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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Miami Valley View. I'm Jeff Stevens. Hope you're
having a great weekend. I am here with a longtime
friend of mine. It's Dennis Grant from United Rehabilitation Services. Dennis.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Good morning, Eh, good morning, Jeff. Glad to be back.
Thanks for having me in.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
And absolutely CEO of RS. Dennis. You've been doing this
a while.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah, twenty three years here in Dayton. Wow, I've got
almost twice that many years working with kids and adults
with disabilities. So it's been a long haul, but enjoying
every day.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, you always have a smile on your face. Man,
every time I feel like whether I'm seeing you over
at Udy Arena or here, you know, talking about something
you guys have going on, and there's always you guys
are so active. It's one of those needs that is
it never stops.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
That's right, actually growing needs. If you look at the
CDC report, we've had a sixteen percent increase and the
number of children diagnosed with a developmental delay or disability
between twenty nineteen and twenty twenty one. Wow. Yeah, the
need continues to grow, so our programs are more essential
than ever.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Well, and you guys have a really Let's start by
talking about a really big event that you have coming
up this Thursday. It is the RS Telethon and things
people are used to seeing that on Channel two WDTN
a little bit different this year, but it sounds like
you're going to be on like almost the.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Whole day, all day and night, all day and all night.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
So tell us how that's going to happen this Thursday
on WDTN.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Oh, we're really excited because you know, we think it's
going to really expand our viewership because we're going to
start with WDTN in the morning at four thirty am
on the news, oh boy, and we're basically going to
be on the news throughout the entire day, so four
thirty to seven, then we're going to be on Living Dayton.
We've got multiple segments throughout that you'll get to meet Violet,
(01:44):
the ambassador for our telethon this year, and hear about
the incredible difference we've made in her life by providing
not just high quality childcare with nursing services, but also
providing her with occupational, physical, and speech therapy. We're gonna
have special guests and of course our chairs are going
to be there. Kim Esti's and Brittany Odyme from odiamon
(02:05):
SD's law firm. So they are co chairing the event
this year. And you know that's really special, Jeff, because
these ladies have this amazing law firm and they really
specialize in working with families who have children with disabilities,
putting together plans for guardianship for special needs trusts. So
they really have a heart for what we do. It's
(02:27):
it's just a wonderful thing. But once again presented by
ib W and NIKA, which is the National Electrical Contractors Association.
These people have been presenting this event for probably ten
years now. Wow. So we're very excited and we hope
that everybody will tune in because we're going to be
on the news starting again at four through six point thirty.
(02:49):
We're going to even be on the CW. You'll see
us at ten and eleven o'clock. Wow, you really are
going to be I may be in bed by then. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
The question is how early do you do you have
to get up that day, Dennis.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I get up every day about four forty, so it's
not a stretch for me. I'll be in the studio
live at six for sure, and we'll be on and
throughout the day, so I'm really excited. Hope everybody will
tune in. But you know, in the meantime, I really
encourage people to go to our website, yours Dayton dot org,
just to learn more about the incredible services we provide
(03:25):
for kids and adults with disabilities from six weeks all
the way up into their senior years. And we've been
doing this for almost seven decades, sixty eight years, so
a long history of meeting the needs of kids and
adults with disabilities and just as importantly their families.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
You know, you think about a family who has a
child with a disability who needs therapies. The fact we
can provide them to that child while they're in our
care throughout the day really relieve so much stress in
the families. So it's got multiple benefits. Parents are not
sitting in waiting rooms two and three nights a week
waiting for therapies to be delivered, the siblings, the other kids,
(04:05):
aren't getting their homework done, nobody's getting done or it's
a little stressful for families right and we want to
do everything we can to support them. We are starting
up a new parent support group this fall. Oh are
this winter? Excuse me, Ball's already gone.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, it's coming gone very quickly, but you know, so much.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
That we can do. But offering therapies through the day
also makes sure that we're intervening with these kids early on.
