BULLETIN BOARD

A Newsletter of the Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
Autumn 2004
Volume 22, Number 2

HHS Awards $31 Million in Grants to 31 States to Help Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults

Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced $31 million in grants to 31 states to help people with disabilities or long-term illnesses live in their homes and participate fully in community life.

The grants are a part of President Bush's "New Freedom Initiative," which promotes the goal of community living for individuals with disabilities and long-term illnesses. Under this initiative, which began in 2001, 10 federal agencies work with states and community organizations to remove barriers to community living.

"We are committed to removing the barriers preventing the 54 million Americans living with disabilities from leading full lives. These grants will help those living with disabilities make their own choices on what services they get, who provides those services and how and where to live," said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mark B. McClellan.

The grants awarded today help states and other eligible entities improve their home and community-based services programs. A total of 52 grants were awarded. A total of $7.6 million was allocated to support Wisconsin and Vermont's efforts to further reform their long-term support systems. Wisconsin's wide-ranging reform includes planning grants to support local partnerships, "virtual resource centers" to provide information to individuals, and a multi-media campaign on financial planning. Vermont plans to integrate the financing and delivery of acute and long-term care services for older individuals and individuals with physical disabilities. Approximately $200,000 was awarded to Wisconsin and New Hampshire to study the feasibility of establishing a savings program for children and adults that would enable them to control their own Medicaid-funded community-based services.

Announcements:

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is pleased to present AFB eNews, a new, monthly online publication that will keep people up to date on AFB's activities. To read AFB eNews, click on the following link for AFB eNews

YouSearched.Com is proud to unveil the world's first search engine designed to be fully accessible for people with disabilities. Search is the second most used application on the Internet after Email but people with disabilities have not been able to fully utilize the capabilities of search engines. YouSearched.Com changes that. Designing an accessible search engine means ensuring that anyone using screen readers or refreshable Braille devices, people who cannot view images or those not using pointing devices, for example, will be able to fully operate YouSearched.Com with ease. YouSearched.Com is also helpful for web users who have various technical obstacles to overcome. An example is that many people, especially in the developing world use text-only web browsers to conserve bandwidth. It is also common for scripting to be disabled in security conscious corporate environments. In both circumstances, accessibility becomes a priority and allows the users to fully experience the website. To use this search engine, just type in http://yousearched.com on your web browser, and follow the prompts once you are onsite.

This fall we are mailing a large-print catalog featuring materials in our Wisconsin collection to all our readers. Please don't hesitate to order anything of interest.

Resources:

Wisconsin ACB now offers an e-mail discussion list. List owner Caroline Congdon invites subscriptions. Simply send a blank email message to wisconsin-subscribe@acb.org. A confirming message, which must be replied to, will be sent out. Once subscribed, people should feel free to post a message to wisconsin@acb.org and introduce themselves.

Bibliography : in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark

Because 2004 is the 200th anniversary of the 1804-1806 expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from St. Louis to the Pacific and back, we are bringing these titles for adults and children to your attention.

Ambrose, Stephen. Undaunted courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West. Ambrose explains why Meriwether Lewis was chosen to lead the search for a western waterway and describes the captain's life afterward. RC 43291

Blumberg, Rhoda. The incredible journey of Lewis and Clark. In 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led a daring expedition into the unknown western regions of North America. For grades 5-8 and older readers. RC 29633

Chidsey, Donald Barr. Lewis and Clark: the great adventure. Lively account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, based on excerpts from the explorers' diaries and journals kept during their search for a northwest passage to the Pacific. RC 16492

Christian, Shirley. Before Lewis and Clark: the story of the Chouteaus, the French dynasty that ruled America's frontier. Historical portrait features half-brothers Auguste and Pierre Chouteau, whose regional knowledge aided the famed expedition to the Pacific. RC 58181

Clark, William. Off the map: the journals of Lewis and Clark. Wisconsin authors Peter and Connie Roop have compiled entries and excerpts from the journals of William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, describing their historic expedition. For grades 2-4. RCW 351

Erdrich, Liselotte. Sacagawea. Relates the experiences of Sacagawea, a young Shoshone woman, who with her French Canadian husband and baby boy joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805. Print/Braille. For grades 3-6. BR 15040

Faber, Harold. Lewis and Clark: from ocean to ocean. Discusses their adventures crossing the continent in 1804-1806, their encounters with Native Americans, and the hardships of the journey. For grades 5-8. BR 14835

Grossman, Elizabeth. Adventuring along the Lewis and Clark Trail: Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Travel guide traces the Corps of Discovery's 1804-1806 route across ten states to the Pacific Ocean. RC 56639

Hawke, David Freeman. Those tremendous mountains: the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Lewis and Clark tell much of the story in their own words while the author assesses the significance of the trip then and later. BR 04606

Jones, Landon Y. William Clark and the Shaping of the West. Chronicles Clark's life from his 1770 birth in Virginia to his 1838 death. RC 58572

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. As far as the eye can reach: Lewis and Clark's westward quest. An account of the 1804-1806 journey by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across the United States' newly acquired Louisiana Territory--an unexplored wilderness west of the Mississippi River--to the Pacific Ocean. Grades 4-7. RC 56367

Lavender, David Sievert. The way to the western sea: Lewis and Clark across the continent. Presents the travels of Lewis and Clark from 1804 to 1806 as they explore the western United States under orders from President Thomas Jefferson. RC 29680

Lewis, Meriwether. The journals of Lewis and Clark. These selections from the journals of Lewis and Clark tell of the explorations and discoveries the team of explorers made as they crossed North America from St. Louis to the Pacific coast from 1804 to 1806. RC 31118

Montgomery, Elizabeth Rider. Lewis and Clark. An account of the famed trailblazers who in 1803 began their military exploring expedition from Missouri across the North American continent. BRA 14425

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Animals on the trail with Lewis and Clark. Retraces the journey of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806), comparing their observations of previously unknown animals with modern information on the same creatures. Grades 4-7. RC 55477

Pringle, Laurence P. Dog of discovery: a Newfoundland's adventures with Lewis and Clark. An account of the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1804-1806 that features the exploits of Lewis's large Newfoundland, Seaman. Grades 4-7. RC 56530

Redmond, Shirley-Raye. Lewis and Clark: a prairie dog for the president. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sends explorers Lewis and Clark across the country to map the land and bring back plants and animals. Beginning Reader. For grades 2-4. BR 15201

Ronda, James P. Lewis and Clark among the Indians. An ethno-historical account of the journey made by Lewis and Clark from St. Louis to the Oregon coast and back again in 1804-1806. Describes the daily dealings of the explorers and Indians. RCW 1595

Seymour, Flora Warren. Bird Girl: Sacagawea. A story of the Shoshoni Indian girl who traveled thousands of miles with the Lewis and Clark expedition and became a symbol of bravery and endurance in the face of great hardship. For grades 3-6. BRA 06297

Slaughter, Thomas P. Exploring Lewis and Clark: reflections on men and wilderness. Historian evaluates nineteenth-century explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as human beings by analyzing their journals and the "cultural imperatives behind them. BR 14695

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