Alta Vista Benefits Newsletter: Good Info
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
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Archive for December, 2009
Make-A-Wish: Fraud Callers – Beware
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Please see note below. The attachment is an information sheet about Make-A-Wish Foundation. Please share as appropriate.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
From: Doris Genzen [mailto:rejoicezephaniah317@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:02 PM
To: xcf-misc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: FRAUD ALERT from Make-A-Wish foundation
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— On Tue, 12/29/09, info, WDEM-TV Channel 17 <info@wdem-tv.com> wrote:
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Health Insurance Open Enrollment
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
FYI, This is from Ohio.gov News
Please share the following.
Ohioans with questions about this and concerns about their insurance can call the Department’s consumer hotline at 1-800-686-1526. Free information can also be obtained at www.insurance.ohio.gov.
Thanks, Ellen Rapkin, Columbus Public Health
December 21, 2009 – Health Insurance Open Enrollment Program Accepting Enrollees Starting January 1
New state rate-cap reform measure estimated to cover 52,000 more Ohioans
Columbus, Ohio – A new Ohio law that has made it possible for an estimated 52,000 additional adult Ohioans to obtain health insurance becomes effective on January 1, 2010, said Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson.
The reform puts a rate-cap in place so that more Ohioans can secure basic health coverage through the state-mandated Open Enrollment Health Insurance Program. Insurers are limited in how much they can charge people with diabetes, cancer and other pre-existing or chronic conditions who purchase individual health policies from private insurers through the program. Following a phased-in approach, a cap on rates may eventually be 1 1/2 times the lowest rate charged to a person of similar age and gender. This change is eventually expected to reduce open enrollment premiums by at least 50 percent.
“This is a positive step toward decreasing the number of Ohioans without health insurance and making coverage more affordable and available to everyone in the state,” Director Hudson said. “This was one of several health coverage reform measures contained in the state’s recently enacted state budget bill that could help 109,000 now uninsured adult Ohioans obtain coverage.”
Ohioans are encouraged to visit the Open Enrollment Health Insurance Program Toolkit on the Department’s web site at www.insurance.ohio.gov for a list of the approximately 25 insurers in the program, and company contact information (web addresses will be posted January 4). Ohio insurance consumers can also contact an insurance agent for information. Insurers have an annual quota beginning January 1 and once an insurer meets its quota of people enrolled in coverage through open enrollment, the insurer is not required to accept additional applications until the insurer falls below the quota.
Certain insurance consumers who have lost their coverage need to secure new insurance within 63 days or a 90-day waiting period for coverage to begin and a 12-month waiting period for treatment of pre-existing medical conditions likely will be applied by most insurers.
Those deemed as a Federally Eligible Individual (FEI) will have the waiting periods waived. You are considered an FEI if:
- You have 18-months of creditable health coverage (an employer group health plan, Medicare, Medicaid and COBRA) and your most recent coverage was through an employer.
- You have exhausted all continuation of benefit options (such as COBRA).
- Your old coverage did not terminate due to nonpayment of premium.
To have immediate coverage, an FEI must be enrolled in an open enrollment plan by midnight of the 63rd day after losing the old coverage. A copy of the certificate of coverage from the previous insurer must be provided to the new insurer in order to have the pre-existing condition period waived.
Ohioans with questions and concerns about their insurance can call the Department’s consumer hotline at 1-800-686-1526. Free information can also be obtained at www.insurance.ohio.gov.
Ellen Rapkin, ACSW, LISW-S, MS
Public Health Program Manager
Division of Community Health
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
phone: 614-645-6248
fax: 614-645-5895
email: ellenr@columbus.gov
Headlight Law
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
This is a link to the press release put out by the Ohio Department of Public Safety about the new law. http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/links/MR2009/12-28-09mew_law.pdf You need to have your lights on when using your windshield wipers.
Please share this information.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
Ellen Rapkin, ACSW, LISW-S, MS
Public Health Program Manager
Division of Community Health
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
phone: 614-645-6248
fax: 614-645-5895
email: ellenr@columbus.gov
Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Please share the attached and the following with anyone you know who may be interested in attending.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
From: Senator Fedor [mailto:SenatorFedor@maild.sen.state.oh.us]
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:22 PM
To: Senator Fedor
Cc: Ursula Barrera
Subject: Human Trafficking Awareness Day Agenda
Dear Friends,
We will have the agenda and flyer on-line soon. In the meantime I wanted to get the agenda to all of you, so you can forward it to interested parties.
