Public Forum on BC’s Community Living Sector

Public forum on provincial budget cuts & service redesign in BC’s community living sector. Panel presentations and small group dialogue for families, self-advocates, support workers, and concerned citizens.

• Date/Time: Monday, October 25, 2010, 7-9pm  
• Location: Ukrainian Orthodox Centre (Auditorium),  154 East 10^th Avenue (between Main & Quebec Streets)  

Co-presented by: British Columbia Association for Community Living (BCACL); BC Coalition of People With Disabilities (BCCPD); BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU); Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA); Moms on the Move (MOMS); United Community Services Co-op, BC FamilyNet  

Moderator: Tim Beachy, United Community Services Co-op 

Panelists:

• Jane Dyson, BC Coalition for People with Disabilities
• Faith Bodnar, BC Association for Community Living 
• Alanna Hendren, Developmental Disabilities Association
• Dawn Steele, Moms on the Move
• James Cavalluzzo, BC Government and Service Employees’ Unions

Credit: Moms on the Move for the text above.

If you live in a lower-income household, you’re probably eligible to get a free Energy Saving Kit from BCCPD. We’re handing out kits from BC Hydro’s PowerSmart program.

It’s packed full of products and information that anyone can use to make a home more comfortable, more affordable, and a little easier on the planet.  See below or call BCCPD at 604-872-1278.

BCCPD’s Canada Pension Plan Disability Program Stays Open

BCCPD’s Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) Program will stay open for another year thanks to a grant from the Law Foundation of BC.

And thanks to a grant from the Notary Foundation of BC, in 2011 we will be updating our CPP-D advocate’s manuals and translating them into Traditional Chinese and Punjabi.

If you need assistance or information about applying or appealing the denial of CPP-D please call our Advocacy Access program at 604-872-1278 or 1-800-663-1278.

Click here for the CPP-D Program page.

Thank you to the Law Foundation of BC and the Notary Foundation of BC for their support of our work.