If you look at Montgomery County, only thirty five percent
of the total population of kids entering kindergarten are really
ready to learn when they get there, and that's why
we partner with head Start and Preschool Promise to make
(04:44):
sure we can give those three and four year olds
a boost before they get to school. But for kids
with disabilities, it's only fourteen percent, so we really need
to intervene early on. Got an incredible program called Get
Set for School that we implement with our our occupational
therapists in the classrooms, assisting the preschool teachers, and really
(05:05):
taking a multi modality approach to instruction that ensures that
even the kids with sensory issues and some attention to
deficit disorders, those kinds of things, you know, that we
can really focus on their needs and help these kids
kind of get over that hump before they get into
the public school system. But it's really been a great year.
We're very excited. We had a huge summer camp. Forty
(05:26):
two kids in summer camp this year, back to where
we were in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Oh there we go pre pan.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah, I'm sick and talking about pandam.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I know everybody is. And you had the barstool open
that was back in November.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Right, November ninth. Yeah, big event in the Oregon district.
We love all those bars getting involved. So, you know,
we do a lot of fundraising. But you've got to
understand when I you know, in our childcare is probably
the best example of that. Nobody else in the state
of Ohio has nurses and therapists available on site. We
don't get reim burst for providing nursing services. You know,
(06:02):
all the extra time that therapist spent in the classroom,
the extra staff. If you look at our school age
program for kids six to seventeen, after school and all
summer long, fall break, winter break, spring break, all day,
you know, we have probably three times the staff that
the state requires for that age group.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And that allows us to address behavioral issues, to provide
the kind of personal care support. You know, a lot
of childcare centers if your three year old isn't toilet trained,
they don't want to take them. We have kids that
are sixteen and seventeen that still need help with gtube feeding,
with catharizations, with toileting and feeding assistance. You know, it's
(06:43):
really an intensive approach to providing high quality care. And
we are They changed the step up the quality program
here in Ohio. We're gold rated instead of five star rated,
but you know we're still top of the line. Yeah,
in terms of if you look at childcare and the
state of Ohio, all you have to do is be
eighteen and have a high school diploma to work in
(07:03):
a childcare program or even run a childcare program. All
of our teachers have a bachelor's or a master's degree.
Our assistants have either a certificate in child development or
they have an associates degree in child development, so they
really understand how to help these kids reach those milestones.
And then you add in the therapies and the nurses.
(07:24):
It's just an incredible program and an opportunity to change lives.
But we need the communities help to make that happen. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Dennis Grant here the CEO of United Rehabilitation Services here
on Miami Valley View and That's one of those things
that we mentioned a few minutes ago.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
The need.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
I mean, you do have different fundraisers throughout the year,
and that's great, but the bottom line is the need
never ends. You've got this amazing staff, You've got the
I always call it the new facility. But you've been
there for a while now, right.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Well, we actually were in the main facility since nineteen
ninety nine, and we add in an additional twenty two
thousand square feet on back in twenty sixteen, in October
twenty sixteen, so we now got over sixty three thousand
square feet under roof, meeting the needs of literally hundreds,
over three hundred kids and adults with disabilities every day.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Wow, that's amazing, beautiful, beautiful facility. What would you say, Dennis?
Is the question for somebody who's not familiar with urs,
and but they're they're feeling around for questions. What's one
of the questions you get the most from somebody that's
trying let's maybe checking you guys out.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Where have you been and why didn't I know about you? Before? Wow?
You know, we've had we have a monthly tour generally,
and we invite people from the community to come in
either for a breakfast tour or a lunch tour. We
feed you too, right, and you get to see firsthand
the difference we're making in so many lives. But you know,
(09:01):
we bring these people in, we say you're the best
KEP secret in Dayton. Well, that is the last thing
we want to be. Because if there is a family
with a child in need, and whether it's a young
child six weeks, six years, what have you or a
child who's fifty or sixty who is at home and
needs inspiration and support and socially engaging activities, they need
(09:23):
to find us. If you have a high school student
with disabilities, we can help with our summer youth work experience.
Put them out on real jobs in the community with
one of our job coaches to kind of master those skills,
learn how to work with their coworkers and take direction
from a supervisor. And we actually had one of our
little summer youth groups over at Bagger Days. They wound
up hiring two of the kids that were there. Wow,
(09:46):
because they were so good. And you know, this day
when we're all dealing with workforce issues, still we place
individuals with disabilities on meaningful jobs every day. And you know,
we actually just not October celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month,
and we celebrated Kevin Richardson, young guy who was living
(10:07):
with his aunt when she passed, moved in with his cousin.
