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August 20, 2012 (Regular Meeting) Page 1191 The same semester I received a master's degree in Special Education in Chapel Hill, our first child was born with Down Syndrome. I was the director of the Arc of Cabarrus during the 1980's. I got to know many families and individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities. In most cases our public schools served our children well. But what happens when they have their 21st birthday and they no longer have access to public education? CVO /RVO is providing that. But how do they get there? Transportation is VITAL to this work related program. The clients there work on contract jobs that pays them a wage, their paychecks depend on how well and how fast they work. The pride they feel in earning a paycheck, taking it to the bank and cashing it is a big deal. Michael wants his in $1.00 bills, the thicker the stack the better! None of this can happen if they can't get to their work site! Each client brings different set of circumstances. If need be, we could fill this room with our sons and daughters along with their support systems, but we decided on this low key approach. About 60 percent trips of transportation are with CVO clients. I have invited some of you to come see CVO in action. No one has yet taken me up on that offer. However, now I would like to invite each of you to visit and see what a super place and program we have. With an addition to the current building, now underway, there are more folks in need of this service... and the transportation that makes it all possible! TRANSPORTATION IS CRUCIL! No matter how great buildings and programs are, you have to get the folks there. Thank_ you for your time and consideration. And please take me up on my offer to visit CVO! Robert Simmons, resident of 584 Allison Street in Concord, presented the following statement to be included in the minutes: On February 8, 2012 I began collapsing from a combination of Chemical Poisoning and being overworked in an oxygen deprived environment while using faulty safety equipment in Salisbury, NC and was taken to the emergency room at Rowan Regional Medical Center. The Doctor overseeing my case whose name was Jeanea Hundley refused to discuss what had happen to me at work or treat me for chemical poisoning by stating that she did not care and did not want to hear about it. She then teamed up with a cardiologist named Telly Meadows to bully and browbeat me into agreeing to an angioplasty by claiming that I would die without this procedure being done and then telling me I had to agree to this procedure immediately or they would not do it at all. After thoroughly questioning Dr. Meadows as to what he planned to do and getting his promise that he was not going to do anything other than the Angioplasty or leave anything inside me I finally agreed. However, instead of just doing the angioplasty the doctor, working alone without any other staff members assisting, inserted a stent in one of my coronary arteries without my informed consent. My employer whom owns an insurance company and is therefore self- insured refused to pay for my medical treatment as the hospital only treated me for the heart attack which they claimed was caused by a blocked artery. In early March of 2012, realizing that I would not be returning to work for an indefinite period of time and was experiencing serious health problems that I needed to check out, I went to the Cabarrus County Department of Social Services to apply for food stamps and during my interview there I inquired about the procedure to get on the Community Care Program. The young woman handling the interview could not answer the question and so another woman working close by stepped in and told me I had to apply for disability in order to qualify for CCP. I questioned her thoroughly to see if there was any way I could receive free medical treatment without applying for disability and she repeatedly stated no so I left. I began receiving temporary food stamps from DSS while they were awaiting confirmation from my last employer that I was not still working for them but after