EM-GTW (Eastern Montana Graduate to Work) Project Teleconference #5

“Collaborative Funding for Transition”
April 6, 2005 1:00 - 2:30

We will broadcast to these locations simultaneously:

Glendive: Carney Conference Center room #2, 107 Dilworth
Miles City: Miles Community College Conference Room (room #106), 2715 Dickenson
Billings: MSU Billings, MT Center on Disabilities Training Room, Education Building
Bozeman: Bozeman High School Conference Room, 205 N. 11th
Lewistown: HRDC Conference Room, 203 Centennial Plaza
Missoula: Curry Health Center Classroom, 634 Eddy at the U of M
Glasgow: Northeast Montana Job Service Workforce Center Conference Room, 74 4th St. North
Hamilton: Location to be announced
Eureka: Location to be announced

In these days of ever-shrinking budgets and overwhelming caseloads, it becomes more important than ever to collaborate for effective service provision and use of funds. Linking students and families to appropriate resources as early as possible in the transition process is a critical step. During this session, Rhonda Shumway from Miles City Vocational Rehabilitation will join Jackie Rammelt, WIA Youth Case Manager and Rebecca Clarke, One-Stop Manager, both from the District VI HRDC in Lewistown, to present information about what services are available through one-stops, VR and WIA. Rural Institute staff will share student scenarios demonstrating how to creatively blend and braid services and funding from multiple agencies to achieve successful transition outcomes for youth with disabilities.

The session will be broadcast over speaker phone, accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation and facilitated by an on-site volunteer.

**If you are unable to attend one of these locations but wish to participate, contact Kim Brown at 888-648-7267 or 406-243-4852, or by email at brown@ruralinstitute.umt.edu; or Ellen Condon at 406-243-4134 or by email at condon@ruralinstitute.umt.edu by 3/28/05.

PLEASE RSVP BY 3/28/05 TO ENSURE THAT AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF PACKETS ARE SHIPPED TO EACH SITE.



This training is an activity of the Eastern Montana Graduate to Work Project, (EM-GTW), which is sponsored by the Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities and the University of Montana’s Rural Institute with local partners:
Region I CSPD, Region III CSPD, Region V CSPD, MAP, and the Montana Center on Disabilities and MSU-Billings.

There is no cost to attendees. OPI Renewal Units are available.