He had never been in day programming. He had just
kind of hung out at home, watched TV, hung with
the family. But his cousin and her husband work, so
he came to URS. He went out and volunteered in
the community. We go to Boonshoft, we go to Miami
Valley meals, we helped shoes for the Shoelace Week, grands
to classrooms, so we get our clients in a position
(10:31):
to volunteer and give back. So it's really important. But
he got inspired to do this. He joined our employment
services program, got a job at ud at Oban Pan
in the food court.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
So now he's working and he's got a meaningful career
ahead of him and he's so happy and his family's thrilled.
But you know, that's what it's all about, is how
do we help people learn to be more independent and
be more a part of their own community. That's great.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Well, and the last thing, like you said, the last
thing you want to hear is that, oh I had
no idea you were here or you're the greatest, greatest
cup secret. Obviously, you guys do a great job of
getting out there and doing all these different community events,
but there's still a huge percentage of people that don't
know about you and what a very special, amazing bunch
(11:19):
of services that yours provides. We have about three minutes left.
I want to circle back to talk about the telethon,
which is this coming Thursday. So if somebody's just tuning in,
let's let's let everybody know it's a little bit different
this year again.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, and this is our big event of the year.
We love everybody to tune in and learn more about
the services we offer, the people we serve, and the
incredible successes we see every day. But on Thursday, December
the fifth, we will be on every news segment throughout
the entire day from four to thirty in the morning
till eleven thirty at night. So if you watch WDTN
(11:55):
Channel two News or you don't yet, yes, start Thursday.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Watch this Thursday.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Yeah, but we're going to have really incredible stories shared,
and I mean Kelly King did a great job of
recording all these stories, interviewing our families and the individuals
we serve. It's just really really special. But we want
you to tune in and learn more about RS the
incredible change we make in people's lives every day. But honestly,
(12:21):
we can't do it without you, so we need you
to make your donation. You don't have to wait until then.
You can actually text urs to two four three sixty five.
That's twenty four three sixty five. Just make your donation today.
You don't have to wait till Thursday. If you don't
happen to be on during the news, you can still
go to RS Dayton dot org to learn about us
and make a donation. But we need your help. We
(12:43):
depend upon the community, honestly to fill this funding gap
we get because most of the money we receive, probably
about eighty percent of it is governmental funding, most of
it medicaid. We just got the first increase in our
medicaid rate in seventeen years. Now, that's a long time
to go. People talk about inflation. We've increased wages dramatically
(13:03):
over that time, and we just got an increase. So
we're constantly trying to make up that funding gap between
what we get paid and what it actually takes to
deliver high quality services to kids and adults with disabilities,
your friends and neighbors from throughout the Miami Valley.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Well, and obviously it's been the last three or four
years have been very tough on people, and you know
things might be a little tight. But wow, at the
end of the year, as you're making one last push
for this telethon this Thursday, I'm sure that that anybody
listening right now, any amount is going to add up
and help you guys out.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Every dollar counts literally. You know, we encourage people if
you can join our monthly giving group. We would basically
bill your credit card or your bank account once a month.
It could be five dollars, ten dollars whatever. But if
you can only make that one five or ten dollars donation,
it still makes a difference. So don't forget.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
And you if somebody wants to take a tour and
kind of test drive, and we've got about thirty seconds left, yeah,
it wants to basically see your facility, they can set
that up right absolutely.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Go to our website. You can look under events and
it lists all the tours that are coming up. We
just posted our twenty twenty five tour schedule, so we
encourage you to come out and see it firsthand. Honestly,
you know, and I'm not saying this for effect, but
so many of the people that come out of there
after that tour you see tears coming down their face.
(14:31):
They're really moved by this. It is a special moment
to really feel it and see it up close and personal.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Dennis Grant, thank you. You are just doing amazing work.
You've done it for a long long time and everybody
that's worked with you over the years. Rs Dayton dot org.
The Yours Telethon is on WDTN and the CW this
coming Thursday. Thanks so much for the time and good
luck on Thursday.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Thank you, Jeff, We really appreciate it.
