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Drug Treatment Courts Offer Hope for Youth

SAMHSA's Juvenile Treatment Drug Court programs are helping youth get into treatment as an alternative to incarceration.

Coordinated Care Can Address Disabled Adults' High Rates Of Emergency Department Use

According to the U.S.

2013 Family Leadership Project Class Announcement

The Arkansas Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC) is now taking applications for the 2013 Family Leadership Project (FLP) series of classes. Scheduled for March 1-2 and 22-23, April 12-13 and May 17-18 in Little Rock, the day and a half classes will cover a wide range of topics.

Because We Care meeting in De Valls Bluff

Parents come join the new group "Because We Care" to learn about the services and resources available for children and youth with disabilities.

Parents w/disabilities face bias, loss of kids: report

Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be a parent.

ICAN Has Moved

ICAN (Increasing Capabilities Access Network) has moved to a new location. Their new address is 525 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201. That's at the corner of West Capitol Avenue and Arch Street, next door to Arvest Bank on Capitol Avenue.

ERC Investigation Finds 31% Rate of Discrimination Against Guide Dog Users

The Equal Rights Center, in collaboration with the American Council for the Blind, has just released a new testing-based report, which documented a 31 percent rate of discriminatory treatment against blind or visually impaired individuals who use a guide dog while seeking rental housing in the gr

Partnership Taking Applications for Autism Program

The Arkansas Autism Partnership still has some application slots available for a statewide, intensive intervention program for young children between the ages of 18 months and five years (must enter the program before their 5th birthday but can continue to receive services up to their 7th birthda

House Budget Analysis and Uninsured Numbers

A new Kaiser Family Foundation report provides national and state-by-state effects of the 2012 House Budget Plan that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and converted Medicaid into a block grant.

Landmark Medicare Settlement Could Change Lives

Glenda Jimmo, 76, has been blind since the age of 19 and is confined to a wheelchair due to a below-the-knee amputation stemming from her diabetes.  Now, she's lent her name to a class action lawsuit.  Its settlement, announced this week, is expected to transform the way that Medicare covers long

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