[Faith-talk] Another leg of the journey for Jenni

Tue Aug 22 04:35:25 UTC 2017

I thought about the lighthouse too. It was kind of hard to find any information. One thing I can say is that even though Wisconsin does a lot of things stupid, we have aging and disability resource center is where their primary goal is to get resources and their contact information into the hands or in boxes of anyone needing it. They've been wonderful to me and I've worked with a couple of counties. Our governor wanted to get rid of them but so many people voiced opposition they are still there. He wanted to turn it into an 800 number where someone from anywhere in the nation could answer calls. That made no sense to anybody and would aluminate several jobs since 68 of the 72 counties I believe have an ADRC.  Each county knows exactly what services they have and can intervene on our residents behalf if something is going wrong. The centers have been around for almost 20 years. When I graduated from college I helped Green County where my parents live, set up there's as part of a social work internship. 

Thanks for offering up your assistance and it's nice to know someone else thinks of Denise highly.

Take care of yourself Rob! 

Ericka Short
 from my iPhone 6+

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 10:46 PM, Rob Kaiser via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> When you talk to Denice, tell her that Rob Kaiser says hello. We went to
> Foreman Highschool together. She, I'm sure will be a big help. The Chicago
> chapter of the NFB is very big & active. Good luck. I can be contacted here
> by phone @(909)292-0040 extn 211. If you can't reach me, & it is an urgent
> matter, you will need to call Providence Post Acute. I'll gtet the number
> for you either later tonight or tomorrow, & I'll email it to you. 
> 
> Again, good luck. Perhaps, the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind can be of
> some help to her. They have really cleaned up their act in the past several
> years. 
> 
> I hope this is of some help.
> 
> Rob Kaiser
> Email;
> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-Talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka
> via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 7:02 PM
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> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Another leg of the journey for Jenni
> 
> I just found out who the president of the Illinois NFB is. I spoke to Jenni
> and we're going to try to contact her this week. I agree with you Rob that
> if Illinois can't get their act together to start school on time everything
> else must be affected by the budget crisis. I still think that people could
> be nicer when they give out that information rather than say "hey have you
> ever thought of moving to Wisconsin?"
> 
> She has contacted Catholic charities and might be able to get counseling and
> possibly some transportation to Chicago. This would allow her to get help
> from a place called second site which is a nonprofit agency, not state
> affiliated. I'll keep you posted with Jenny's permission. Denise avant is
> state president and I think she has a human services division member. For
> some reason I recognize her name. I think she will be of help. Jenni and I
> are going to also talk to one of the agencies here in Wisconsin to get
> information and support too. Just in case things don't follow through in
> Illinois at all and she ends up having to move up here. With all her extra
> medical issues she feels that in intensive thing like an NFB training center
> wouldn't be a good fit for her.
> 
> On behalf of Jenni, thank you all for your prayers!
> 
> Ericka Short
> from my iPhone 6+
> 
>> On Aug 21, 2017, at 8:25 PM, Rob Kaiser via Faith-Talk
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I wonder if many of those organizations you mentioned are not up & 
>> running fully do to the Illinois financial crisis. I still think tha 
>> the NFB of Illinois would be her best bet. I don't know if Rockford 
>> has a local NFB chapter or not. Rockford is a pretty big city, so they 
>> should have @ least a small chapter.
>> 
>> Rob Kaiser
>> Email;
>> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Faith-Talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Ericka via Faith-Talk
>> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 12:52 PM
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>> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Another leg of the journey for Jenni
>> 
>> Yeah I know it was incredibly horrifying to me! You would think they 
>> would at least give her the phone number for her local independent 
>> living center and let them answer her questions. I feel the same way-I 
>> just want to call and chew their butts out. I know Illinois is in deep 
>> financial crisis, but it doesn't cost them anything to give her the 
>> phone number for Catholic charities and other nonprofit, non-state run 
>> places that might help. Our state calls those centers aging and 
>> disability resource centers. They do some visiting of people in their 
>> homes to check on eligibility for some programs, but mainly their job 
>> is to answer the phone and send people resources for their situation 
>> in the most usable format. Most of the time I just emailed them and they
> respond back. I just don't understand Illinois!
>> 
>> Ericka Short
>> from my iPhone 6+
>> 
>>> On Aug 19, 2017, at 1:19 AM, Joseph Hudson via Faith-Talk
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Oh my gosh Erica, that is one hell of a slap in the face. I might 
>>> just ask
>> her for the phone number to that place and give them a call and give 
>> them a piece of my advice to them and let them know, how awful that 
>> was. They definitely need some prayer.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 18, 2017, at 6:08 PM, Ericka via Faith-Talk
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I've been looking for things to help and each organization Jenny 
>>>> calls
>> doesn't even seem to have a referral if they cannot help her. She 
>> called the Council for Independent living and they actually told her 
>> "did you ever consider moving to Wisconsin?" Now if that isn't a slap in
> the face or what?
>>>> 
>>>> Please keep her in prayer! If I had everything but help from an 
>>>> agency
>> that I needed I don't know what I would do either. She has a good 
>> church and friends and obviously a very kind building manager that 
>> helps her. If I found doctors that I trusted it would be tough for me 
>> to uproot and leave them as well.
>>>> 
>>>> Ericka Short
>>>> from my iPhone 6+
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