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so at Fair Haven School we do serve a

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variety of Ages they start at ages 3 to

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5 for preschool and then we go from

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kindergarten age all the way to option

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beautiful part about that is we can get

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to know students and families starting

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at age three and get to follow them all

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the way to age

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21 what we do is just like every other

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school you know we have recesses and we

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have lunch and we have academic times

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and different stuff like that but we

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have a wonderful staff and a wonderful

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full of team members that um give a

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little bit extra and help each student

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strive to what they need to succeed

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within the classroom and get them

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prepared prepared for um life outside of

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Fair Haven we start off in the morning

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with um playtime in playtime we get on

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the floor with them and play time for

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them is special so you got to get down

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and play with them and lots of it is

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fun um from Circle time you know and

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circle time is a learning time and so

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I'm helping the teacher with whatever

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she needs help with the wonderful part

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is that we can get a bit

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creative because we have multi-age

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classrooms we have so many many

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opportunities for students to

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learn we have speech therapists

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occupational therapists and physical

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therapists and this year we also have a

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psychologist we're able to work more

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collaboratively cohesively to get the

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child to perform to their best abilities

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they're very good about knowing

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development so just because a child

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might cry or throw a tantrum they will

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waigh them out they will still have them

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do the skills or practice the activity

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we are looking as physical therapists to

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get everybody as functionally

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independent with Mobility as we possibly

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can Fair Haven School is the most

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amazing place I have never worked at

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such a giving place we have different

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Sanders some kids need more support in a

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sander some kids need less support we

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have gate trainers we have probably

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three or four different types of gate

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trainers we have adaptive seating

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everything from just a seat belt with

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sides to support I've known these kids

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before they could sit up to to see their

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progress in the and where they've come

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you know some of them are 10 11 12 years

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old now to see them running on the

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playground with their friends that's

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what my rule is to get these kids as

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independent as they can be so they can

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run on that playground or wheel their

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wheelchair on their playground or drive

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their power chair on the playground so

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that they can interact with their

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friends the site program stands for

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community integrated training for

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employment so it is the focal point of

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transition and the goal of the program

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is to prepare students for that

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transition into adulthood so starting at

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the age of 14 I become a big part of the

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IEP and planning and starting that

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conversation with the families on what

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preparing for their son or daughter to

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adulthood I teach students with

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developmental disabilities work skills

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backpack program so we send home food

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for some of the students for the weekend

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and a dinner for the whole weekend so my

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students are in charge of preparing that

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so they'll get the items put them in the

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bags and then they deliver them to the

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rooms we do cafeteria Duty and we wipe

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the tables after the students leave we

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have partnered with some local

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businesses and our students go out there

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learning those real world job task and

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employability skills here we have

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students come in and basically I train

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them on the jobs that they could

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potentially um apply for after they

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incredible staff uh you know the

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intervention Specialists who are are

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running the classroom the AIDS um that

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the teaching assistant and the AIDS that

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are in the classroom everyone here has a

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smile on their face and is so welcoming

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they genuinely care about these kids and

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want to see them Thrive I usually get

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the kiddos that start at age three

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showing that early invention piece

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usually stay with me for 2 to 3 years so

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skills and they're leaving with using

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assisted technology they're leaving

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speaking they're using sign language

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impact on these kids lives but also on

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everyone their family and ourselves wedn

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sat every morning we get here pretty

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early in the morning we make sure the

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buses are ready to go safe on the road

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kids get picked up um that is a big help

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to families for our timing and safety is

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to be consistent so um every morning

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for that our bus staff is responsible

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for doing what we call a pre-trip it's a

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120 point inspection of our school bus

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they are checking everything from

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mechanical electronic just normal safety

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drivers do everything they need to

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ensure safety for the kids on the bus

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to do she knows what I'm going to do

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working with the children is is very

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fulfilling um I've learned that love

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with love being the universal language

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kids get on the bus they just need love

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food and and all of that kind of stuff

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I get off and I greet every child or I

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lift and then I get everybody on the bus

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um she helps me um we strap the

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wheelchairs down or we put everybody in

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athletic competition for individuals who

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to show their abilities and it's their

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time in in the spotlight so they get to

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you know show what they can do and have

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people cheer for them athletes I think

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think a lot of them um it it's just a

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chance to be involved in something that

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even on a a friendly level and and learn

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thought they could accomplish Anna's 22

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grow a little bit before she can get on

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the basketball team even some of our

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athletes you know Win Lose or Draw

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work on that's what we're going to work

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therapies if they need that we can hook

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educate our individuals on the rights

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they might not be aware of um get

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involved with the community other

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like-minded people like ourselves and

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educate each other and learn from each

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other about um having a voice in the

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voice program the acronym itself is

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valued options Independence choices and

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education that's what the voice stands

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for so that's our acronym the voice

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program is where our individuals are

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able to meet up with each other

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activities that the individuals actually

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selves so I have actually seen people

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who have totally blossomed and come out

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of their shells and really really truly

