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"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere"

Martin Luther King

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TRI-COUNTY HAS A NEW OFFICE!

2822 HARRIS STREET, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA

- Click HERE for a map -

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!

WELCOME

To the Tri-County ONLINE Independent Living Center !

This is Your Place in Cyberspace to Explore, Learn, and Connect.

ART!

We are seeking Artwork by People who have a disability to show here on our site!

What Can You Find On This Site?......

ADVOCACY

ADVOCACY-ACTION ALERTS/ ADVOCACY CENTER

A FORUM for DISABILITY-RELATED ISSUES, RANTS and RAVES

ANIMALS: PETS / SERVICE / COMPANION ANIMALS

ARTS and RECREATION

ASSISTIVE DEVICE LOAN LIBRARY

CALENDAR OF EVENTS, MEETINGS, and WORKSHOPS

CLASSIFIEDS PAGE FOR EQUIPMENT/ DEVICES

DISABILITY and WORLD NEWS

DIVERSITY

'ENABLED VOICES' - OUR OWN ADVOCACY PUBLICATION

FUN QUIZZES, TESTS, and WORKSHEETS

INFORMATION ON RECYCLING AND DONATIONS

INFORMATION ON RURAL TRANSPORTATION

LINKS AND PHONE NUMBERS TO GREAT RESOURCES

LOCAL HOUSING/ NURSING FACILITIES

MEDIA

THE PHILOSOPHY OF INDEPENDENT LIVING

'RespectAbility'- OUR OWN AGENCY NEWSLETTER

THE TRI-COUNTY 'A.T. and RESPECT for ABILITIES FAIR'

SUCCESS STORIES

AND MORE !

We will strive to keep this site growing and evolving, and welcome your comments.

Enjoy!

Handy Links


Web Search	Transportation	Local Weather	Local Links

News, Events and Benefits

ANNOUNCING!

BIG!

RALLY & MARCH
ARE YOU A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, A SENIOR, AND/OR SOMEONE
LIVING ON A LOW INCOME?

ARE YOU A FAMILY MEMBER OF, OR A CARE
PROVIDER FOR, SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL?

ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING
TARGETED FOR BUDGET CUTS?

JOIN US IN SENDING A MESSAGE TO
SACRAMENTO! OTHERS WHO ARE FED UP WITH THESE ASSAULTS ON OUR
MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!

WHEN: 11 a.m. to
noon, Saturday, May 10

WHERE: Humboldt
County Courthouse front
lawn, Eureka

BE THERE!

Please click here for more info on the Rally!

Food for Thought....

One Day of The Iraq War...

... 720 million dollars
... 84 new elementary schools
... 12,478 elementary school teachers
... 95,364 head start places for children
... 1,153,846 Children with free school lunches
... 34,904 Four-year scholarships for University Students
... 165,525 People with Healthcare
... 423,529 Children with Healthcare
... 6,482 Families with Homes
... 1,274,336 Homes with Renewable Electricity

logo for Community Art Workshop The Community Art Workshop!

Learn to Paint! Play Guitar! Make Ceramics!

and much, much more!

For info, please call 707-840-9722

1580 Nursery Way, #F

McKinleyville, CA. 95519

California Budget Crisis - Please click here to read how the budget cuts

will affect those living with a disablity!

We Need Letters from People with Disabilities on Medi-Cal & Private Health Insurance!

CALIFORNIA WORK GROUP

On Work Incentives and Health Care
the CWG and GAPS Task Force on Medi-Cal’s

250% Working Disabled Program
We need letters from youth and adults with disabilities who use Medi-Cal AND any other type of private health coverage. We are asking for your help with gathering this information so we can show state legislators that whenever a Medi-Cal beneficiary has access to private health insurance, it saves the state thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars each year for each person who only needs Medi-Cal as their secondary health coverage.
We want to hear from people on ANY type of Medi-Cal program (i.e. the Medi-Cal Working Disabled Program, Share-of-Cost Medi-Cal, SSI-Linked Medi-Cal, 1619B program, etc.). This information can help pass AB 851 this year! Please contact us immediately.
We want to know the following about people on Medi-Cal:

Your name and contact information.
What health care services do you use? Some examples are prescriptions, IHSS home care workers, nursing care, medical supplies and equipment, oxygen, dialysis, diagnostic tests, surgeries, ambulance transportation, etc.
What other private health care plans are you enrolled in through family plans, employer health coverage, etc.?
How long have you had access to other health plans along with using Medi-Cal services?

