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New Brief Explains CHIP Extension and Other Provisions Included in HEALTHY KIDS and ACCESS Acts

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The last few months have been full of twists and turns for CHIP. Child health stakeholders were disappointed to see the September 30, 2017 deadline come and go with no new CHIP funding, but then encouraged by Committee action in the House and Senate in early October. But the failure to get CHIP funding across the finish […]

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New Leaders at Community Partnerships of Idaho

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Welcome New Directors Please join us in welcoming the following new directors. Nikkita White has been named the new Director of Children’s Services for CPI. Nikkita most recently was the Program Director for Mountain Home. Nikkita joined CPI in January of 2013 as a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist (PSR) where she worked 1:1 with children in the […]

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“This is not discussed”: Maternal Depression and Young Adult Mental Health

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“I know growing up like that this is not discussed if someone is like depressed or if they’re experiencing anxiety. Like no one knows what that is or how to like really address it or realize like this is going to be like ongoing process and a lot of times if like someone’s depressed they’re […]

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Challenge Yourself

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Have you ever experienced fear, doubt and anxiety? So have our Adventure Camp participants. These campers are individuals with an array of physical and mental disabilities, but they push through their fear, doubt, anxiety and physical limitations to challenge themselves and test their boundaries. Our campers have challenged themselves to make new friends, go on […]

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Let’s Go Camping

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“Don’t let your dreams, be dreams.” For a lot of individuals that we work with their dream is to be among friends without their provider or caretaker,  and to be able to do what they want, when they want. They want to be able to be free even if just for a few days, and […]

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William Rutherford: Inclusion for Better Education

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“Mr. Rutherford, I love you,” I hear from the corner of a second grade classroom as I reach for the handle to open the door. I pause, look back into the room and say, “I love you too Alex.” This room of twenty-eight students feel unaffected by my declaration. Sharing love in this classroom is […]

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Our Culture of Financial Exploitation: How to Identify, Report and Prevent Abuse

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Today’s elders are bombarded by scams from all angles: in person by door-to door sales, telemarketers by phone, scam lotteries and sweepstakes by mail, phishing scams by internet, and by family members and acquaintances who prey on the generosity and vulnerability of an aging individual. Due to confusion and unfamiliarity with these crimes and scams, victims and families fail […]

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Community Partnerships’ Employment Team

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Community Partnerships’ Employment Department provides an array of vocational and prevocational services to assist people in preparing for, obtaining and maintaining employment. Services are generally determined with the support of State Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors. But for the majority of our clients we CAN provide: Vocational Evaluations-Interest/Aptitude testing Job Readiness Skill Building/Job Seeking Skills training-Employability assistance […]

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A True Work Family

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In my years of being employed I have worked for companies that have that age old saying “we’re like a family here,” however in my not so vast experience this has not ever been the case until… August 2015 I applied for a job at Community Partnerships, when I received the call to come in […]

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HP Continues Driving Disability Awareness at the Boise Campus

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HP is taking great steps to engage their employee community to create a diverse and inclusive community. On May 23, 2017, HP’s Boise DisAbility Business Impact Network, hosted a disability etiquette training. To help with the training the Northwest ADA Center-Idaho and the State Independent Living Council organized a group of individuals with disabilities to […]

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