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Conway Little Rock

ARCareerEd Director, Charisse Childers,
Ph.D. spoke at the Conway Field Office Leila Holmes, Occupational Therapist,
Transition Fair on Oct. 18. Transition Fairs and Devin Bryant, Program Manager,
Little Rock help expose people with disabilities to the Alternative Financing Program, answered
services of the agency and other vendors. questions at a booth at the Arkansas
Workers’ Compensation Commission
Educational Conference, which took place
Pine Bluff at the Little Rock Marriott.

Hot Springs

ARS participated in “Disability Awareness
Day” at the Capitol, an annual event to
recognize October as National Disability
Employment Awareness Month. Governor
Asa Hutchinson issued a proclamation to TEP 2017 graduates Alliyah Madden,
mark the occasion. The month calls on all Eulalia Mackay, and Miracle Thompson
Americans to recognize the contributions fielded questions from parents, students,
of people with disabilities and the need to and teachers during a TEP 2018
hire people with disabilities. ARS was well Recruitment Meeting.
represented at the event as staff members “Each of them was very thorough,
showcased the various programs to prove professional, honest, and graceful,” The ARS Hot Springs Field Office hosted
the division’s commitment to vocational Transition Services Director Judy Smith a Transition Fair on Oct. 5. Transition
rehabilitation. said. “It was apparent that their responses Fairs educate the public and people with
disabilities about various services.
to the multitude of questions added
immeasurable value to this presentation.”
Little Rock Dardanelle

Hot Springs

Arkansas Association of Multicultural
Rehabilitation Concerns (AAMRC) held its Arkansas Career Training Institute (ACTI) The Russellville Field Office hosted
first One-Day Training Seminar on Oct. 12 held its 191 Commencement Ceremony a Transition Fair in Dardanelle for Yell
st
at the Goodwill Industries of Arkansas. on Oct. 13. County High School students on Oct. 17.

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