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Text Box: ship list. You may have a friend or neighbor who already is involved. Let them know what you know!   We all live in voting districts—that includes our representatives to the State Legislature, Congress, City Councils and more. If you care about a topic, call your representative at home and make an appointment for coffee. When a representative HEARS what affects his or her district from real people, changes do occur. Especially regarding disability issues. Sometimes, they just don’t  

Text Box: The Region 2 Family Resource Center would like to announce the creation of the Family Advisory Board—FAB! This dynamic group of family and community members from all 5 counties in Region II have already been hard at work. After the first meeting in November, the group began compiling a list of helpful resources, needs and more.  We would like to thank each member of FAB for helping Region II families!  

Text Box: The new Family to Family Health Information Center at Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc., (IPUL) is designed to provide up-to-date public health information and education to support the needs of families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).  This project is funded by a three year Real Choice Systems Change Grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, and receives additional in-kind technical assistance from the national office of Family Voices, Inc., and Family Voices of Idaho.

Lewiston Center LogoText Box: Help us welcome: ·  Jon Meyer · Amy Brandal · Angie Gau · Becky Cummings · Jean Coil · Jerry Peery · Nancy Wahobin · Connie Ireland · Jeannie O’Farrell   For more information on resources in Region II or how you can be involved in FAB, contact Tina at 888-746-2655 or via email at tinaa@uidaho.edu.    

Text Box: The Family Support 360 Grant and Resource Center Staff will be presenting at multiple conferences in the Spring. For more information on these and other opportunities to learn more about the 360 Grant, contact Merri at 800-393-7290 or via web at merrip@uidaho.edu.

Text Box: Lewiston Resource Center: (888) 746-2655 Text Box: have experience on the topic at hand. IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!   Don’t doubt that your experience and knowledge is important and can help change your town, your state and your nation. BE HEARD! For more ways you can be heard without ever leaving your house, contact the Family Support 360 Project at 800-393-7290 and speak with Julie Magelky, Jill Smith or Merri Platt.. On the web, contact us at connecting families.net!

Text Box: The Center will provide opportunities for parents and professionals to work together to ensure children and youth with special health care needs are active participants in their communities.  Center Activities Include: · Parent leadership training · One on One family support · Resources & Information in English and Spanish · Much more!!

Text Box: IPUL offers many programs for families across Idaho,  for more information contact:   Idaho Parents Unlimited ipulidaho.org 800 242-IPUL (4785)

Text Box: For more information on what Tina Alexanderson    - center coordinator - can help you with in Region II, call her at 888-746-2655 or email her at tinaa@uidaho.edu

Jeannie O'FarrellIdaho LogoText Box: Call toll-free: 1-800-242-4785, or in the Treasure Valley  208-342-5884, and ask to speak to the Family to Family Project Coordinator for more information.

Text Box: Jeannie O’Farrell—Nez Perce

Text Box: Jon Meyer—Latah

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Text Box: There are many ways to have your voice heard regarding policies, laws or rules that affect you and your family. Here is a list of different ways to be heard—they might not be as time consuming as you think! Advocacy organizations are often governed by leadership boards or councils, and the people who sit on them come from around the region or state. If you don’t have the time to sit on a board, look at their member-

Text Box: You’ll meet more members of FAB in our next newsletter!!

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