Christina Nowell, a residential manager in a Barber National Institute Philadelphia group home, joined a panel of speakers presented by PAR to advocate for support of persons with intellectual disabilities.
Christina Nowell, a residential manager in a Barber National Institute Philadelphia group home, joined a panel of speakers presented by PAR to advocate for support of persons with intellectual disabilities. The Barber National Institute has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the PHL COVID-19 Fund, a partnership between the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. A letter urging Pennsylvania lawmakers to support Direct Support Professionals they allocate federal Covid-19 relief funds was published in the Erie-Times News on Sunday, May 17. Volunteers from Mask Erie made delivered 2,500 handmade masks that the organization has made for the Barber National Institute.DSP Presents at PAR Event
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