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	The Arkansas Waiver Association is a not-for-profit corporation guided by a Board of Directors who serve without compensation of any kind. The majority of our Board Members are persons with a developmental disability or a family member. The rest of the Board is composed of professionals who work for developmental disability community providers. Our membership is from the same groups. We seek to improve the quality of life for persons with a developmental disability and their families through active advocacy, open communications, and an exchange of professional ideas. The AWA membership requirement, like our mission statement, is straight forward. You need only believe in the concept of "quality, integrated community supports." If you cannot get behind the idea of community services in an integrated environment for persons with a developmental disability, then an AWA membership is probably not for you. Dues? AWA does not charge dues. How do we manage without dues? Simple, we have no paid employees and no need to pay rent. Our only expenses are a monthly telephone bill and occasionally some office supplies such as paper or a fax cartridge. What little we do need, we raise with our annual conference. Everything else is provided through the generous donations of time and energy from our Board of Directors, members and other supporters. To become a member, click here. Or, simply let us know you want to join. You may contact AWA at: Arkansas Waiver Association 1404 Coolhurst Ave Sherwood, AR 72120 email: webmaster@arkansaswaiver.com phone: 501.517.2479 Membership puts your name on our mailing list so that you can receive an occasional alert and invitations to our annual conference. It also entitles you to vote at our annual membership meeting. We cannot afford a newsletter, but we try to keep you posted on what's happening in the Arkansas DD world from the "What's Happening" section of this Web page. Additionally, AWA has a list serve for a quick exchange of ideas and to help all keep up to date with the rapid changes in the DD world. To participate in the list serve, send an email to: AR-AWA-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The Arkansas Waiver Association is a not-for-profit corporation guided by a Board of Directors who serve without compensation of any kind. The majority of our Board Members are persons with a developmental disability or a family member. The rest of the Board is composed of professionals who work for developmental disability community providers. Our membership is from the same groups. We seek to improve the quality of life for persons with a developmental disability and their families through active advocacy, open communications, and an exchange of professional ideas.

The AWA membership requirement, like our mission statement, is straight forward. You need only believe in the concept of "quality, integrated community supports." If you cannot get behind the idea of community services in an integrated environment for persons with a developmental disability, then an AWA membership is probably not for you.

Dues? AWA does not charge dues. How do we manage without dues? Simple, we have no paid employees and no need to pay rent. Our only expenses are a monthly telephone bill and occasionally some office supplies such as paper or a fax cartridge. What little we do need, we raise with our annual conference. Everything else is provided through the generous donations of time and energy from our Board of Directors, members and other supporters.

To become a member, click here. Or, simply let us know you want to join. You may contact AWA at:

Arkansas Waiver Association

1404 Coolhurst Ave

Sherwood, AR 72120

email: webmaster@arkansaswaiver.com

phone: 501.517.2479

Membership puts your name on our mailing list so that you can receive an occasional alert and invitations to our annual conference. It also entitles you to vote at our annual membership meeting. We cannot afford a newsletter, but we try to keep you posted on what's happening in the Arkansas DD world from the "What's Happening" section of this Web page. Additionally, AWA has a list serve for a quick exchange of ideas and to help all keep up to date with the rapid changes in the DD world. To participate in the list serve, send an email to: AR-AWA-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com