April 22, 2008

FREE WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS

Financial Entitlements and Resources
For Children and Young Adults with
Special Health Care Needs
Birth to Age 21

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

9:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Farmingdale Library
116 Merrits Road
Farmingdale, New York

Speakers include representatives from Long Island Transition Site, Parent to Parent, Suffolk Medical Home as well as the two county health departments. There also will be representatives from Care At Home, Early Intervention, Child Health Plus, Medicaid, SSI (Supplemental Security Income), OMRDD, (Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities), VESID  (Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities).

Sponsored by the Nassau County Department of Health, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Physically Handicapped Children’s Program and The Long Island Network for Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs

For information, contact:

Bob Policastro, BPolicastro@AngelasHouse.org or (631) 979-2620

Peggy Grosman, Peninsula Counseling Center  (516) 569-6600 x225