*IMPORTANT!*
Do you have Medicaid issues?
There will be a meeting held on October 12th. NOTE: ACCESS CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED! For more information, click here.

*ADD) Wants Input to Help Set Priorities
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration on Developmental Disabilities would like input from the public on how they can best meet the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.ADD is asking for input through an online survey to decide where their next focus should be.  The survey can be completed online until September 1, 2010. For more information, click here

*New Transportation Resources!
We have new resources in regards to transportation, specifically air, on our resources page. Please click here for more info!

*Brain Injury Association of America Survey
Do you or a family member have difficulty dealing with episodes of uncontrolled laughing or crying? We encourage you to participate in the following survey to help us better understand this condition. Please click here to start the survey

*Voluntary Registry for Emergency Preparedness
We are hopeful that your responses will make it easy for people with disabilities in Delaware to fill out the registry.We have four (4) sites that will be open for the test. To view a list of sites for voluntary registry, please click here.

Tips & Facts

Sign Up for Text4baby Messages

If you are pregnant or a new mom, Text4baby can help keep you and your baby healthy. Sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE in Spanish) to receive free text messages each week timed to your due date or baby’s date of birth. These messages focus on a variety of topics critical to maternal and child health, including birth defect prevention, immunization, nutrition, seasonal flu, mental health, oral health, and safe sleep. Text4baby messages also connect women to prenatal and infant care services and other resources. To learn more, go to:

http://www.text4baby.org/


If you think your child was a victim of abuse..

Beebe Hospital is offering support to those children with disabilities who may have been victims of Dr. Bradley in Lewes, Delaware. We are all well aware that children with disabilities are more often victimized because of those disabilities and they are often unable to report.

The therapists at Child Mental Health have offered their professional support as experienced trauma specialists to children who may have been victims. Please contact Charles Webb of Child Mental Health.

Resources offered are:

1-800-VICTIM-1 to report or e-mail at victim1@state.de.us.
Survivors of Abuse in Recovery at 645-4903.
Contactlifeline at 1-800-262-9800.
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, DE.
Child Mental Health, contact Charles Webb, 633-2598.


To all NSN Members,

CPSC is once again urging all parents and caregivers to immediately stop using convertible "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. CPSC has learned of two additional infant deaths since the August 2008 safety alert and recall announcements. To date, CPSC is aware of four infants who have died in the close-sleeper bassinets.

We are very concerned that not enough families know about this critically important recall. We want consumers to stop using the bassinet and take it back to the place of purchase for a refund or store credit.
To see pictures of the Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets and for more information please visit our web site at
www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml09/09319.html

Due to the life-threatening hazard these bassinets pose to infants, CPSC urges all consumers to share this safety warning with friends, family, day care centers, and consignment stores to ensure that no child is placed to sleep in a Simplicity convertible bassinet covered by this warning.

Thank you.

Sonia Hayes-Pleasant
Public Affairs Specialist

US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
4330 East West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: 301.504.7881


Unlisted reverse 911

You may register for reverse 911 calls in the event of an emergency.

Who should register?
If you have an unlisted phone number or use your cell phone and not a land line, you should register here to be sure you are notified in an emergency on the reverse 911 system. If you have a land line phone number listed with the phone company you are already in the system which is being used in your state or area.

To view their web site: and for more information:
http://firstcall.net

to register send your phone number and a message to:
unlisted@firstcall.net


Clorox Resource Roundup