{"id":39896,"date":"2019-10-25T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=39896"},"modified":"2019-10-25T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T20:30:12","slug":"hhs-stakeholders-meeting-for-people-with-disabilities-10-28-19-dfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/10\/25\/hhs-stakeholders-meeting-for-people-with-disabilities-10-28-19-dfw\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Stakeholders Meeting for People with Disabilities 10\/28\/19 &#8211; DFW"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/fqMTQ1JCOnY?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>HHS Stakeholders Meeting for People with Disabilities<\/strong><br \/>\nHealth and Human Services is holding six listening sessions around the state as part of the inaugural HHS business plan, A Blueprint for a Healthy Texas.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage Texans receiving services, family members, providers, advocates and community partners to attend and share their feedback about the range of HHS services to help us identify challenges.<br \/>\nWe want to hear about ways HHS services are supporting people with disabilities, challenges people have navigating the system of disability services, and ideas for how HHS can take steps to improve.<br \/>\nHelp us spread the word about the upcoming event!<br \/>\nMonday, Oct. 28, 2019<br \/>\n3 \u20137 p.m.<br \/>\nHurst Conference Center<br \/>\n1601 Campus Drive<br \/>\nHurst, TX 76054<br \/>\nFree, onsite parking is available.<br \/>\nRegister for the listening sessions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-and-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registraion-76839835015\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-and-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registraion-76839835015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email medical_and_social_services@hhsc.state.tx.us with your questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HHS Stakeholders Meeting for People with Disabilities Health and Human Services is holding six listening sessions around the state as part of the inaugural HHS business plan, A Blueprint for a Healthy Texas. We encourage Texans receiving services, family members,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/10\/25\/hhs-stakeholders-meeting-for-people-with-disabilities-10-28-19-dfw\/\">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":[511,17348,1065,2071],"class_list":["post-39896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-disabilities","tag-health-and-human-services","tag-hhsc","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-anu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40035,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/11\/21\/texas-hhsc-is-meeting-with-texans-in-el-paso-tyler-lubbock-and-san-antonio-december-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":39896,"position":0},"title":"Texas HHSC is meeting with Texans in El Paso, Tyler, Lubbock, and San Antonio &#8211; December 2019","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"November 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Texas Health and Human Services Commission is meeting with Texans in El Paso, Tyler, Lubbock, and San Antonio to gain insight on how to improve services for people with disabilities. 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