{"id":34072,"date":"2016-08-19T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=34072"},"modified":"2016-08-19T16:18:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:18:35","slug":"goodbye-dars-hello-twc-houston-82416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/goodbye-dars-hello-twc-houston-82416\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye DARS, Hello TWC &#8211; Houston 8\/24\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/goodbye-dars-hello-twc-houston-82416\/goodbye-dars-hello-twc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?fit=969%2C1233&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"969,1233\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Goodbye DARS Hello TWC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?fit=560%2C712&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34073\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC-805x1024.png?resize=500%2C636\" alt=\"Goodbye DARS Hello TWC\" width=\"500\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?resize=805%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 805w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?resize=768%2C977&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?resize=560%2C713&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?resize=260%2C331&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?resize=160%2C204&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Goodbye-DARS-Hello-TWC.png?w=969&amp;ssl=1 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goodbye DARS, Hello TWC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Presenters: Matt Dickens &amp; Christina Holmes<\/p>\n<p>Where:<br \/>\nCareer Resources &amp; Recovery<br \/>\n2525 San Jacinto Street<br \/>\nHouston, Texas 77002<\/p>\n<p>When: August 24, 2016<br \/>\nTime: 1 to 3 pm<\/p>\n<p>Department\u00a0of Assistive &amp; Rehabilitative Services \/ Texas Workforce Commission Say goodbye to DARS and Hello to TWC. On September 1st, DARS will be changing.<\/p>\n<p>Will DARS close down? How will it affect you? Will it be same as DARS?<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about the new changes, come to CRR for this Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Snacks and Drinks will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>CAAG\u2019s Resource Specialist Project is funded by the Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services \u2013 DHHS, under the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services \u2013 DARS, Division for Rehabilitative Services \u2013 DRS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodbye DARS, Hello TWC Presenters: Matt Dickens &amp; Christina Holmes Where: Career Resources &amp; Recovery 2525 San Jacinto Street Houston, Texas 77002 When: August 24, 2016 Time: 1 to 3 pm Department\u00a0of Assistive &amp; Rehabilitative Services \/ Texas Workforce Commission&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/goodbye-dars-hello-twc-houston-82416\/\">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":[1255,25131,24528,1942,34,10397,20,25029,17,9898,25130],"class_list":["post-34072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-caag","tag-career-resources-recovery","tag-christina-holmes","tag-crr","tag-dars","tag-department-of-assistive-rehabilitative-services","tag-houston","tag-matt-dickens","tag-texas","tag-texas-workforce-commission","tag-twc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-8Ry","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33741,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/06\/18\/some-dars-programs-to-become-part-of-texas-workforce-commission-in-september-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":34072,"position":0},"title":"Some DARS programs to become part of Texas Workforce Commission in September 2016","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Some DARS Programs will transition to the Texas Workforce Commission on September 1, 2016 Good day! 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