Join family members of adults with developmental disabilities in an interactive forum with Julie Snyder, Tierra’s Life Planning Navigator and Eric Doran, Manager of UC Irvine’s Down Syndrome MIND Institute. Julie and Eric will answer questions from the previous Summer Series Workshops as well as provide valuable resources specifically addressing areas of life planning and aging for adults with developmental disabilities.
Please register by Friday, August 12th!
Please Note: This event is not open to the public, but all members of the media are welcome to attend, interview staff and associates, gather b-roll, and take photos.
The Tierra del Sol event also marks the celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October.
WHO: Tierra del Sol Foundation and the City of Los Angeles Department on Disability
WHAT: Breaking Barriers to Technology for People with Disabilities
WHEN: Tuesday, October 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Tierra del Sol’s Campus located at 9919 Sunland Blvd., Sunland, CA 91040
MEDIA RSVP: Please RSVP to Janice Estrada, jestrada@tierradelsol.org by Friday, October 14th.
Tierra del Sol Gallery presents 10 x 10, a massive group exhibition featuring submissions from nearly all Tierra del Sol Studio program participants. This exhibition continues the gallery’s annual tradition to showcase the collective energy that makes our organization vital to communities from Upland to Sunland and beyond.
To read more about this show, check out our blog. We hope to see you there!
Show runs November 12th – December 23rd, 2022
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, January 18, from 4-5 pm, when Proxy Parent Foundation’s Carol Larkin presents the ins and outs of establishing a Pooled Special Needs Trust. Proxy Parent Foundation (PPF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 by parents of children with disabilities. As providers of expert financial, trust, and personal support services to persons living with disabilities, PPF assists them and their families through the creation and operation of a Pooled Special Needs Trust (PSNT). Carol will address the benefits of the PLAN of California Master Pooled Trust, and how to establish one, as well as how it protects eligibility for public benefits; and safeguards an inheritance, settlement, or insurance payout. Proxy Parent Foundation’s focus on personal support services gives families ways to improve the quality of life for a loved one with disabilities through education, recreation, and personal support. Click here to register today!
In observation of the Independence Day holiday, the offices of Tierra del Sol will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Wishing you all a safe, and wonderful, 4th!
Michelle Wolf, Founding Executive Director of the Jewish Foundation of Los Angeles, will host this informative and interactive program.
Learn more about Special Needs Trusts, Pooled Trusts, and protecting your benefits.
Please join us for our November Parent Forum. Meet and learn from other parents and family members who have loved ones with disabilities while sharing your experiences, questions, and concerns.
Click here to register today!
Please join us for our January Life Planning Forum. Meet and learn from other parents and family members who have loved ones with disabilities while sharing your experiences, questions, and concerns.
Featured Guest Speaker, Nick Vukotic, of Maxim Healthcare Services,
providers of nursing, therapy, personal care, and behavioral services, will present details of Maxim’s numerous
non-medical services and programs, funding resources and ways to advocate for coverage.
Click here to register today!
Coffee, donuts, a ribbon, and a pair of 3ft scissors.
Join us to celebrate the opening of our new space and view
Vicente Siso’s debut solo exhibition,
Memories of the Land & Water on view through March 3rd.
Tierra families are invited to join us for an interactive chat with Julie Snyder, Tierra’s Life Planning Navigator!
For questions regarding this forum, contact Julie at jsnyder@tierradelsol.org or
(818) 415-2331.
