Hi everyone, I recently ran across a Holiday Guest Guide from Rachel Nemhauser at the Arc of King County. In it she offers some tips for people who are visiting her family. Perhaps you have or would want to have some tips of your own.
DDA’s Basic Plus, Core, Community Protection (CP) and Children’s Intensive In Home Behavior Supports (CIIBS) waiver applications are being renewed in 2017 with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. DDA conducted face to face meetings in September to talk with waiver participants, families and others about what is working in the current waiver [...]
Chris Cady is a member of the WA State Fathers Network but has moved to Colorado and has started the Colorado Fathers Network. He's now working to put together a video similar to the one done by us earlier this year. That video can be seen at https://fathersnetwork.org/what-we-do/. With Chris' Network just starting out he'd [...]
A couple of upcoming events that might be of interest. Edmonds Center for the Arts presents illusionist Kevin Spencer with a sensory friendly performance on Saturday, November 19. More information can be found at: http://bit.ly/2giLBAj The Snohomish chapter of the Fathers Network is hosting a poker and pizza night on Saturday, December 10th. See the [...]
The Washington State Fathers Network is an important piece of the support that Kindering provides to families. It provides opportunities for dads to meet in dad only settings, organizes social gatherings for families, provides resources and advocates for dads and their families. Over the past few years attendance at the chapter meetings in Bellevue and [...]
This past Saturday the Bellevue YMCA held the first session of its pilot respite program. The program is targeted to middle school aged participants and 14 families registered and had their children take part from 3:00-6:30 pm. Registration is free and a Y membership is not needed. More information, including future dates, can be found [...]
Hi everyone, I want to let you know about and ask for your help spreading the word about a respite pilot program at the Bellevue YMCA. We want this program to succeed so that the Y will consider expanding it, not just in Bellevue but to their other facilities. And, expand it to a broader [...]
On Saturday, October 8th the Network had it's annual conference at Tyee Middle School in Bellevue. The men who attended had a great time getting to know each other, sharing experiences and learning information that was helpful to them and their families. We hope to see you at next year’s conference. Listening to Dr. [...]