Welcome to Miami Valley View. I'm Jeff Stevens. Hope you're
having a great weekend. I am here with a longtime
friend of mine. It's Dennis Grant from United Rehabilitation Services. Dennis.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Good morning, Eh, good morning, Jeff. Glad to be back.
Thanks for having me in.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
And absolutely CEO of RS. Dennis. You've been doing this
a while.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah, twenty three years here in Dayton. Wow, I've got
almost twice that many years working with kids and adults
with disabilities. So it's been a long haul, but enjoying
every day.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, you always have a smile on your face. Man,
every time I feel like whether I'm seeing you over
at Udy Arena or here, you know, talking about something
you guys have going on, and there's always you guys
are so active. It's one of those needs that is
it never stops.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
That's right, actually growing needs. If you look at the
CDC report, we've had a sixteen percent increase and the
number of children diagnosed with a developmental delay or disability
between twenty nineteen and twenty twenty one. Wow. Yeah, the
need continues to grow, so our programs are more essential
than ever.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Well, and you guys have a really Let's start by
talking about a really big event that you have coming
up this Thursday. It is the RS Telethon and things
people are used to seeing that on Channel two WDTN
a little bit different this year, but it sounds like
you're going to be on like almost the.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Whole day, all day and night, all day and all night.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
So tell us how that's going to happen this Thursday
on WDTN.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Oh, we're really excited because you know, we think it's
going to really expand our viewership because we're going to
start with WDTN in the morning at four thirty am
on the news, oh boy, and we're basically going to
be on the news throughout the entire day, so four
thirty to seven, then we're going to be on Living Dayton.
We've got multiple segments throughout that you'll get to meet Violet,
(01:44):
the ambassador for our telethon this year, and hear about
the incredible difference we've made in her life by providing
not just high quality childcare with nursing services, but also
providing her with occupational, physical, and speech therapy. We're gonna
have special guests and of course our chairs are going
to be there. Kim Esti's and Brittany Odyme from odiamon
(02:05):
SD's law firm. So they are co chairing the event
this year. And you know that's really special, Jeff, because
these ladies have this amazing law firm and they really
specialize in working with families who have children with disabilities,
putting together plans for guardianship for special needs trusts. So
they really have a heart for what we do. It's
(02:27):
it's just a wonderful thing. But once again presented by
ib W and NIKA, which is the National Electrical Contractors Association.
These people have been presenting this event for probably ten
years now. Wow. So we're very excited and we hope
that everybody will tune in because we're going to be
on the news starting again at four through six point thirty.
(02:49):
We're going to even be on the CW. You'll see
us at ten and eleven o'clock. Wow, you really are
going to be I may be in bed by then. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
The question is how early do you do you have
to get up that day, Dennis.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I get up every day about four forty, so it's
not a stretch for me. I'll be in the studio
live at six for sure, and we'll be on and
throughout the day, so I'm really excited. Hope everybody will
tune in. But you know, in the meantime, I really
encourage people to go to our website, yours Dayton dot org,
just to learn more about the incredible services we provide
(03:25):
for kids and adults with disabilities from six weeks all
the way up into their senior years. And we've been
doing this for almost seven decades, sixty eight years, so
a long history of meeting the needs of kids and
adults with disabilities and just as importantly their families.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
You know, you think about a family who has a
child with a disability who needs therapies. The fact we
can provide them to that child while they're in our
care throughout the day really relieve so much stress in
the families. So it's got multiple benefits. Parents are not
sitting in waiting rooms two and three nights a week
waiting for therapies to be delivered, the siblings, the other kids,
(04:05):
aren't getting their homework done, nobody's getting done or it's
a little stressful for families right and we want to
do everything we can to support them. We are starting
up a new parent support group this fall. Oh are
this winter? Excuse me, Ball's already gone.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, it's coming gone very quickly, but you know, so much.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
That we can do. But offering therapies through the day
also makes sure that we're intervening with these kids early on.
