Northern Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc.
MARCH is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month!
The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and the National Disability Rights Network have created a campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, as well as barriers that people with disabilities sometimes face when connecting with the communities they live in.
MARCH is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month!
The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and the National Disability Rights Network have created a campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, as well as barriers that people with disabilities sometimes face when connecting with the communities they live in.
MARCH is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities and the National Disability Rights Network have created a campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, as well as barriers that people with disabilities sometimes face when connecting with the communities they live in.
(Press Release) — Rota, also known as Luta in the vernacular, was the site of important undertakings by representatives from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and the State Rehabilitation Council on Jan. 30-31, 2014.
OVR staff conducted presentations during the Educating Employers Workshop held at the Rota Northern Marianas College on Jan. 30. Continue reading “Monday, February 10, 2014: National Disability Employment Awareness Month on Rota:”
Officers and members of the CNMI Statewide Independent Living Council benefited from training coordinated by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and facilitated by local consultants and partner agencies. Continue reading “Wednesday, April 02, 2014: SILC members obtain leadership, advocacy training:”
Over 120 community members gathered at the Royal Taga Hall of the Saipan World Resort on Saturday for the inaugural Family Awareness Workshop hosted by the Talaabwogh StaR Association.
Continue reading “Monday, April 07, 2014: A community of StaRs navigating change:”
The Department of Community and Cultural Affair held a two-day workshop to present action plans, accomplishments, and outreach at the Pacific Islands Club?s Charley?s Cabaret on April 15 and 16.
Continue reading “Friday, April 18, 2014: DCCA organizes 2-day workshop for all personnel:”
A woman filed yesterday a $1.2 million lawsuit in federal court against the CNMI government and other co-defendants over her alleged forced removal from her house on Rota by a police officer and other persons and her detention in the psychiatric ward of the Commonwealth Health Center on Saipan. Continue reading “Friday, May 02, 2014: Woman allegedly forcibly taken to psychiatric ward:”
NORTHERN Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems Inc. Executive Director James Rayphand expressed his regret over funding that the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs stopped providing after NMPASI filed a lawsuit four years ago.
Continue reading “Monday, August 04, 2014: NMPASI regrets loss of manamko’ funding:”
NORTHERN Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems Inc. collected $1,078.21 through its “fun-raiser” activity on July 26.
Continue reading “Monday, August 04, 2014: NMPASI ‘fun-raiser’ earns over $1,000:”