314-340-6002
Retaining several regional Missouri habilitation centers as intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability (ICFs/IID) continues to be the main focus of the Parents Association. This cannot be repeated enough.
PARENTS ASSOCIATION
BELLEFONTAINE HABILITATION CENTER
10695 BELLEFONTAINE ROAD
ST. LOUIS, MO 63137
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PHONE 314-340-6002 Thrift Shop
WEBSITE www.parentsassociationbhc.com
THE PARENTS ASSOCIATION MEETINGS HAVE RESUMED!!!!
MEETING DATE: SUNDAY, November 12th, 2023
MEETING TIME: 2:00 P.M.
MEETING PLACE: ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
2024 MEETING DATES – MARK YOUR CALENDARS
FEBRUARY 11 MAY 19 AUGUST 11 NOVEMBER10
MEETING TIME: 2:00 P.M.
MEETING PLACE: ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
PARENTS ASSOCIATION MEETING
All Parent Association members, friends, and staff are invited. Keep up with the latest news about Bellefontaine Habilitation Center. Bring your talents and expertise for our advocacy efforts. With everyone’s involvement, the lives of the residents at BHC will be the best possible. All are encouraged to stay informed and take some action. Attend a parents meeting, talk with other families, share your concerns and ideas, write a letter, or make a phone call to help provide a safe, healthy, and supportive environment for the residents of BHC and others. They have no voice but ours, so we must continually speak up for them.
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Next year in 2024, there will be a BHC 100th year celebration! .
2024 BELLEFONTAINE HABILITATION CENTER
PARENTS ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS
will be posting soon
10695 BELLEFONTAINE ROAD ST. LOUIS, MO 63137
314-340-6002 Thrift Shop
314-264-9100 or 9101 BHC Switchboard
www.parentsassociationbhc.com
Join the organization VOR, our national voice for the rights of our family members. VOR needs your support. Add your voice to VOR advocacy. Become a member or donate at www.vor.net.
The switchboard phone number for Bellefontaine Habilitation Center is 314-264-9100 or 314-264-9101.
Our Parent Newsletter is online at www.ParentsAssociationBHC.com. Pass it along to others.
For the Full newsletter, click below
**NOVEMBER Newsletter HERE.
2033 Newsletters in the previous Newsletter links
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The switchboard phone number for Bellefontaine Habilitation Center is 314-264-9100 or 314-264-9101.
Our Parent Newsletter is online at www.ParentsAssociationBHC.com. Pass it along to friends, family, and political leaders.
There are not enough words to express our deep appreciation and gratitude to all BHC
staff for their daily commitment to residents at BHC during this COVID-19 pandemic
crisis. Your dedication is:
Commendable Exceptional Exemplary
Extraordinary Impressive
Outstanding Remarkable Superior
The switchboard phone number for Bellefontaine Habilitation Center is 314-264-9101.
Our Parent Newsletter is online at www.ParentsAssociationBHC.com. Pass it along to others.
The Hidden Treasure Thrift Shop is re-opened for business on Wednesdays, from 10:00-3:00!
Find your treasure from: clothes, shoes, household furnishings, toys, books, DVD’s, electronics, glassware, kitchen accessories, baskets, electronics, jewelry, holiday decorations, and much more.
Federal Surveyors for Title 19 Medicaid funding were on campus August 20-24. At a revisit on
September 25-27 all corrections were satisfied.
These requirements give our family members a high level of services and oversight.
There continues to be a strong, persistent effort nationwide to close all congregate care facilities like habilitation centers, despite current federal regulations in support of choice based on need such as:
The 1999 Supreme Court Olmstead decision that interprets the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act states:
“Nothing in the ADA or its implementing regulations condones termination of institutional settings for persons unable to handle or benefit from community settings...Nor is there any federal requirement that community-based treatment be imposed on patients who do not desire it.” Olmstead, at 601 – 602
Because this Supreme Court decision is being misused across the nation to close homes like habilitation centers, the tragic reality is that individuals with intellectual disabilities are lingering in hospitals, jails, homeless shelters, and nursing homes.
Remember, according to current federal law, families have the legal right to choose from all available Medicaid services including habilitation centers as they search for appropriate services for their family member with an intellectual disability.
The switchboard phone number for Bellefontaine Habilitation Center is 314-264-9100 or 314-264-9101.
Our Parent Newsletter is online at www.ParentsAssociationBHC.com. Pass it along to friends, family, and political leaders.
Disabilities on Fridays. https://dmh.mo.gov/dev-disabilities/webinar
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The switchboard phone number for Bellefontaine Habilitation Center is 314-264-9100 or 314-264- 9101.
Our Parent Newsletter is online at www.ParentsAssociationBHC.com. Pass it along to friends,
family, and political leaders.
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** Added History Section in the Mission Statement & Goals Tab
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WHAT ACTION WILL YOU TAKE TO ENSURE HABILITATION CENTERS REMAIN OPEN AND OFFERED AS A CHOICE?
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