Do you know how much money your private insurance spent on your health care in 2007 or even 2006? You may be able to find this information in your E-mail

Can we use name with your information when we are explaining the importance of keeping Medi-Cal when people with disabilities? It’s fine if you would rather your identity be confidential, but it will be more compelling if some people are willing to let us use their names.

We need your help in order to support the passage of AB 851. Please send your brief answers to the above questions to Eli Gelardin by email: mcileli@gmail.com
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,

Alana Theriault & Eli Gelardin, Co-Chairs
GAPS Task Force
Eli Gelardin, Executive Director
Marin Center for Independent Living
415-459-6245
E-mail: mcileli@gmail.com

Alana Theriault, Owner
Express Independence
510-388-2277
E-mail: expind@comcast.net

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Tri County is pleased to announce the formation of our own

Assistive Device Loan Library!

We have purchased various items that can help you or

someone you know to live a more independent life!

We presently have a few items that can help with communication, reaching, writing,

crafts, daily living, and more. These devices can be borrowed from between 2 to 12 weeks,

and if you find them useful, we can look into ways for you to obtain your own.

To see what is available at the present time, and to arrange to borrow a particular device,

you can go to this link:

http://cate.ca.gov/index.cfm?a=DeviceLoan&p=SelectCategory

or just call us here at Tri-County Independent Living.

Please take a look!

'Google' now has an accessible search engine

for those living with a visual impairment

http://labs.google.com/accessible/

Tri-County's New ADVOCACY Bulletin !

Enabled Voices

-An advocacy publication of Tri-County Independent Living-

'Enabled Voices' contains news that you should know concerning bills, budgets,

amendments, and other items that affect you and all those

living with a disability. Important Stuff !

We also include meeting times and places of local Boards/ Councils.

If you are a consumer of Tri-County, you should already be receiving it

in the mail. Otherwise, let us know and we will be happy to mail you a copy,

OR, view it right here (with Adobe Acrobat Reader)

and you can aslo look at our latest

'RespectAbility' newsletter here !

(Download the Adobe .pdf reader)

clip art of man shouting through bullhorn, mouth shows at end of bullhorn NEW Announcements!

Animeals-on-Wheels !

New program helps seniors' furry friends

Humboldt Senior Research Center nutrition activities program manager, Cheri Beechel, said that many

of the seniors in the Meals-On-Wheels program share their own home-delivered meals with their pets.

”The Animeals program is a nationwide program that we have been wanting to get involved in for many years,”

said Beechel. “Our clients' pets are very important to them. Pets are often their reason to get up in the morning

-- to care for their animals. We know they sometimes share their meals with their pets, so this is a good

program to make sure their pets get the food they need without the need to share their meals.”

Beechel said that often those who do buy pet food can only afford low quality food and that the

Purina donation is good, quality food for their pets.

Carol Beaton said the drivers who deliver the pet food say their clients are thrilled to have quality

pet food for their pets and are also relieved at not having to worry about how to feed them.

”Research has clearly shown that having a pet improves the quality of life for many people,

and I am thrilled to be a part of making it more affordable,” said Beaton.

For more information, call the center at 443-9747.

Do You have a Pet?

It is IMPORTANT that your dog or cat gets

spayed or neutered! The folks at Sequoia Humane Society

can HELP you do that!

FELINE VETERINARY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM!

If your cat or kitten is facing an immediate life or death situation, e-mail; fveap@earthlink.net

and provide (1) your name, address & phone number; (2) kitty's name; (3) what's wrong;

(4) what's needed; (5) name, address and phone number of veterinarian.

We can get additional information and paperwork later if needed.

For non-emergency situations, please fill out and send the Application Form.

We call the veterinarian directly with payment information.

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