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2ARCLIGHTAUTUMNWINTER2015RocklandCountyChapterNYSARCInc.BOARDOFDIRECTORSMAY2015MAY2016OFFICERSPresidentRichardS.SirotaFirstVicePresidentKarenFeinsteinSecondVicePresidentAudreyA.TarantinoThirdVicePresidentAudreyH.McCueTreasurerEdwardRaushAssistantTreasurerSusanConklinSecretaryGiselaD.SchmidtDIRECTORSDianCiuniJodyMuhlmeisterSoniaCrannageEsq.JennierPariettiEsq.JackieCurtissRitaRameauLynneDavidsonJohnM.SmithJosephFrancomanoHon.ThomasZugibeLyndaMeltzerDirectorEmeritusBerniceVolaskiDirectorsEmeritusInMemoriamHon.HenryGrufKatherineKavountzisIrvingCaminskyPhDDorisSkrzecEXECUTIVEDIRECTORCarmineG.MarchiondaARCLIGHTEDITORIALSTAFFAnnaGotliebEDITORLaurieStrausEllEssDesignInc.GRAPHICDESIGNEstherSchulmanADVERTISINGSALESMANAGER845.267.2500x3682ARCLIGHTMagazinepublishedbyARCoRockland25HemlockDriveCongersNY10920Phone845.267.2500E-mailagotliebarcorockland.orgwww.arcorockland.orgARCoRocklandCreatingalietimeoabilitiesorpeoplewithdisabilities.RocklandCountyChapterNYSARCInc.FromthePresidentFromtheExecutiveDirectorInevitablyeverybusinesseveryindustryeverycompanyandcorporationmaintainsacollectionoacronymswithwhichtodescribethevariouscomponentsthatdefnethewhole.InthisrespectARCoRocklandisnodierentromotherfelds.InrecentmonthssomerelativelynewacronymshaveenteredtheARClexicon.AmongthisisPOMsthelettersowhichstandorPersonalOutcomeMeasures.ThroughongoingconversationswiththepeoplewhorelyonARCstamembersarelearningaboutthespecifcaspirationsoeveryindividual.Assistingmenandwomentoachievetheiruniquedreamshasledtosomeverypositiveoutcomesthemeasuresowhicharedescribedinsuccessstoriesbeginningonpage16.PartnersHealthPlanalsoknownasPHPistheentitythroughwhichARCoRocklandandseveralotherareaagenciesareengagedinapilotprograminadvanceomanagedcare.Theteamapproachprovidesincreasedoversightandenhancedcoordinationoservicesandsupports.Thestoryappearsonpage14.AndfnallyCQLTheCouncilonQualityandLeadershipSeestoryonpage3hasgivenARCoRocklandthestampoapprovalcertiyingthatouragencyplacesthepersonsolidlyinthecenterohisorhercircleosupportsandurthermorethatthosesupportsaredesignedtoensureimmersionincommunitylie.Totheuninitiatedthemountingcollectionolettersisanalphabetsouposorts.Inrealityhoweverthesetermsrepresentcreativeundertakingsdesignedtohelpeachpersonwithadevelopmentaldisabilityachievehisorherpersonalbest.AsARCoRocklandembarksuponaNewYearwedosowithhighexpectationsorallothosetouchedbyPOMsPHPandCQL.May2015bringuspeacehealthandaullmeasureoessentialmeaningulacronyms.Thedignityorisk.Itisatermusedrequentlyinreerencetopeoplewithintellectualandotherdevelopmentaldisabilities.AtARCoRocklandwearecommittedtohelpingpeopletakesomecalculatedchancesintheirlivestoapproachopportunitieswithoptimismtothinkandactinwaysthatchallengethestatusquo.Weapplaudthewillingnesstotry.Weencouragepeopletopursuetheirintereststhroughclassesorcoursestoembarkonnewcareerstomovetomoreindependentlivingquarters.Weunderstandthatthereexistsomerisksineveryworthyendeavor.Weknowtoothatthedignityoriskholdstrueortheagencyaswellastheindividual.Sinceitsinceptionmorethan60yearsagoARCoRocklandhasunderstoodtheneedorchangebaseduponoresight.Lastyearwasnoexception.During2014collaborationwastheby-wordatARC.StamembersBoardmemberspeoplewithdisabilitiesamiliesbusinessleadersandleadersosisteragenciesworkedtogethertodesigninnovativewaysinwhichservicesandsupportsmaybebettergearedtowardstheindividual.Representativesromallquartersstudiedtheroletechnologymightplayincoordinatingthosesupportsastheyconcernemploymenteducationmedicaloversightandinclusionwithinthecommunity.Baseduponthecollaborativeeortsthattookplacein20142015isdestinedtobeoneoimplementation.AlongwiththetriedandtrueARCoRocklandwilloeranarrayocreativenewopportunitiesdesignedtoenhancethelivesopeopleoallabilities.AswitheveryenterpriseovaluetherewillsurelybehurdlesaheadbutARCoRocklandwillmeetthesehurdlesheadonwithafrmbelieinthedignityorisk.RichardS.SirotaCarmineG.MarchiondaTM