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Dear Imagine friends and family,
This is a tricky month. There's some fun stuff coming up and, as of yet, no pandemic in Santa Cruz County. We need to protect each other and those we serve so please do read the
Human Resources Column
, especially if you work at Imagine. We are developing a plan for a possible pandemic reaching this area and will
be rolling it out over the next week. This newsletter is step 1.
But, we also want everyone to understand that as of this writing (2/28) the Centers for Disease Control considers the risk of infection to non-healthcare workers to be low. Because Imagine staff work with single individuals, it seems reasonable to believe that for now, our risk remains low. We will continue monitoring, planning and communicating while we learn about this new virus. You can keep up, if you are concerned, at the CDC website dedicated to this disease, the link is here.
Turning now to why we live anyhow, there are some great events coming up. On the 28th of this month, Imagine will be going on a little boat ride. See below for more information.
The following big event comes in early April when Imagine will host a book event with author Marc Sander. Our neighbor in Watsonville, Marc's Aspberger Syndrome went undiagnosed until well into his adulthood, leaving him alone with the puzzle of why social rules and relationships were so hard to navigate. The Driveway Rules is his memoir of coming to understand himself and the baffling rest of us. You can buy it here (or buy it here on April 8.) Please do join us. Refreshments will be served and Marc has generously offered to donate $1 for every copy sold at that site in April to Imagine.
And save another date: I'm telling you about it now so no excuses- Imagine's Film Festival has been booked for October 8th at The Colligan Theater. Patty is back and organizing with a vengeance.
Finally, the Human Race is a coming. Fundraising will begin on the 25th and you should probably expect to hear from captains Drea and Lili right about then and pretty often thereafter.
In our
Advocacy Corner, I scribbled something so the box is here next month too.
"Progress" on the
Strategic Plan is updated and reported below.
This month, our
Person Centered Evolution
column this month an update on our progress towards "Person-centered Everything."
There are actual people being actually served through the
Self-Determination Program. One Imagine employee took off to L.A. this weekend with one of them..
The
Transparency column includes information about board openings, the date of our next board meeting, and to tell you more than that would give it all away.
The appreciations this month are for
Tanya and
Ashlee.
As ever, if you have any questions, feedback or concerns, please don't hesitate to get in touch. You can write me
here.
Gratefully yours,
Doug
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It is very important to prevent transmission of coronavirus. Imagine has begun planning for a pandemic alert, including by updating our emergency packs at each clients house and reviewing our policies for Universal precautions and Infectious diseases. Here is a link to our policy.
One of the most important things to remember during this time is to stay home if you are sick and to ask your supervisor for support if you are feeling unsure about someone showing symptoms on your team. We can all work together to keep ourselves and our clients safe by following recommended precautions. If you have a fever, please do not return to work until your temperature has stayed below 100.4 degrees for 24 hours.
Here are a few recommendations from the CDC for dealing with coronavirus:
CDC recommends individuals and families follow everyday preventive measures:
- Voluntary Home Isolation: Stay home when you are sick with respiratory disease symptoms. At the present time, these symptoms are more likely due to influenza or other respiratory viruses than to COVID-19-related virus.
- Respiratory Etiquette: Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, then throw it in the trash can.
- Hand Hygiene: Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds; especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
- If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with 60%-95% alcohol.
- Environmental Health Action: Routinely clean frequently touched surfaces and objects
Routine use of these measures by individuals and their families will increase community resilience and readiness for responding to an outbreak.
Patty Lopez
HR Coordinator
Imagine Supported Living Services
831-464-8355 ext. 212
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Once again, this year, with some shrewd negotiating and generous boat owners allow Imagine to organize a harbor cruise. See the flyer above for details and contact
Cap'n Charlie with any questions.
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Mark Sander is a local writer and friend of Imagine who will be reading from his memoir of navigating relationships with Aspbergers on April 8 from 6-8 PM. Along with the reading, and the refreshments, there will be a Question & Answer session and some good, old-fashioned being together with a topic. Please join us. Also, I betcha Marc will sign a copy of his book for you.
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submitted by Doug
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I met with Facilitators during February to select one new person-centered thinking tool to use with each of their clients. The goal is to increase the use of these tools in order to promote rigorous person-centered thinking in our services.
-Submitted by Doug
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The Strategic Plan undergoes reviews and updates every other month -- and the next update will take place at the end of this month. There have not been any recent or significant changes to the Strategic Plan. Here is the most updated version of the document you can view.
-Submitted by Lili
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The Self-Determination Independent Facilitator Network (formerly the Self-Determination Learning Community) will meet Wednesday, March 4, from 11 AM to 12:30 PM at the State Council's Regional Office: 2580 First Street in San Jose, suite 240. I hope to be there to welcome you this month.
There remains a need for person-centered planners to assist individuals with developmental disabilities, although the community has responded and this will help many in the traditional program to find facilitators for their own person-centered plans.
-Submitted by Doug
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Our next board meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 15, at 11 in Imagine's Village Hall. The meeting agenda will include the budget proposal for fiscal year 2020-2021. Do your taxes then come join us.
We are still recruiting board members. We are working to diversify the board and to add a GAAP-trained treasurer. An attorney wouldn't be bad either.
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We have begun our 2018-2019 fiscal year audit and falling behind again. Have mercy.
-Submitted by Doug
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The Governor's budget for 2020-2021 came out on schedule. There were few surprises and none to the downside.
The Oversight, Accountability and Transparency Workgroup of the Developmental Services Task Force will meet March 23 in Pomona.
As other meetings are scheduled, we'll try to keep you up to date in this space and on Facebook so you can participate if you wish. For (just barely) more on the Task Force and workgroups, you can find the Department of Developments Services page here.
-Submitted by Doug
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