November 20,2009 from 1:00-3:00 Pm

UK Human Development Institute has its Fall 2009 seminar series which is promoting independence, productivity and inclusion of people with disabilities and their families throughout the life span. This seminars offers a personal look into the struggles those with disabilities faced prior to the passage of ADA and continue to confront. The featured speaker is Norb Ryan Kentucky's A.D.A Coordinator. The seminar is open to parents, students, consumers, community… Continue

Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office

Stimulus Money to Help Enroll Eligible Children in KCHIP

Press Release Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Contact Information: Kerri Richardson
Jill Midkiff
502-564-2611

Additional 35,000 kids on track to register in state health insurance program

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Governor Steve Beshear joined Congressman John Yarmuth and Mayor Jerry Abramson today to announce that new federal stimulus money will help enroll more children in Jefferson Coun… Continue

Office of the Attorney General

Former Group Home Administrator Pleads Guilty to Neglecting Patients

Press Release Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Revision Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
(Correction: New Hope LLC is a Support for Community Living group home, not a nursing home. )
Contact Information: Shelley Catharine Johnson
Deputy Communications Director
502-696-5659 (office)



Attorney General Jack Conway today announced a plea agreement was reached in the case of a former Kentucky gro… Continue

Additional Payment for Social Security and SSI -

President Obama announced his support for an additional $250 Economic Recovery Payment to the seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities who are struggling to make ends meet and who face no COLA for benefits in 2010. An estimated 57 million people would benefit from this proposal, including 49 million Social Security beneficiaries and 5 million SSI beneficiaries. The benefit would be $250 - or equivalent to a 2 percent increase in ben… Continue

NEWS RELEASE

NCD #09–588

September 30, 2009

Contact: Mark S. Quigley

202-272-2004

National Council on Disability Calls for Health Care Reform for People with Disabilities

WASHINGTON—The National Council on Disability (NCD) today released a report entitled The Current State of Health Care for People with Disabilities, calling for immediate health care reform for people with disabilities.

According to NCD Chairperson John R. Vaughn, “NCD undertook this study in 2007 to focus the nation’s at… Continue