making a world of difference in the lives of the residents of
Bellefontaine Habilitation Center
10695 Bellefontaine Road St. Louis Mo 63137
314-340-6002
Retaining several regional Missouri habilitation centers as intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICFs/MR), continues to be the main focus of the Parents Association. This cannot be repeated enough.
Waiver funding for community placements actually waive some of the federal standards to which habilitation centers are held.
The new homes are waiting to be reviewed by federal inspectors of Department of Health and Human Services. Some renovations in other existing homes have been completed.
State budgeting for maintenance and improvement of habilitation centers is an ongoing necessity to provide a safe, healthy, supportive environment for residents.
The safety, health, and well-being of the high needs persons now living in habilitation centers are at risk because of the no new admissions policy, closing of habilitation centers, and legislators proposing closures.
Wait-list for services of as 4-1-2012: 233 residential 4,341 in home 4,574 TOTAL
What action will you take to ensure habilitation centers remain open?
Keep informed. Take action. Together we can make a difference.
Mary A. Vitale, President, Bellefontaine Parents Association
** May 2012 Newsletter is out! Click HERE
The section on the left contains some of the previous Newsletters
WHAT ACTION WILL YOU TAKE TO ENSURE HABILITATION CENTERS REMAIN OPEN AND OFFERED AS A CHOICE?
Previous articles 2010:
RAM letters that went out in April 2010
"Mental Hospitals are needed" Betty Coll's letter to the Post-Dispatch 4-18-2010
MO RAM letter response to Bernard Simons, regarding Intermediate Care Facilities for Mentally Retarded 4-17-2010
RAM of MO memo 3-28-2010 : Betty Coll to Sen Rupp
Some previous Newsletters
It's in PDF format, of which most forms come in.
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