LIFE’s April Newsletter

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LIFE held its annual Accessible Easter Egg hunt this past Saturday at the Kicklighter Learning Center. Included amonst the gazillion regular candy filled eggs, were lots and lots of talking eggs! Children with visual impairments could hear these adorable little eggs screaming, “Yooo hooooo, I’m over here!” When they were found, the eggs shouted, “Yay…you FOUND me!” Many thanks…

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It is time to begin the registration process for STEPS (Summer Therapeutic Recreation Program of Summer) Camp for 2016. The Summer Therapeutic Enrichment Program of Savannah, (S.T.E.P.S., Inc./STEPS) is a summer camp for school-age children in Chatham County who have profound, severe and moderate intellectual disabilities. Registration and additional information about this wonderful camp is attached above. The second of three information/registration…

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Hello Parents! The 2016 Summer Camp application and the Parent’s Night Out application are now available! For your convenience, both applications have been attached below and are also available on our website at www.friendsofcoastalga.com. Parent’s Night Out is a respite based program that will be tentatively held from 5:30 PM – 9 :00 PM every 4th Saturday of the…

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http://www.wjcl.com/news/local-news/life-makes-local-homes-wheelchair-friendly/151770079/story SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (WJCL) – The federally funded Home Accessibility Project is helping disabled people in Southeast Georgia have more wheelchair-friendly homes. Nail by nail, board by board, volunteers built 77-year-old Betty Godbee a backyard ramp that she says to her means freedom, and a whole new life. “It’s going to change …it’s…it’s going to change it,” she…

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The Georgia Department of Community Affairs will be accepting Preliminary Applications for its Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) beginning at 12:01 AM on Monday, February 1, 2016 until Sunday, February 7,2016 at 11:59 PM. Preliminary applications are being accepted for all 149 counties that we serve. Preliminary Applications will only be accepted electronically through our system. If you…

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Tax time is quickly approaching! GACHI is Partnering with the IRS to set up Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) where IRS will do your taxes for free. An ASL interpreter will be provided! Anyone interested in this free service should contact their nearest GACHI office. We need to know how many are interested before we can set up locations,…

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The Social Security Administration’s website has many forms you can download, print and fill out. Available forms include applications for disability benefits and child’s insurance benefits, enrolling in Medicare, appealing a medical decision and requesting a waiver on an overpayment. Of course, you can also apply for benefits and take care of other Social Security business online. For more information, read Disability.gov’s Guide to Disability Benefits or call…

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