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USDA SIGNS CAP PARTNERSHIP!!

Details of how to request reasonable accommodations...

USDA celebrates National Disability Awareness Month

October 24, 9:30am USDA/FSA Day

Clients of the Montgomeray County Department of Rehabilitation Services will tour the USDA and TARGET Center and recieve information on recruitment services and interviewing tips.

Location: 107A Whitten Building, Washington DC
Contact: Cletus Robinson, 202-401-7200

October 24, 10:00am-Noon Fidos For Freedom Presentation sponsored by APHIS

This non-profit organization will be showcasing service, hearing and therapy dogs who assist poeple with disabilities in their daily lives.

Location: Riverdale Conference Center, Maryland
Contact: Linda Weaver, 202-720-2365

October 29, 9:00am-Noon "Strategies for Hiring, Accommodating and Providing Access to Services for People with Disabilities", a panel presentation sponsored by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)

Location: Room 107A, Jamie L. Whitten Building, Washington DC
Contact: Terry Thir, 202-720-7314 or 202-720-6382 (tty)

October 30, 11:30am Association for Persons with Disabilites in Agriculture (APDA) sponsors the Super Supervisor Award Ceremony

Location: South Building Cafeteria, Washington DC
Contact: Pamela Steed, 202-720-4082

Other Upcoming Events

November 5, 8:00am-4:30pm
Interagency Disability Educational Awareness Showcase (IDEAS) 2002
Location: Bethesda, Maryland

December 4-6, 2002
Perspectives on Employment of Persons with Disabilities
Location: Bethesda, Maryland

January 15-18, 2003
Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) Conference
Location: Orlando, Florida

TARGET's 10th Anniversary Celebration!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who had a chance to attend the TARGET Center 10th Anniversary Celebration and Fall Open House on October 10, 2002. This event was an astounding success! Attendees enjoyed a look back through the years, experienced exciting new technologies, and made acquaintances with TARGET Staff and other friends of the TARGET Center. In particular, the program with founding director Ophelia Y. Falls was extremely well received. We look forward to seeing you all in the TARGET Center soon!

Pictures from the Fall Open House 2002
Friends of the TARGET Center enjoy TARGET's Open House
A speaker reminisces about the TARGET Center's first decade
Dinah Cohen, Department of Defense's CAP Program Director, speaks to the Open House crowd about her "sisterhood" with Ophelia Falls and the beginning of federal assistive technology centers.
Christine Louton, Department of the Interior's Assistive Technology Center Director, gives a tribute to the TARGET Center and Ophelia Falls.

Paul Lloyd receives USDA Certificate of Appreciation

In March 2002, Paul Lloyd, Communications Specialist of the USDA TARGET Center, provided graphics support for the USDA Section 508 Conference on June 25, 2002. As a result of the flyers and posters designed by Mr. Lloyd, the June 25th meeting was extremely well attended and deemed to be successful by all accounts. For this reason, Paul Lloyd was given an official USDA Certificate of Appreciation for Excellence in Graphic Design.

USDA TARGET Center
1400 Independence Ave.
Room 1006-S
Washington DC 20250-9876
(202) 720-2600 (V / TTY)
(202) 720-2681 (FAX)