Kenneth Bence
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 19 Jun
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It's really great to be here, Stan.
Well, it can be broad and it can be acute, as you say.
When a person has an event that happens that then limits their physical or mental or emotional capability to live
what their normal life would otherwise be.
And so, you know, as you say, a person can be temporarily disabled following an injury or an accident or something.
And I believe the Department of Transportation allows them to have a handicap sticker for their car for a period of time under those situations.
But most commonly what we think about are those who are the chronically or the permanently disabled, whether it's physically or emotional and developmentally disabled, intellectually disabled.
And so in the home and community-based sector where ARM works, it is really the permanently disabled that we focus on and what their needs are and what kind of supports they require to live a life that is fulfilling for them.
Yeah, well, ARM, A-R-R-M, has been around since 1970.
So it's got a long history.
originally was called the association of resources for the blank and r word that we don't use anymore and so but we now are the association of residential resources in minnesota we are an association and we support the providers who support people with disabilities in residential settings or with services to support
people living in their own homes or with their families.
And so what ARM primarily does is advocacy and training focused on the provider sector.
So we're very active at the legislature and many of the larger organizations that provide support to people with disabilities are members.
So we're a membership association.
So my work has been primarily to help advance the work of ARM and supporting providers by conducting research, gathering statistics and data about where the sector's challenges are, where the sector's strengths are.
That helps us then communicate through our legislative agenda every year and helps us advocate for the providers
you know, again, where they face their challenges.
And so it helps us to do that.
And so, you know, I really have enjoyed the breadth of what my role is and really contributing to the political conversation because unfortunately, fortunately or unfortunately, I guess, you know, anytime we're talking about public investment in healthcare, and in this case for people with disabilities, it's a political conversation because the investments have to come through the legislature and be appropriated.
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