Arizona Community Living NOW, a new program designed and administered by the Sonoran UCEDD and supported by grant funds from the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC), addresses the important issue of how to give families the information they need to create affordable and accessible community living situations for themselves and their family members with developmental disabilities. Arizona Community Living NOW will deliver six educational sessions aimed at providing training on a diverse range of topics addressing needs around housing – everything from knowing what services and supports are available to future planning and home buying.

The six educational training sessions include:

* Community Services and Supports: What We Have and What We Need (January 24, 2011, 2-4pm)
* Transitions: My Chosen Life and What it Means to Me (February 7, 2011, 2-4 pm)
* Consumer Controlled Housing: Making Informed Choices in Rental and Home Ownership (February 28, 2011, 2-4pm)
* Shared Living: Important Discussions about Daily Life (March 14, 2011, 2-4pm)
* Special Needs Planning: Guardianship and Living Trusts (April 11, 2011, 2-4pm)
* Financial Education and Planning

Presenter will be speaking in-person at the Herbert K. Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona. Each two-hour presentation will be broadcast live via interactive video to community locations throughout the state, allowing participants at any location to ask questions of the presenters. For those unable to attend a training session, video and transcripts of each session will be available at http://azcommunitylivingnow.org

Designed to provide information necessary for families to create affordable and accessible community living situations for persons with developmental disabilities
Monday, April 11th, from 2 – 4 pm (FREE)

“Special Needs Planning: Guardianship & Living Trusts”
Presented by Robert B. Fleming

Limited space at some locations – RSVP required to reserve a space at a site:
(520) 626-0442 or ucedd@email.arizona.edu
For updates and to view taped sessions, go to http://azcommunitylivingnow.org

What is AZ Community Living Now: SIX trainings from January to May 2011 on housing related issues for people with disabilities and families. Trainings are available at http://azcommunitylivingnow.org

Who should attend: Persons with disabilities, their families, and service providers who support them

Video Conferencing to 5 County Sites: Individuals can attend the “live” trainings at a location below or watch the taped session at a later date from their own computer.

Pima: Abrams Bldg. (east of UPH Kino Hospital)
3950 S. Country Club Rd., Tucson (Room 2102)

Cochise: University of Arizona, South Campus in Sierra Vista
Academic Technology Building
1140 N. Colombo Ave., Sierra Vista (Room B138)

Coconino: Flagstaff Medical Center
1200 N. Beaver, Flagstaff (Magee Auditorium)

Yuma: Yuma Regional Medicine Center, Corporate Center
399 West 32nd Street, Yuma (Rooms Kokopelli & Ocotillo)

Maricopa: Disability Empowerment Center
5025 E. Washington Street, Phoenix (Nina Mason Pulliam Conference Ctr.)

SAVE THE DATE for the Last Training:
May 2, 2011

For more information, please go to this website: http://azcommunitylivingnow.org