA Building Services
344-5544
4. CT Wolfe Construction -
540-862-3551
5. Hepler Construction Co. -
540-747-4601
DISCLAIMER:
Blue Ridge Independent Living Center neither endorses nor recommends any of the
contractors listed. A more extensive listing may be
obtained from the Roanoke Regional Homebuilders Association at 540-389-7135 or
on file in our library.
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ADA Coordinator Contact
Information:
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Locality |
Contact Person |
Phone # |
Address |
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City of Rke |
Glenn Asher |
853-1856 |
215 Church Ave rm 506, Roanoke 24011 |
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County of Rke |
John Chambliss |
772-2002 |
PO Box 29800, Roanoke 24018 |
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Covington |
Mike Dolan |
540-965-6356 |
333 Locust St Covington 24426 |
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City of Salem |
Carollyn Barrett |
375-3060 |
PO Box 869, Salem 24153 |
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Craig County |
Larry Moore, Sr. |
540-864-5010 |
County Administrator PO Box 308, New Castle 24127 |
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Botetourt County |
Ron Smith |
473-8316 |
County Administrator 30 West Back St #4 Fincastle 24090 |
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Alleghany County |
"Chip" Snead |
540-863-6600 |
9212 Winterberry Ave Covington 24426 |
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About
AccessVA.org
The Virginia Housing Development Authority in Collaboration with the Virginia
Board for People with Disabilities have created Access Virginia, a comprehensive
collection of information to help people find accessible apartments, learn more
about accessibility requirements and Universal Design.
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Welcome to
Making Your Case,
a self-study course designed to help people with developmental disabilities and
their families create positive change through advocacy.
http://www.partnersinpolicymaking.com/makingyourcase
These guides explain the
critical role Medicare and Medicaid have come to play in the lives and the
futures of roughly 20 million children, adults, and seniors with disabilities -
and give people with disabilities new information to help them get the most from
these programs.
http://www.kff.org/medicare/med020705pkg.cfm
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors,
a nonpartisan organization for cities over 30,000, represents over 1100 U.S.
cities. At their 2005 national conference in Chicago, the mayors passed a
Visitability Resolution.
This could prove useful as a tool for your advocacy in
your locale. The resolution came about through Karen Tamley, the new
Commissioner of Disability for the City of Chicago, who's also a founding member
of the Disability Rights Action Coalition for Housing (DRACH) and longtime
Visitability proponent. She urged Chicago Mayor Daley to introduce the
legislation and he did. Two additional important disability-delated resolutions
passed supporting assistance at home (MI CASSA and Money Follows the Person)
rather than the current bias toward nursing homes as the predominant option.
To see a copy of the Visitability resolution, go to the
Concrete Change website.
http://www.concretechange.org
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As a
business owner or operator,
or someone thinking about opening a business, you may have wondered what you
have to do to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This
course explains how the ADA applies to businesses in ten short lessons. Putting
these lessons into practice will allow you to comply with the ADA and welcome a
whole new group of customers to purchase your goods, products, and services.
And you may find that making your business more accessible and welcoming to
people with disabilities is not as difficult as you thought.
To make this course easier to fit into your busy schedule, it is divided into
individual lesson modules. You may go though the lessons at your own pace and
as your time allows. As you progress through the course, you will find links to
additional information, but you can also access a wealth of information by
visiting the ADA Website at
www.ada.gov, if
you have questions about a specific situation.
To visit the course go to
http://www.ada.gov/reachingout/intro1.htm
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Don't forget to use the NEW
2-1-1 Virginia for information needs. Go to
www.211virginia.org
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