{"id":32862,"date":"2016-02-08T03:02:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T09:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=32862"},"modified":"2016-02-08T03:02:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T09:02:07","slug":"urgent-dars-dhhs-public-meeting-fort-worth-midland-and-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/02\/08\/urgent-dars-dhhs-public-meeting-fort-worth-midland-and-san-antonio\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT: DARS-DHHS Public Meeting &#8211; Fort Worth, Midland and San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>URGENT: DARS-DHHS Public Meeting &#8211; Fort Worth, Midland and San Antonio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BtFn3wXUUuw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Meeting Dates &amp; Times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) and the Public Consulting Group (PCG) will conduct the following meetings in Fort Worth, Midland, and San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fort Worth, February 17-18, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\nFort Worth Botanic Garden<br \/>\n3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107<\/p>\n<p>February 17, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.<br \/>\n4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\nTopic: Outsourcing of DARS IL programs and DARS DHHS services<\/p>\n<p>February 18, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\nTopic: Outsourcing of DARS DHHS services<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midland, February 22-23, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\nHampton Inn<br \/>\n5011 West Loop 250 North, Midland, TX 79707<\/p>\n<p>February 22, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.<br \/>\n4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\nTopic: Outsourcing of DARS IL programs and DARS DHHS services<\/p>\n<p>February 23, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\nTopic: Outsourcing of DARS DHHS services<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Antonio, February 25-26, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\nFrank Garrett Community Center<br \/>\n1226 NW 18th Street, San Antonio, TX 78207<\/p>\n<p>February 25, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.<br \/>\n4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\nTopic: Outsourcing of DARS IL programs and DARS DHHS services<\/p>\n<p>February 26, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\nTopic: Outsourcing of DARS DHHS services<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dars.state.tx.us\/services\/IL-PublicMeeting.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dars.state.tx.us\/services\/IL-PublicMeeting.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about CIL, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dars.state.tx.us\/services\/outsourcing.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dars.state.tx.us\/services\/outsourcing.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>URGENT: DARS-DHHS Public Meeting &#8211; Fort Worth, Midland and San Antonio Public Meeting Dates &amp; Times The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) and the Public Consulting Group (PCG) will conduct the following meetings in Fort Worth, Midland,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/02\/08\/urgent-dars-dhhs-public-meeting-fort-worth-midland-and-san-antonio\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[24605,7561,34,599,121,123,1257,2110,24608,24606,24607,22,17,5498],"class_list":["post-32862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-cil","tag-comments","tag-dars","tag-dhhs","tag-fort-worth","tag-meeting","tag-midland","tag-office-of-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-services","tag-outsourcing","tag-pcg","tag-public-consulting-group","tag-san-antonio","tag-texas","tag-texas-department-of-assistive-and-rehabilitative-services"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-8y2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32948,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/notice-of-public-meeting-and-opportunity-for-comment-midland-san-antonio\/","url_meta":{"origin":32862,"position":0},"title":"Notice of Public Meeting and Opportunity for Comment &#8211; 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