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learned their voice um so much so that

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they've been a little bit sassy and a

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little you know ready to stick up for

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themselves and stick up for others

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plans which help individuals receive the

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support s that they need to be able to

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thrive in the community our service and

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support administrators serve kids from

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adulthood and retirement they do provide

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supports for all different levels all

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different age groups and can be involved

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throughout the time the person's in

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their educational program we have the

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eligibility ssas intake and referral

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ssas an SSA that focuses on nursing

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tasks and M Navigators behavioral

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Consultants waiver

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coordinators my job as a service and

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support administrator supervisor is to

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review the service plans that ssas

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provide and I'm looking to make sure

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that any health and safety needs that

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stick out for individuals are

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appropriately addressed and if they're

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not then I talk with ssas about ways

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that we can make that happen for them

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and that they could get not only the

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things that they need but also the

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things that they want out of their plan

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as an intake coordinator I play a

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crucial role in determining someone's

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eligibility for County Board Services

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depending on their eligibility then we

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would request an SSA if that is what is

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requested of them um we would also look

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at Adult Day programs if appropriate

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Community like referrals for Community

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employment if they're just looking for

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Community

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Resources possibly some financial

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support as well from from the fa Haven

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Foundation I monitor services and

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supports so what that entails is that we

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go out to the workshops uh we can go to

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the homes uh residential providers and

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we just ensure that they are following

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the ISP an Ohio ISP is an individual

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service plan and the individual service

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plan truly just highlights the

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individual the servic and supports they

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need um any goals or outcomes um and

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really just helps the providers be able

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to provide services and supports to the

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individuals based on their

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needs so we support providers by helping

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them identify emerging gaps in services

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and providing training and support needs

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we try to work with providers to help

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develop capacity so that they can

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provide quality services to the

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individuals in Trum coun we work

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together a lot on the waiver match

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projections waiver cost projections I

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also track the uh agency's contracts I

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let the other department heads know when

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those contracts are coming due as a

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reminder so that they can kind of get

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their their eyes dotted and te's crossed

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also go ahead and serve support to the

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SSA Department the uh accounts payables

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roles uh as employees are to receive

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those purchase wrecks from outs Outside

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Agency outside departments really not

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agencies within our program they process

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those all day long we are a largely

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supporting Department we want to make

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sure everybody that's in this program is

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follows the orc is compliant uh and

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we're here to help make everybody's life

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happy but it's really important to note

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that our budget process comes from

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federal state and local funds so that

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means 75% of our funding comes from

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local levies it's very important that we

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won survive without it my department is

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responsible for uh recruiting screening

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interviewing uh and onboarding uh new

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employees here at the tro County Board

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of DD we are involved with every

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department whether they need a hiring

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and they need training and and we're

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here to help individuals communicate

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with each other we're here to help the

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morale we want to make sure that

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everyone uh feels comfortable walking in

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the door this is a a healthy safe place

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to work and people felt heard and uh

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seen within the organization enjoy

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seeing uh the individuals in in in in a

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atmosphere where they can thrive in um

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the it is just a small portion of it I I

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like I want to make sure that everything

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is taken care of but uh I just feel good

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about being able to work with them and

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seeing them grow and maybe providing

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things that will help them overcome

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something that they don't typically uh

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would have the opportunity to get like

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uh the iPads and the classrooms and

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things like that as a facility director

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I take care of the internal um things

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within the building uh such as the

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boilers the hbac systems the electrical

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as well as the plowing I also run a

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custodial crew who managed the board

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office as well as the school I'm very

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passionate about what I do as a facility

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manager I go out to make sure that the

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houses are maintained and that we're

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looking to try to improve them when we

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can and looking to catch those things

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that maybe somebody else's eye didn't

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see a lot of times they're working with

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the residential providers in the homes

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and they find out that that maybe

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somebody has moved out and that there is

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an opening and so then the ssas will

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work to try to find a good match for the

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roommates that are there

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so our Investigative Services Department

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um really does work very closely with

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our SSA Department as you mentioned and

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their task is really to find out if

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somebody if something happens to

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somebody and you know unfortunately it

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does happen on occasion uh where they

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have to investigate you know a serious

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incident um they will work then very

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closely with the SSA to develop a plan

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to ensure that that doesn't happen again

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we do the investigations which includes

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starting an investigation I'm working on

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current

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investigations um so that's really just

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going out we get the incident

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notification form we review that we go

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and talk with the providers and the uh

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staff that work with our individuals

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sometimes we work with the police

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department Children's

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Services um and then we go out and we

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complete the interviews and sometimes we

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have to go and get photos of where an

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incident

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occurred their primary goal is to find

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out what happened uh who maybe the

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primary person was that was involved um

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and then develop a plan a prevention

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plan so that um that situation does not

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reoccur for that individual that can

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include anything from you know the

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provider not following the service plan

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as identified regarding um supervision

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levels or even uh specialized diet or

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things like that something that might

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impact the health and safety of that

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individual um they're there really to

