Measure Bb Case Study

This was an eye-opener for us to advocate for public transportation especially the bus to be modified to accommodate persons with physical disability using a wheelchair. A lift or a ramp could be provided for easy boarding of the bus. Additional space

What needs to be address is the awareness of homelessness in Miami Downtown. There are roughly around four thousand people in downtown who are considered homeless (hp). And its population in Miami-Dade County is always apparent from the corners of streets to the nooks and crannies off on the side of buildings. Other than to push these people off the side for our own lives, our community needs to take the awareness of homelessness more seriously than just a small issue. Some business owners doesn’t like the appearance of the homeless because they scare away customers which is the reason why there is less business opportunities in downtown (dm). There has to be something done to solve this ignored problem.

I want to introduce myself to you. I am the Woonsocket Health Equity Zone (HEZ) Manager at Thundermist Health Center. The Woon HEZ collaborative uses a place base approach in order to ensure that all neighborhoods become the kinds of places that enable all children and families to succeed and thrive. This requires intentional efforts to build, sustain and operationalize certain types of community capacity. The HEZ grant renewal process is underway and one of our required year 2 activities around improving physical activity in the community is for the collaborative to engage the City to develop a plan to improve non-motorized transportation in priority areas. It has come to our attention that a few years ago the YWCA conducted and developed a Walkability plan for Woonsocket and that parts of that plan has been integrated into the

There should be an increment or flex pay plan for the residents who are suddenly constrained with higher property taxes. This way they can gradually increase their payments, instead of their payments ballooning at one time. There should be low-interest loans or funding for established small and minority-owned businesses wanting to upgrade their business. The community should be made aware of any funds that will allow them to improve their homes and keep in line with the revitalization.

This would promote anti-discriminatory practice by not discriminating people with disabilities and giving them equal opportunities to do different activities, ensuring there are ramps in public places so people can have easy access to different areas etc.

This report serves to review the research completed by Eric Lipp and the Open Doors Organization (ODO). Through familiarity with the issue, analysis, and sound recommendations, we conclude that the research was sound and beneficial to a very large demographic of people with disabilities.

Areas that need improvement are: decreasing the need for food stamps, increase health insurance coverage, decreasing childhood obesity, expanding disaster preparedness knowledge by the public, and decreasing the amount of homeless.

According to Heller and Factor (as cited in Wood & Jackson, 2003) the number of “older adults age 60 and older who are diagnosed with mental retardation or developmental disabilities is expected to reach 1,065,000 by 2030.” In fact, “in the last 30 years, the life expectancy of people with intellectual disability has increased more dramatically than that of the general population” (Bigby, 2010). Doka and Lavin (2003) report that advances in medical care and a shift to deinstitutionalization have contributed to this increase in life expectancy for developmentally disabled adults. Increasingly, federal policy has linked addressing the housing needs of older adults with those of low-income and non-elderly disabled individuals, according to

Areas that need improvement include decreasing the need for food stamps, assisting the homeless in obtaining the necessary shelter, improve the drinking water quality, and improve the awareness of the emergency plans amongst San Diego

Most owners and managers of property throughout the country will acknowledge the importance of the regulations stated in the Americans With Disability Act or the ADA that was passed in 1990. The regulations in this act dictate that all buildings open to the public should provide fair, identifiable and safe entrances and exits to and from the buildings along with the rooms inside of them. In addition, the parking lots to these establishments also need to be appropriately marked for people who struggle with some kind of disability. Even though the regulations have been around for such a long time, there are still properties today that do not comply with

Following the amendment and reauthorization of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Microsoft Corporation began an initiative to research, develop, and market software, hardware, systems, and services that would assist and appeal to people with disabilities. The corporation also turned its attention to attracting, hiring, and retaining people with disabilities who have the qualifications to work at Microsoft a division for accessibility and disabilities was formed by the company. The goal going forward was to make valuing diversity and accessibility an article of faith at Microsoft.

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I would like to focus and investigate the lack of age appropriate transportation services for the elderly and people with disabilities. The issue of transportation becomes a major concern when the elderly and people who are disabled develop uncontrollable age related illnesses and are no longer healthy to drive. Losing the privilege to drive brings independence to an end and forces the elderly to stay at home which may lead to despair and other emotions. Therefore, it is essential to provide our senior citizens and people with disabilities with reliable transportation to help them maintain their independence. It is important to create reliable services to support them in making choices about how they want to live the last years of their

What can be proposed by the city to the public audience to help the homeless in need? In Anaheim, there is a problem with the growing amount of homeless people on the streets of our city; their presence has been increasing within parks, streets, in front of businesses, etc. The reason for why we chose this topic is because our group wants to be able to help these individuals get their life back on track, rather them having these unemployed people living out on the filthy streets. I constantly see individuals begging for money at the exits of freeways and cross lights, instead of seeing them work for their money. To do this, we need to be able to convince our community to propose programs to city hall that will help homeless

The are starting to recognize it. They have accommodation such as ramps and home health care, scooters, prosthetic legs and programs that help the blind read. Now they also have programs