If you look at Montgomery County, only thirty five percent
of the total population of kids entering kindergarten are really
ready to learn when they get there, and that's why
we partner with head Start and Preschool Promise to make
(04:44):
sure we can give those three and four year olds
a boost before they get to school. But for kids
with disabilities, it's only fourteen percent, so we really need
to intervene early on. Got an incredible program called Get
Set for School that we implement with our our occupational
therapists in the classrooms, assisting the preschool teachers, and really
(05:05):
taking a multi modality approach to instruction that ensures that
even the kids with sensory issues and some attention to
deficit disorders, those kinds of things, you know, that we
can really focus on their needs and help these kids
kind of get over that hump before they get into
the public school system. But it's really been a great year.
We're very excited. We had a huge summer camp. Forty
(05:26):
two kids in summer camp this year, back to where
we were in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Oh there we go pre pan.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Yeah, I'm sick and talking about pandam.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
I know everybody is. And you had the barstool open
that was back in November.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Right, November ninth. Yeah, big event in the Oregon district.
We love all those bars getting involved. So, you know,
we do a lot of fundraising. But you've got to
understand when I you know, in our childcare is probably
the best example of that. Nobody else in the state
of Ohio has nurses and therapists available on site. We
don't get reim burst for providing nursing services. You know,
(06:02):
all the extra time that therapist spent in the classroom,
the extra staff. If you look at our school age
program for kids six to seventeen, after school and all
summer long, fall break, winter break, spring break, all day,
you know, we have probably three times the staff that
the state requires for that age group.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And that allows us to address behavioral issues, to provide
the kind of personal care support. You know, a lot
of childcare centers if your three year old isn't toilet trained,
they don't want to take them. We have kids that
are sixteen and seventeen that still need help with gtube feeding,
with catharizations, with toileting and feeding assistance. You know, it's
(06:43):
really an intensive approach to providing high quality care. And
we are They changed the step up the quality program
here in Ohio. We're gold rated instead of five star rated,
but you know we're still top of the line. Yeah,
in terms of if you look at childcare and the
state of Ohio, all you have to do is be
eighteen and have a high school diploma to work in
(07:03):
a childcare program or even run a childcare program. All
of our teachers have a bachelor's or a master's degree.
Our assistants have either a certificate in child development or
they have an associates degree in child development, so they
really understand how to help these kids reach those milestones.
And then you add in the therapies and the nurses.
(07:24):
It's just an incredible program and an opportunity to change lives.
But we need the communities help to make that happen. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Dennis Grant here the CEO of United Rehabilitation Services here
on Miami Valley View and That's one of those things
that we mentioned a few minutes ago.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
The need.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
I mean, you do have different fundraisers throughout the year,
and that's great, but the bottom line is the need
never ends. You've got this amazing staff, You've got the
I always call it the new facility. But you've been
there for a while now, right.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Well, we actually were in the main facility since nineteen
ninety nine, and we add in an additional twenty two
thousand square feet on back in twenty sixteen, in October
twenty sixteen, so we now got over sixty three thousand
square feet under roof, meeting the needs of literally hundreds,
over three hundred kids and adults with disabilities every day.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Wow, that's amazing, beautiful, beautiful facility. What would you say, Dennis?
Is the question for somebody who's not familiar with urs,
and but they're they're feeling around for questions. What's one
of the questions you get the most from somebody that's
trying let's maybe checking you guys out.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Where have you been and why didn't I know about you? Before? Wow?
You know, we've had we have a monthly tour generally,
and we invite people from the community to come in
either for a breakfast tour or a lunch tour. We
feed you too, right, and you get to see firsthand
the difference we're making in so many lives. But you know,
(09:01):
we bring these people in, we say you're the best
KEP secret in Dayton. Well, that is the last thing
we want to be. Because if there is a family
with a child in need, and whether it's a young
child six weeks, six years, what have you or a
child who's fifty or sixty who is at home and
needs inspiration and support and socially engaging activities, they need
(09:23):
to find us. If you have a high school student
with disabilities, we can help with our summer youth work experience.
Put them out on real jobs in the community with
one of our job coaches to kind of master those skills,
learn how to work with their coworkers and take direction
from a supervisor. And we actually had one of our
little summer youth groups over at Bagger Days. They wound
up hiring two of the kids that were there. Wow,
(09:46):
because they were so good. And you know, this day
when we're all dealing with workforce issues, still we place
individuals with disabilities on meaningful jobs every day. And you know,
we actually just not October celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month,
and we celebrated Kevin Richardson, young guy who was living
(10:07):
with his aunt when she passed, moved in with his cousin.