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investigate and to make sure that it

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doesn't happen again so we uh work

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closely with many agencies uh very close

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with the SSA Department um our Fair

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Haven School Fair Haven

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Transportation also work very closely

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with the local law enforcement

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Children's Services uh our residential

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providers we interact with them every

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day the goal of our

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investigations is truly to create a plan

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of prevention um so any time something

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happens it just gives us an opportunity

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to change things and make them better

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for the

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individual Fair Haven Foundation exists

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through the hard work of fundraising and

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grant writing we are not funded by the

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state or government

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we are a 501c3 that works really hard um

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to raise what we do to make sure that we

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can not only provide experiences for

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people but provide financial support

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when needed the SSA Department relies

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heavily on the Fair Haven Foundation

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there are a lot of services that maybe

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an individual can't gain access to

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because there are different um rule

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requirements for certain things that

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have to be paid for for the waiver and

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sometimes there are some outlier things

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that fall out outside of that and a

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person might need some ancillary

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services or some other needs that can't

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be met through the waiver and then

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that's where the Fair Haven Foundation

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steps in the Fair Haven Foundation can

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assist our families like if say they are

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at risk for having maybe their electric

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or gas shut off or if they're really

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struggling or there's some kind of um

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situation that comes up that maybe we've

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exhausted all of the Community Resources

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um that like I said in turn the Fair

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Haven found foundation will say okay

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let's help there are so many families

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out there that we serve that um maybe

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they need help with their rent maybe

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they need help with a backpack for

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school maybe they need equipment to help

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uh with their children but they just

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don't have the financial means to do it

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that support could be anything from

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providing financial assistance for

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summer enrichment programs medical

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equipment adaptive clothing sometimes we

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provide assistance to families that are

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in a pinch with rent and utilities

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that's where the Fair Haven Foundation

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steps in and we rely on donations the

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events that we create are also designed

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to give people experiences that may not

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otherwise be possible without the

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assistance of the foundation many of the

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events showcase the abilities of people

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uh with disabilities U rather than

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focusing on what um you know they might

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need or the sports that they need it

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really uh highlights that they're just

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like everybody else they love to have a

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great time I think this event is

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wonderful I love the theme of it the

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colors and I love how they have the

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tickets and the balloons everywhere and

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I think it's a good way to express

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things for the uh the kids here

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especially they like the colors and

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stuff oh yeah he loves the basketball

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cuz he's always been a fan of basketball

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games so Eric likes playing the

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basketball or the football as well

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knowing that there's other people out

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there that he could meet and communicate

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with because there's not you know

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there's not a lot of people you see

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every day outside so when you come up

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here and combine each other makes good

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memories and you know he needs different

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people one of the many wonderful things

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is that they have these events that are

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not just in school activities but also

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activities such as you know a winter uh

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Wonderland and um you know just these

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activities that bring the community

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together well this jacket here of course

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came from the Fair Haven Foundation this

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is what we were gifted at

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graduation this year the whole team so

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it was an awesome thing it's really cool

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to see the the cool things you know when

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you put some effort into stuff when the

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people put effort into it there's such a

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a wonderful reward at the end of the

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effort we have D awareness night that

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celebrates the many abilities of those

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serve it's a really fun night for our

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families they get to go out and

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experience the Field of Dreams we raffle

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off Scrappers jerseys for a fundraiser

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for the foundation and this year we had

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a a picnic for over 1500 people at the

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Ballpark so it was a really wonderful

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experience we've partnered together on a

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number of ways um the first being a

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specialty Jersey night that uh the

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proceeds were auctioned off for the Fair

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Haven Foundation um and that also

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involved uh game tickets

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and uh you know a lot of exposure for

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the Fair Haven foundations and the uh

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the people that they serve my Scout

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Troop has been given the opportunity to

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work with The Fair Haven Foundation

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during the um ability Walkin roll so I

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was able I'm able to bring out the Boy

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Scout Troop and support the foundation

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by um uh providing help with the

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different stations it's great to to show

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see the inclusiveness

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and then this past year we partnered

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together on Scrappy Safe Haven which is

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the first of its kind in minor league

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baseball uh quiet space uh that is

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designed um exclusively for people who

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need a chance to get away from the game

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action at a lot of times it's it can get

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really loud Winter Wonderland is another

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new event that we created and it was

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really designed to give our families a

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special experience at the holiday time

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and our event is really designed to give

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our families a safe place to celebrate

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all the fun things that um we all

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celebrate around the

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holidays the foundation Services

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continue to to grow and expand and the

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foundation itself does look different

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than it did even five years ago with the

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amount of fundraising and activities and

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then the Partnerships that have formed I

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think the partnership is a natural fit

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where we provide unique events and

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opportunities for people who the Fair

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Haven Foundation serves to experience

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baseball games concerts community events

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in a nice relaxing environment that they

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can feel safe and

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secure I see the impact that it has on

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the people that we serve and I'm just so

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blessed and honored uh that I was asked

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to be a part of this