RILLMI
The Rural Independent Living
Leadership Mentoring Initiative
(RILLMI) addresses the need for rural Center for Independent
Living (CIL) capacity-building. RILLMI will competitively identify two CILs annually
to receive sequenced, agency-specific training. Over the
five project years, ten organizations nationally will
receive high quality, cost-effective Mentoring. The Rural
Institute and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent
Living (APRIL) will provide frequent and recurrent on-site
consultation in each organization.
A six step approach to mentoring
will be applied. Phase One refines Values and Mission.
Phase Two addresses Corporate
Culture. Phase Three teaches Management & Supervision
skills. Phase Four is focused on agency Communication
and Conflict Management. Phase Five builds Team Work capacity.
And Phase Six develops approaches to Personnel Evaluation,
Staff Recruitment, and Reward Systems.
A variety of classroom and distance
education activities will be conducted. RILLMI will:
conduct a series of National
training sessions based upon identified rural CIL staff
development needs including Social Security Work Incentives;
Peer Counseling Techniques; Community Building and Advocacy,
Rural Transportation options, Fund Raising, Rural Housing,
Self-Advocacy development, Board recruitment & refinement,
it also will provide extensive Technical Assistance delivered
on-site by Peer Consultants, on-line, and through phone
consultation; will support national dissemination of contemporary
materials in accessible formats.
RILLMI will also establish an Executive Leadership Forum
on the Internet for communication among CIL leaders and
will sponsor numerous national Teleconferences.
Project Duration
Start Date: October 1, 2000
End Date: September 31, 2005
Funding Source
Rehabilitation Service Administration at the US Dept of
Education/RSA
600 Independence Ave SW, Rm 3314
Washington, DC 20202-2650
Project Sites
Year One CIL Demonstration Sites:
Grants Pass, Oregon
Farmington, New Mexico
Year Two Demonstration Sites:
Scotsbluff, Nebraska
Yuma, Arizona
Partners
Rehabilitation Service Administration at the US Department of Education
Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)
Linda Gonzales, Director
5903 Powdermill Road
Kent, OH 44240
(330) 678-7648 phones
(330) 678-7658 fax
Rural Institute Staff
Cary Griffin, Director of Special Projects
Marsha Katz, Organizational Consultant
Mike Flaherty, Organizational Consultant
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