DRA is Hiring a Self-Advocate Coordinator
POSITION OPENING – Full-Time Self-Advocate Coordinator Little Rock, Arkansas – Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) is seeking a full-time Self-Advocate Coordinator to coordinate and support self-advocates and self-advocacy groups throughout the state of Arkansas. Agency Description – DRA has a vision that people with disabilities are equal members in their communities and dictate the course of […]
KATV Report About Abuse Allegations involving Support Solutions
Since January 2016, Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) has been investigating allegations involving Support Solutions, a community services provider, after receiving complaints of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. DRA will continue to investigate these complaints and recommend solutions to ensure individuals with disabilities are free from abuse, neglect and […]
DRA Comments on the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Statewide Settings Transition Plan
RE: Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Statewide Settings Transition Plan To Whom It May Concern: Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) is the agency established by federal law to vigorously advocate for and enforce the legal rights of people with disabilities in Arkansas. We envision a society in which people with disabilities are full and equal […]
DRA Wants Your Comments About Our Proposed Priorities and Objectives for 2017
Below is the final draft of DRA’s proposed priorities and objectives for fiscal year 2017. We welcome any input to this draft before the priorities and objectives are finalized, so feel free to contact us (but you need to do so by 9/16/16)! You can reach us through our Facebook page, through the contact form […]
Learn More About Self-Determination through the Jenny Hatch Justice Project
Do you know Jenny Hatch’s story? She is a young woman with Down Syndrome for whom a petition was filed seeking to place her in a full guardianship. She fought the guardianship petition and won. Jenny’s potential guardians wanted her to continue living in a group home where she was very unhappy. After prevailing in […]