He had never been in day programming. He had just
kind of hung out at home, watched TV, hung with
the family. But his cousin and her husband work, so
he came to URS. He went out and volunteered in
the community. We go to Boonshoft, we go to Miami
Valley meals, we helped shoes for the Shoelace Week, grands
to classrooms, so we get our clients in a position
(10:31):
to volunteer and give back. So it's really important. But
he got inspired to do this. He joined our employment
services program, got a job at ud at Oban Pan
in the food court.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
So now he's working and he's got a meaningful career
ahead of him and he's so happy and his family's thrilled.
But you know, that's what it's all about, is how
do we help people learn to be more independent and
be more a part of their own community. That's great.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Well, and the last thing, like you said, the last
thing you want to hear is that, oh I had
no idea you were here or you're the greatest, greatest
cup secret. Obviously, you guys do a great job of
getting out there and doing all these different community events,
but there's still a huge percentage of people that don't
know about you and what a very special, amazing bunch
(11:19):
of services that yours provides. We have about three minutes left.
I want to circle back to talk about the telethon,
which is this coming Thursday. So if somebody's just tuning in,
let's let's let everybody know it's a little bit different
this year again.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Yeah, and this is our big event of the year.
We love everybody to tune in and learn more about
the services we offer, the people we serve, and the
incredible successes we see every day. But on Thursday, December
the fifth, we will be on every news segment throughout
the entire day from four to thirty in the morning
till eleven thirty at night. So if you watch WDTN
(11:55):
Channel two News or you don't yet, yes, start Thursday.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Watch this Thursday.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Yeah, but we're going to have really incredible stories shared,
and I mean Kelly King did a great job of
recording all these stories, interviewing our families and the individuals
we serve. It's just really really special. But we want
you to tune in and learn more about RS the
incredible change we make in people's lives every day. But honestly,
(12:21):
we can't do it without you, so we need you
to make your donation. You don't have to wait until then.
You can actually text urs to two four three sixty five.
That's twenty four three sixty five. Just make your donation today.
You don't have to wait till Thursday. If you don't
happen to be on during the news, you can still
go to RS Dayton dot org to learn about us
and make a donation. But we need your help. We
(12:43):
depend upon the community, honestly to fill this funding gap
we get because most of the money we receive, probably
about eighty percent of it is governmental funding, most of
it medicaid. We just got the first increase in our
medicaid rate in seventeen years. Now, that's a long time
to go. People talk about inflation. We've increased wages dramatically
(13:03):
over that time, and we just got an increase. So
we're constantly trying to make up that funding gap between
what we get paid and what it actually takes to
deliver high quality services to kids and adults with disabilities,
your friends and neighbors from throughout the Miami Valley.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Well, and obviously it's been the last three or four
years have been very tough on people, and you know
things might be a little tight. But wow, at the
end of the year, as you're making one last push
for this telethon this Thursday, I'm sure that that anybody
listening right now, any amount is going to add up
and help you guys out.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Every dollar counts literally. You know, we encourage people if
you can join our monthly giving group. We would basically
bill your credit card or your bank account once a month.
It could be five dollars, ten dollars whatever. But if
you can only make that one five or ten dollars donation,
it still makes a difference. So don't forget.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
And you if somebody wants to take a tour and
kind of test drive, and we've got about thirty seconds left, yeah,
it wants to basically see your facility, they can set
that up right absolutely.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Go to our website. You can look under events and
it lists all the tours that are coming up. We
just posted our twenty twenty five tour schedule, so we
encourage you to come out and see it firsthand. Honestly,
you know, and I'm not saying this for effect, but
so many of the people that come out of there
after that tour you see tears coming down their face.
(14:31):
They're really moved by this. It is a special moment
to really feel it and see it up close and personal.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Dennis Grant, thank you. You are just doing amazing work.
You've done it for a long long time and everybody
that's worked with you over the years. Rs Dayton dot org.
The Yours Telethon is on WDTN and the CW this
coming Thursday. Thanks so much for the time and good
luck on Thursday.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
Thank you, Jeff, We really appreciate it.
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