{"id":44034,"date":"2023-05-04T17:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=44034"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:30:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:30:45","slug":"meet-greet-matt-dickens-from-gcpd-tyler-5-19-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2023\/05\/04\/meet-greet-matt-dickens-from-gcpd-tyler-5-19-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet &#038; Greet: Matt Dickens from GCPD &#8211; Tyler 5\/19\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2023\/05\/04\/meet-greet-matt-dickens-from-gcpd-tyler-5-19-2023\/gcpd-flyer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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=\"GCPD Flyer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?fit=560%2C315&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44035\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?resize=500%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?resize=560%2C315&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?resize=160%2C90&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GCPD-Flyer.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEET AND GREET!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TEXAS GOVERNOR\u2019S COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY MEETING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guest Speaker: Matt Dickens, Accessibility and Disability Rights Coordinator<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is GCPD?<\/li>\n<li>GCPD Program Services<\/li>\n<li>How people can use GCPD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presented by Teresa Dell, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Specialist<\/p>\n<p>COMMUNICATION ACCESS AND ACCOMMODATION<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 19, 2023 at 6:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Whataburger Deaf Chat<br \/>\n311 S. Main Street<br \/>\nLindale, Texas 75771<\/p>\n<p>For questions or accommodation, please contact Teresa Dell at 903-858-4577, or email at dhhaccess4a@hhs.texas.gov<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson\u2019s Resource Specialist Project is funded by the Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (ODHHS) under the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEET AND GREET! TEXAS GOVERNOR\u2019S COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY MEETING Guest Speaker: Matt Dickens, Accessibility and Disability Rights Coordinator What is GCPD? GCPD Program Services How people can use GCPD Presented by Teresa&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2023\/05\/04\/meet-greet-matt-dickens-from-gcpd-tyler-5-19-2023\/\">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":[25029,2554,180],"class_list":["post-44034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-matt-dickens","tag-teresa-dell","tag-tyler"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-bse","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41046,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/08\/06\/webinar-public-college-tuition-waiver-for-d-hh-texans-8-8-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":44034,"position":0},"title":"Webinar: Public College Tuition Waiver for D\/HH Texans 8\/8\/20","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"You are invited to our ASL webinar: PUBLIC COLLEGE TUTION WAIVER FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING TEXANS Date: Saturday, August 8, 2020 Time: 1:30pm to 3:00pm CST To sign up, please click this link - https:\/\/bit.ly\/3i1Bn2o. 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