Also, please be thinking about a “Call to Action.” What specific action steps can a concerned citizen take to counteract the evils of human trafficking? We will distribute your suggestions, along with specific information and needs from your organization with action steps to attendees, the media, and anyone else who wants to take action. Please send in this format:
General Calls to Action:
Organization-Specific “Call”:
(1) Organization Name
(2) Organization Contact Information
(3) Needs, Upcoming Events, Hotline, Bi-lingual speakers, Training Sessions, etc. (eg. ‘Toiletries for young women’; ‘Need bi-lingual volunteers’).
Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
TERESA FEDOR
State Senator
11th District
Service Animal Training
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Note the free session at OSU’s Gateway Building. Registration is required to attend the session. If you wish to come for no charge, register by January 12 by sending an email to adaohio@aol.com And provide your name, organization, address, email address, and telephone number when you send the email.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
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From: Isbell, Richard A.
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 3:02 PM
Subject: Service Animals: Unraveling the Differences and Best Practices
How timely is this!! Please let as many people know about this training on Service Animals.
Service Animals: Unraveling the Differences and Best Practices
Join us Tuesday January 19th 2010 from 2 – 3:30 P.M. at the Ohio State University’s Columbus campus’ Gateway building room 421, 1590 North High Street for this free session sponsored by ADA OHIO for the Great Lakes DBTAC and hosted by OSU’s Integrated Disability Services and the Office of the ADA Coordinator.
The rights of people with disabilities who use service animals vary, depending on which law applies. The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Air Carrier Access Act, and the Fair Housing Act each have different standards for service animals and their owners. Complicating the topic even further is the issue of the definition of service animals, especially in relation to emotional support or therapy animals. This session will provide information about the definition of service animals and the rights of service animal owners under the ADA, the ACAA, and the FHA. We will also discuss the differences in how the various laws treat service animals versus emotional support or therapy animals, as well as model service animal policies for educational institutions and healthcare facilities.
Speaker: Jacquie Brennan, Attorney, DBTAC-Southwest ADA Center
Moderator: Wendy Wilkinson, Project Director, DBTAC-Southwest ADA Center
Moderator: Wendy Wilkinson, Project Director, DBTAC-Southwest ADA Center
For those interested the audio-conference session will be followed by thirty minutes of continued discussion on this topic facilitated by L. Scott Lissner, ADA Coordinator, Ohio State University.
L. Scott Lissner, University ADA Coordinator
Office Of The Provost, The Ohio State University
1849 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1266
Office Of The Provost, The Ohio State University
1849 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1266
(614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty)
(614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu
(614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu
Please note: Registration is required so that adequate space for participants can be arranged. Please do not just show up for this session.
The cost for the session is $25 for nonprofits and $40 for other entities for each location, regardless of the number of participants at each location (multiple people can attend at one location for the same flat fee).
There is no charge to participants who come to the following locations in Ohio: The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, OH; Ability Center in Toledo, OH; Linking Employment, Ability & Potential (LEAP) in Cleveland, OH; and Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living (SOCIL) in Lancaster, OH. There may be other free locations in the U.S. – please contact Great Lakes at adagreatlakes.org for those locations.
Sessions are 90 minutes in length and delivered via audio conference. Participants are in a “listen-only” mode until the question and answer period. The sessions are offered real-time captioned on the Internet, and a transcript is developed and posted to the Internet following the session. In addition, a digital recording of the session is archived on the DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center web site at adagreatlakes.org.
If you wish to come for no charge to OSU in Columbus, OH, please let us know by January 12 by sending an email to adaohio@aol.com Registration is required to attend the session. Please provide your name, organization, address, email address, and telephone number. Please do not send a check to ADA-OHIO. If you wish to come for no charge to The Ability Center of Greater Toledo, OH, please call 419-885-5733, or email Lisa Justice at ljustice@abilitycenter.org. If you wish to come for no charge to LEAP in Cleveland, OH, please call 216-696-2716, ext. 129, for more information. If you wish to come for no charge to SOCIL in Lancaster, OH, please call 740-689-1494 for more information. If you wish to attend elsewhere, please go to web site ada-audio.org to register.
