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20Feb, 2017

A Night at Carey Tickets Available

Tickets are on sale for “A Night at Carey,” a special night of dinner and dancing to recognize local people who have strongly supported community inclusion for people with disabilities. Early bird ticket pricing is $70 a person/$560 for a table of eight until March 15. After March 15, tickets will be sold for the regular price of $75 a person/$600 for a table of eight.

The event, which will include a dinner before the awards program and dancing afterward, will be 6-10 p.m. April 8 at Roseburg Event Center. This year’s inaugural event has a theme of “Paris Masquerade.” As a way to add to the evening’s French theme, attendees will receive masks that will be made in the agency’s new art studio.

The highlight of the evening will be The Carey Awards, six awards that will highlight involvement with improving the lives of people with disabilities.

Click here to go to the event page, or click the button below to go directly to the ticket purchase page.

Early bird tickets are $70 until March 15.

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15Feb, 2017

Self-Advocates Visit State Officials

Members of the Alliance Seekers of Grant and Blackford Counties were part of an annual visit to Indianapolis on Tuesday to visit with state officials and talk with them about disability issues.

The event, sponsored by The Arc of Indiana and Self-Advocates of Indiana, is part of a traditional visit by self-advocates and other disability advocates every Valentine’s Day. The theme of this year’s event was “DSPs — The “Heart” of it All,” highlighting efforts to increase wages paid to direct support professionals who provide care. The advocates spent the day talking with the legislators who represent them and also visit with other state officials. Self-advocates from Carey Services presented legislators and state officials — including Gov. Eric Holcomb and Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch — with candy jars produced in the agency’s art studio.

14Feb, 2017

Happy Valentine’s Day!

8Feb, 2017

DSP Wages Third House Topic

One of the prime topics of conversation with state legislators attending the recent Third House forum sponsored by the Marion-Grant County Chamber of Commerce was an initiative to get money added to the state budget that would specifically be used to increase wages for direct support professionals working with disability services providers.

Third House Moderator Alan Miller from Indiana Wesleyan University lead a discussion that was prompted by a question submitted by Jim Allbaugh, Carey Services’ president and CEO. Allbaugh and several other advocates — DSPs, caregivers, clients and other Carey Services staff members — were in the audience.

Disability advocacy groups have approached the General Assembly seeking $10 million in additional funding in each of the two years of the state budget. The $10 million would be specifically dedicated to increasing wages for front-line caregiving staff at agencies around the state. Disability services providers around the country are experiencing critical staff shortages in care-giving positions, much of which is attributed to low wages. For most agencies, the wage rates are directly tied to the reimbursements they receive from their states; most reimbursements are linked to Medicaid reimbursements.

31Jan, 2017

January Newsletter Available

Carey Services has released the January edition of Access, the monthly newsletter that highlights agency activities.

The Access newsletter features agency plans for a new event, “A Night at Carey,” which will be a dinner, awards program and dance to honor local people who are advocates for, and supporters of, people with disabilities. Also in the newsletter is the first article our new Caring and Serving series that highlights client success stories.

You can find the January issue here.

25Jan, 2017

Carey Services Receives Additional NAP Credits

Carey Services has been awarded an additional $1,100 in Neighborhood Assistance Program tax credits it can offer to donors through March 31, 2017.

NAP is a program that provides Indiana tax credits to not-for-profit organizations for specific projects. Individuals and businesses who make a NAP donation to Carey Services can receive a credit on their Indiana income tax return for 50 percent of the donation amount. Federal tax credits might also be available.

“We were pleased to learn we have additional tax credits to offer donors as a result of fully committing our first round of credits,” said Jim Allbaugh, president and chief executive officer. “The additional donations we can solicit will be helpful as we continue to improve the work we do help people become empowered and equally valued members of the community.”

The agency exhausted its initial allocation of credits in December. Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, the state organization that oversees NAP, reallocates the money agencies are unable to use by Dec. 31 to agencies who were able to exhaust their original allocations.

Carey Services will use the NAP donations to help maintain the Pleasant Woods apartment complex and meet other programming needs. Pleasant Woods is an affordable housing community designed with individuals with disabilities in mind. The community has five one-story accessible duplexes designed to facilitate independent living. The NAP donations will be used to upgrade the facilities to further increase accessibility.

For more information, call April Scott at (765) 668-8961, ext. 111

29Nov, 2016

It’s #GivingTuesday!

29Nov, 2016

Carey Services Artists Create Holiday Cards

Carey Services is selling holiday cards that feature holiday-themed artwork created by artists participating in our new art studio. We’ve selected six pieces of art that will be turned into holiday cards you can buy and send this holiday season.

Each card will have a simple holiday message to reflect the spirit of the season: “Wishing You the Best This Holiday Season.”

You can order an assortment package of 12 5-inch by 7-inch cards and envelopes (two of each piece of art) until Dec. 8. Each 12 pack is $19; the artists who created the cards will receive a portion of the proceeds for their work.

Click here for more information and for a link to place an order.

23Nov, 2016

Carey Services sponsoring employment services training

Carey Services is sponsoring training for job coaches and job developers involved in the employment services field.

The training will be Dec. 8 and 9 at Ivy Tech Community College in Marion.

Training will be conducted by staff with Norwich Consulting Services. Mike Heifner is a senior employment consultant with NCS and has more than 25 years as an employment services professional. Laura Cummings is a program consultant with NCS and has extensive experience in the employment services field.

Cost of the training is $119 for each session; someone who attends both sessions will get a discounted rate of $99 for each.

You can download the flyer with more information here.

To register, click here.

For more information, you can email Laura at laura@norwichcs.com.

23Nov, 2016