Vermont Family Network

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Vermont Resources

Health & Well-Being

Puppets in Education Anxiety Program Home Edition for children and families: Video and Guide to Getting the Conversation Going

Department of VT Health Access Covid-19 Updates

Facebook Group – State of Emergency Order for Caregivers (parents getting paid to care for loved ones)

Form for Essential Works to Request Childcare; Essential Persons for Childcare

Students with Disabilities & Special Education 

Vermont Agency of Education Questions & Answers Addressing the Needs of Students with Disabilities During School Closure Due to a Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (revised 3/19/20)  

Vermont Agency of Education – Free Appropriate Public Education for Students with Disabilities During School Closure Called for in Governor Scott’s Order – AOE Continuity of Education Plan Guidance 2, Updated 3/17/20

Vermont Department of Health & Vermont Agency of Education – School Closure and Dismissal During a Novel Coronavirus, Technical Guidance for Local School Officials, 3/10/20

Vermont Agency of Education Question and Answers on Addressing the Needs of Students with Disabilities During School Closure due to a Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

CIS (Children’s Integrated Services) Guidance to the Field Re: Covid-19 (3/19/20)

Basic Family Needs

Connectivity resources to support Vermonters during Covid-19 State of Emergency in Vermont

Food – Hunger Free Vermont

Legal and Benefits Updates for Vermonters

Miscellaneous

Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections

National Resources

Health

Autism Covid-19 Resources

CDC Guidelines If You Are Sick or Caring for Someone

Family Voices Emergency Preparedness 

Special Education

U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)

U.S. Department of Education Supplemental Fact Sheet Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities (3/21/20)

UDL Scan Tool from the Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities

Translated Resources from Vermont

New! Vermont website with many translated Covid-19 materials: Vermont 411 – Resources for Everyone in our Community

Short videos created in Vermont about Covid-19 in these languages: Arabic, Bosnian, Dinka, English, French, Kirundi,  Lingala, Nepali,Somali, Spanish, and Swahili. More detailed videos in these languages: Nepali and Vietnamese. Covid-19 videos in different languages are on this YouTube channel. 

Vermont Department of Health has a general information document Tips to Help Keep Illness from Spreading:

Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Kirundi, Nepali,  Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Vietnamese 

Vermont Department of Health What You Need to Know About Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Arabic| Burmese| Chinese |English| French| Kirundi| Nepali| Somali| Spanish| Swahili| Vietnamese

Covid-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities (written in plain language by Green Mountain Self-Advocates)

Enhanced Life Options Group Announces Two New Board Members

Enhanced Life Options Group announces the appointment of two new board members. The staff and current board of Enhanced Life Options Group are happy to welcome the two new board members. By engaging new leaders, we can enhance the lives of people with disabilities and promote consulting, advocacy mentoring and trust related services for the disabilities community, including special needs trusts, supplemental needs trusts, pooled trusts and trusts for independent living.

New Members are: Lynn O’Connor, of Gilmanton, N.H., Administrative Assistant and Licensed Real Estate Agent at Weeks Commercial and Brittani Cornell, of Sanbornton, N.H., a public guardian for the Office of Public Guardian.

“Our Board of Directors is comprised of a dedicated team of community leaders and family members who are committed to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities,” said Nina Hamberger, Executive Director of Enhanced Life Options Group. “We are excited to channel Lynn and Brittani’s talent, expertise and energy into furthering our mission.”

The two new members join a seven-member board that oversees Enhanced Life Option Group’s finances, policies and practices, strategic planning and statewide outreach. Members of our group have been active in the disabilities community for many years. They include: Jeff R. Kellett, President, David Baldassara, Vice President, Susan M. King, Secretary, Grace Herbert, Treasurer, Charlene Mayo, Dave Qualey, John Parker and Nina Hamberger, Executive Director.

Enhanced Life Options Group is a non-profit organization committed to enhance the lives of people with disabilities. We serve all people with disabilities regardless of category of disability.

To Contact Enhanced Life Options Group:

3 Executive Park Drive, Suite 269
Bedford, NH 03110
603-472-2543
Email: nina@elonh.org
Web: www.elonh.org

Lynn O’Connor

Brittani Cornell

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Locations & Directions

Locations:

Main office in Williston:
600 Blair Park Road, Suite 240
Williston, VT 05495
Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 4:30 pm.

Field office in Rutland:
135 North Main Street, Suite #4,
Rutland, VT 05701

Field staff are located in Rutland and the Northeast Kingdom. Please call our Williston office for a referral to our field staff.

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