Jun
15
Wed
Estate Planning 101 
Jun 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Estate Planning 101 
This fact-filled program will also cover Special Needs Trusts and Late Life Planning.  For more information on this event and to register, click here!
Jul
12
Tue
Tierra del Sol and The Los Angeles Alzheimer’s Association present: “Understanding Alzheimers in Individuals with Down Syndrome”
Jul 12 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tierra del Sol and The Los Angeles  Alzheimer’s Association present: “Understanding Alzheimers in Individuals  with Down Syndrome”

Special Guest Speaker, Eric Doran, Manager of the UC Irvine Down syndrome MIND program, will focus on the development and aging of  individuals with Down syndrome. Doran holds an MS in genetic counseling from UCI and has been involved with the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center working with individuals with Down syndrome and their families for over 20 years.

Please RSVP by Monday, July 11th. 

 

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Aug
17
Wed
Parent Resource Group Interactive Chat
Aug 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Parent Resource Group Interactive Chat

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!

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Oct
18
Tue
Breaking Barriers to Technology for People with Disabilities @ Tierra del Sol
Oct 18 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Breaking Barriers to Technology for People with Disabilities @ Tierra del Sol
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.

Jan
18
Wed
Proxy Parent Foundation’s Carol Larkin presents the ins and outs of establishing a Pooled Special Needs Trust
Jan 18 @ 4:00 am – 5:00 am
Proxy Parent Foundation’s Carol Larkin presents the ins and outs of establishing a Pooled Special Needs Trust

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!

Oct
11
Wed
Saving for the Future While Protecting Your Benefits
Oct 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Saving for the Future While Protecting Your Benefits

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.

Michelle Wolf has close to three decades of experience working in the Jewish, non-profit and governmental sectors, and with a focus on social services/special needs, and is uniquely positioned to provide the professional leadership to launch this program. She was previously the Transitions Coordinator at Bet Tzedek from 2012-2014, and in that position, she created a 42-member coalition of agencies intersecting the developmental disabilities and aging worlds. Previously, she was Director of the Caring for Jews in Need department at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. She also writes a monthly column for the Jewish Journal on special needs/social services issues.
Nov
29
Wed
Tierra’s Parent Forum
Nov 29 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tierra’s Parent Forum

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.

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Jan
31
Wed
Tierra’s Life Planning Forum
Jan 31 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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!

Feb
15
Thu
Tierra del Sol’s Gallery Ribbon Cutting Ceremony @ Tierra del Sol Gallery
Feb 15 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Tierra del Sol's Gallery Ribbon Cutting Ceremony @ Tierra del Sol Gallery

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.

Feb
27
Tue
Life Planning Parent Forum
Feb 27 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Life Planning Parent Forum

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.

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