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Establish a one-stop center, which will provide the variety of services to the deaf and hard of hearing people directly at the same site. The center is also able to provide educational trainings and sessions and hosts the variety of social and leadership/empowerment activities. The center shall be totally accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing people including visual and effective communications.
Facilitate opportunities for the development of a nursing home that is fully accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing by ensuring that the facility or placement is appropriate and is in the deaf-friendly environment where it has visual communications in place, all staff members are fluent and/or trained in communicating with deaf and hard of hearing, and providing appropriate service supports. This is done by convening the key state, private, and nonprofit players to dialogue on an ideal nursing home and conducting state agency research to document the need for such an entity.
Providing specialized and awareness trainings for police and fire departments throughout Rhode Island as well as EMT, FEMA/RIEMA, 911 center, and employers.
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Enhancing the quality of communication access by increasing advocacy effort to ensure that announcements at the public places be visible to the deaf and hard of hearing, activities/presentation given by the state government officials be accessible to deaf and hard of hearing, medical service providers like hospitals and doctor's offices be accessible to deaf and hard of hearing and many more.
Enhancing educational opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing youths and children by collaborating with the Rhode Island Dept of Education to ensure the effective implementation of the strategic plan and enforce it; providing quality assurance on educational interpreters; and ensure that all programs abide the federal and state laws pertaining to the education for youth and children.
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Providing Deafblind services in Rhode Island by collaborating with the state agencies, private, and non profit sectors to ensure that deafblind live independently with appropriate support services such as Support Service Providers, visual services, survey information to identify who are deafblind and how many.
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Expanding and enhancing employment opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing by coordinating with state agencies and private and nonprofit job search centers to be more accessible to deaf and hard of hearing when job positions are available. Educating employment agencies and libraries about these opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing. Ensuring that all state job positions is sent to RI CDHH for distribution.
