2008 Conference Exhibitors
Reinventing Quality Appreciates the Support of our Exhibitors!
Acumen Acumen was established in 1995 for the sole purpose of helping people and families that self -direct their support services. Today Acumen is one of the largest Fiscal Employer Agents in the USA. http://www.acumenfiscalagent.com/acumen/index.aspThe Arc of Frederick County
The Arc of Frederick County provides individually designed services and collaborates with our community to create inclusive supports for people with developmental disabilities and their families. Our goal is for people to live enviable lives. Last year The Arc of Frederick County served 667 people and their families.
http://www.arcfc.org/
Brookes Publishing Co.
Trusted resources for professionals working to enhance the learning abilities and success of all learners-including children with disabilities-from the critical early years through adulthood.
http://www.brookespublishing.com/
End The Wait Now! Maryland Campaign
Over 18,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities are waiting for community services in Maryland - 51% are in crisis! In addition, many people currently receiving services have outdated and under funded budgets that do not meet their current needs. Quality services are needed for those currently receiving services and for those seeking to enter the system. A collaborative project with leaders in the DD Community has taken on the End the Wait Now! Campaign with YouTubes, petitions, grassroots coordinators, and more! This exhibit sponsored by The Arc of Maryland and the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council.
http://www.EndTheWaitNow.com
Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc.
Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc. has been providing insurance and risk management service to the human service field for over 35 years. ISA is continually working to reinvent the industry of specialized insurance programs while providing agencies with new and innovative resources.
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kennedy Krieger Institute is an internationally recognized facility located in Baltimore, Maryland, dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental disabilities as well as children and adults with spinal cord injuries through patient care, special education, research, and professional training. Kennedy Krieger's services include over 40 outpatient clinics; neurobehavioral, rehabilitation, and pediatric feeding disorders inpatient units; plus several home and community programs providing services to assist families.
http://www.kennedykrieger.org/
Labor Relations Alternatives, Inc.
Since 1984, Labor Relations Alternatives, Inc. has provided training and consultation in the development of incident management systems including how to conduct investigations in more than three dozen states as well as the District of Columbia. Our clients primarily have been agencies providing care to persons with mental illness or cognitive disabilities, protective service agencies, state and federal agencies with investigatory or oversight responsibilities, and advocacy groups.
http://www.lraconsultants.com/
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration
The mission of the Developmental Disabilities Administration is to provide leadership to assure the full participation of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in all aspects of community life. In addition, DDA's goal is to promote their empowerment to access quality supports and services necessary to foster personal growth, independence and productivity. DDA is committed to enabling all individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise the four principles of self-determination: FREEDOM to make choices, AUTHORITY over services and support, RESPONSIBILITY for organizing resources, and SUPPORTS necessary to live in the community.
http://www.ddamaryland.org/
The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals
The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) is a coalition of organizations committed to strengthening the quality of human service support by strengthening the direct support workforce. NADSP believes that service participants and direct support professionals are partners in the move towards a self-determined life, and in complementing and facilitating growth of natural supports. It recognizes that people needing support are more likely to fulfill their life dreams if they have well-prepared, experienced, and motivated people at their side in long-term, stable, compatible support relationships.
http://www.nadsp.org/
Public Consulting Group, Inc.
PCG provides management consulting and technology to help public education, health, human services, and other government clients achieve their performance goals and better serve populations in need.
http://www.pcgus.com/
Public Partnerships, LLC
Public Partnerships, LLC assists state and local governments to balance innovative solutions for consumer directed services with fiscal accountability. Public Partnerships, LLC provides fiscal intermediary services to assist individuals to implement their own choices within available resources. Fiscal intermediary services can help public agencies respond creatively and consistently to individual needs. A fiscal intermediary also assists individuals and their families with the burdens of labor and tax laws as they begin to serve as employers of their own support staff. Consumer directed services require a fiscal intermediary to manage individual budgets, serve as a Fiscal Employer/Agent and purchase services and supports.
http://www.publicpartnerships.com/
Quality Mall
QualityMall.org is an innovative website featuring the best of person-centered services and supports. Visited by close to 15,000 people a month, it addresses a wide variety of support areas and information.
http://www.qualitymall.org/
Self-Advocacy Online
Self-Advocacy Online (SAO) in a new educational and networking website for organizations and individual engaged in self-advocacy. Through SAO's Learning Center self-advocates can build skills in self-advocacy. The interactive national self-advocacy map can help self-advocates find chapters in their community or to connect with other groups across the country working on similar issues. The build a website component of SAO support self-advocacy organizations in developing their own well-designed, accessible and information rich websites.
http://www.selfadvocacyonline.org/
SSA Ticket to Work
Does your organization provide job placement services? Does your organization provide employment support services? Are you looking to expand your organizations' services to include job transitioning? If you answer yes to any of these questions, then visit the NEW Ticket to Work exhibit booth today to learn how the Ticket program can increase your opportunities for success and to learn the great financial awards of becoming an Employment Network.
http://www.ssa.gov/work/
Working Together Self-Advocacy Group
Working Together Self-Advocacy Group is comprised of politically and socially motivated adults with developmental disabilities. Working Together has a mission to enhance the quality of life for people through self-advocacy, education, and by building reciprocating relationships within their community.