ADA-OHIO (The Americans with Disabilities Act)
700 Morse Road, Suite 220
Columbus, OH 43214
614-844-5410
700 Morse Road, Suite 220
Columbus, OH 43214
614-844-5410
614-844-5537 FAX
adaohio@aol.com
http://www.ada-ohio.org/
ADA-OHIO is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. ADA-OHIO is supported by DBTAC – Great Lakes ADA Center and is also a member agency of Community Shares of Mid-Ohio.
adaohio@aol.com
http://www.ada-ohio.org/
ADA-OHIO is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. ADA-OHIO is supported by DBTAC – Great Lakes ADA Center and is also a member agency of Community Shares of Mid-Ohio.
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Richard Isbell
City of Columbus Mayor’s Office
ADA & Veteran’s Affairs Coordinator
90 W. Broad St. 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-4520
(614)645-6504 (T)
(614)645-5818 (F)
raisbell@columbus.gov
City of Columbus Mayor’s Office
ADA & Veteran’s Affairs Coordinator
90 W. Broad St. 2nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-4520
(614)645-6504 (T)
(614)645-5818 (F)
raisbell@columbus.gov
“Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, & outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.” – Anon
Big Job Section Coming
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Attached is information about the Dispatch’s Help Wanted section coming on January 17th.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
From: Vivien Loos [mailto:VLoos@dispatch.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:31 PM
To: Rapkin, Ellen
Subject:
Hi Ellen, we have a big help wanted section publishing on the 17th and I was wondering if you could forward this to your contact list? Thank you.
Happy New Year!
Vivien
L. Vivien Loos
Classified Recruitment Specialist
The Columbus Dispatch and columbusjobs.com/monster
614-883-4982 desk
614-461-8718 fax
Central Ohio’s Number 1 Job Source!
Lab Corp Hiring
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009The links below are for positions at LabCorp.
Share as appropriate.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
From: Bailey II, Willis G.
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:31 PM
To: Bailey II, Willis G.
Subject: FW: LAB ASST JOBS OPEN IN COLUMBUS OHIO
Importance: High
Gene Bailey
Community Relations Manager
Columbus Public Health
Community Health Division
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43215
645-0732 o 645-5895 fax
wgbailey@columbus.gov
www.publichealth.columbus.gov
www.columbus.gov
From: Wilkins, Kim S.
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 9:43 AM
Subject: FW: LAB ASST JOBS OPEN IN COLUMBUS OHIO
Importance: High
Importance: High
| HUMAN RESOURCES | North Central | Laboratory Assistant – Medical Lab. – 1st Shift | Columbus, OH US |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | North Central | Laboratory Assistant – Medical Lab. – 1st Shift | Columbus, OH US |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | North Central | Laboratory Assistant – Medical Lab. – 1st Shift | Columbus, OH US |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | North Central | Laboratory Assistant – Medical Lab. – 3rd Shift | Columbus, OH US |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | North Central | Laboratory Assistant – Medical Lab. – 3rd Shift | Columbus, OH US |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | North Central | Laboratory Assistant – Medical Lab. – 3rd Shift | Columbus, OH US |
Women: Career Development Opportunity
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009From: Rhonda [mailto:rdr26@columbus.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:27 AM
To: Rapkin, Ellen
Subject: Building Trades Institute of Ohio – Women Building Futures
Importance: High
Hi Ellen:
I am involved a tremendous career development opportunity for women, starting at age 18 and up. For more information, contact Rhonda. Thank you
Rhonda D. Robinson
President & CEO
RDR Public Relations, LLC
Swept Out
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Please share the following and the link. This is a free showing. We showed it earlier this year but were unable to accommodate all those who wanted to see it.
Questions: Please call Dana Warner whose number is listed below.
Thanks,
Ellen Rapkin
Columbus Public Health
From: Warner, Dana K.
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:33 AM
To: Rapkin, Ellen
Subject: Publicity for Film
Swept Out Film Screening – Homelessness in Columbus
Join us on Wednesday January 6th, 2-4pm in CPH Auditorium for screening of “Swept Out“, a film about homelessness in Columbus by Mary Howard, a professor of anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. “One of the main goals of making this film was to change the discussion of the problem of housing and homelessness in Columbus,” said Howard, Ph.D., chair of Ohio Wesleyan’s Department of Sociology/Anthropology. A panel discussion featuring the filmmaker will follow the screening. Poster at – http://publichealth.columbus.gov/uploadedFiles/Public_Health/Content_Editors/Community_Health/Neighborhood_Services/Swept Out Film Screening Flier_jan6.pdf
Dana K. Warner
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43215
phone: (614) 645-6772
fax: (614) 645-7155
CPH web site: www.publichealth.columbus.gov