Congratulations! HCBS Meritan CHOICES Sandata staff on your selection as a recipient for BlueCare’s Tablet Incentive Program (TIP) compliance recognition. BlueCare is excited about your engagement and support for the compliance of their Electronic Visit Verification process. As an acknowledgment of their appreciation for your outstanding performance and Tablet’s usage, BlueCare presents this Certificate of Recognition.
Read MoreAfter a long year of fear, loss, and traumatic uncertainty, our phenomenal foster parents are still standing strong and doing what they do best. They have not missed a beat as we know how essential they are. As a small token of appreciation, they were all gifted a "Thanks For Being Epic 3-piece Care Kit." Back to school time is here! Memphis Foster Care currently has our “Back to School Drive!” Click here to learn more!
Read MoreOur volunteers for the month of August are Letters to Rose- Memphis Chapter. Michelle, Nina, Ella, Emma, Shenell, and Rian, who are officers of the Letters to Rose Memphis Chapter, reached out to Meritan to write letters for our seniors in our in-home personal care and home health programs.
Read MoreThe Pandemic has changed a lot about our day to day-to-day lives. We have settled into our “new normal” in many different ways and our paces have slowed in order to protect ourselves and others.
We had the opportunity to speak with Diane, who is currently participating in the Senior Community Service Employment Program. She shared some of her experiences, challenges, and successes as an older job seeker. Here is what she had to say.
Read MoreWith National Intern Day being the last Thursday of next month, we wanted you to meet one of our amazing interns named Raghu Kasa.
Read MoreBrenda Dary is a family caregiver for her cousin. She hired Meritan for her cousin for our in-home personal care services in 2007. Brenda’s cousin, who is 88 years old, is bedridden, feeds through a feeding tube, legally blind, and is non-verbal. Brenda and her cousin have had a positive experience with her professional home care specialists.
Read MoreSecondary education in America is a right, not a privilege. On December 10, 2015, President Barrack Obama reauthorized the law. This act was a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which came into existence in the mid-1960s under the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson. ESEA was designed to address educational equality for all students across the United States.
Read MoreLinzie Madkins became part of the Family Model Residential Program in 2017. After returning home from yet another hospitalization March 2021, Linzie took time to explain how the program (particularly his caregiver, Mr. Edward Evans) have allowed him to continue to live a meaningful and full life despite all challenges in addition to sharing how one accident changed his life forever. Read more about Linzie’s inspirational story by clicking here.
Read MoreMeet our Board Member, Scott Walkup. He works for the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning & Development as the Administrator for the Shelby County Department of Housing. The Department provides critical affordable housing resources including down payment assistance loans, lead-based paint hazard reduction services and housing rehabilitation, financing for affordable housing development and support for large scale community initiatives like Resilient Shelby. Learn more about Scott and his involvement with Meritan by reading his interview.
Read MoreOne of Meritan’s host agencies recognized and celebrated Ms. Arzella Warren (Meritan’s Senior Employment Participant) as an outstanding Woman of the Month. Learn more about Arzella Warren by reading our blog.
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