Our Fall 2009 Newsletter
Each quarter we produce a newsletter to help our consumers, families, supporters and sponsors what we’ve been up to the previous three months, and what we have coming up.
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Call To Action!
INCREASED CHILD CARE LICENSING FEES WOULD HAVE A DRAMATIC AFFECT ON UCP’S EARLY LEARNING CENTER AND THERAPY DEPARTMENT
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has released a draft proposed increase in licensing fees for child care facilities. This proposed increase, once implemented, would have an extremely negative affect on UCP’s Early Learning Center and Therapy Program, as well as numerous other child care facilities throughout the state. Specifically, our Early Learning Center licensing fees would increase from $150 to $4,578 per a three year period. Our Therapy Program licensing fees would increase from $50 to $365 per year.
The new fees were passed by the legislature in a special session with little opportunity for public input and were signed into law on September 4th by Governor Brewer. UCP, as well as other child care providers oppose the new proposed fees, the process by which they were established, and the quick implementation of the new fees, which are proposed to be implemented on January 1st. The new fees will negatively affect the financial ability for some child care providers to continue providing services to families throughout the State. For many providers the fees will be passed on to parents and consumers.
I am asking for your support in requesting that the Governor and legislature immediately reconsider these fees and begin a discussion with providers throughout the State to find a solution that is feasible to child care facilities, as well as the families that we serve.
Please contact Governor Brewer and your legislators at the following links, and urge them to reconsider the implementation of these child care licensing fee increases and begin discussions with child care providers and the families that these fees will directly affect.
Links:
Will Humble, Interim Director: piowebmaster@azdhs.gov
Governor Jan Brewer: http://www.azgovernor.gov/Contact.asp
Find Your Legislator: http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
Sincerely,
Dan Rossi
Executive Director
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Gift Without Limits!
Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season?
Give a Gift Without Limits! You can give gifts this holiday season that make a difference in the lives of many. A gift that will further a life without limits for people with disabilities.
Your tax-deductible gift to UCP of Central Arizona is a unique opportunity to honor someone you love this holiday season. Make a gift in any amount, and UCP of Central Arizona will mail an announcement card to your friends and family, informing them that you have made a donation in their name. You will also receive a contribution letter for tax purposes.
A Gift Without Limits is the perfect last minute gift, and its tax deductible! Just click here and complete the form to complete your holiday shopping list.
For more information please contact the Development Department at 602.943.5472. Form can be emailed here, faxed to 602.943.4936 or returned to the front desk at the UCP Laura Dozer Center.
500 and Counting!
UCP of Central Arizona is proud to announce that we have reached the milestone of having 500 members on our UCP facebook cause page. This officially gives us “Squad” status. Thank you to all the facebook members that are supporting our mission and spreading the word about good work.
The use of Facebook and other social media outlets is helping us to achieve our goals to increase our community awareness, reach new consumers, and grow our donor base.
Please help us reach our next goal of having 1000 cause members but either joining our cause if you have not done so or recruiting people in your network to join.
Welcome to UCP’s new Web Site
UCP has been eager to embark on our efforts to improve our community awareness; one of the first steps of this is our new website. Welcome! We hope that you find our new site to be visually appealing and user-friendly. We are excited to have this tool to share information about UCP in a more efficient and professional way. Please visit our site regularly to learn more about the services we provide, the individuals and families that we serve, and the work we are doing in the community.
We have also joined several social networks to help increase awareness for UCP of Central Arizona, and to develop new relationships to support our efforts, our events and donations. Look for “UCPofCentralAZ” on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr and Twitter; Make friends, follow us, and join our cause.
All of these new efforts are not static, stand-alone initiatives. They are all inter-connected and are ways for us all to communicate, to work together, to offer support. They keep us in touch with the day to day, as well as the big picture of our common goal: Life without limits for people with disabilities.
As a civic leader, a caregiver, a direct consumer, a relative, a potential employee, or simply a giving individual who wants to be involved – we welcome you – again – to UCP of Central Arizona.
Sincerely,
Dan Rossi
Executive Director
