IL NET 1710 Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest Fifth Floor Washington, DC 20036 Voice: 877.525.3400 Fax: 202.207.0341 TTY: 202.207.0340 A collaborative effort by: Independent Living Research Utilization, National Council on Independent Living, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living, Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities. Dear Independent Living Advocate: Each year the IL NET, a collaborative training project of ILRU, NCIL, and APRIL, provides financial support for regional trainings on Independent Living. These regional events provide training on a variety of IL issues, from management to advocacy, in a local setting to reduce travel costs and facilitate local collaboration, problem solving, and strategizing. Regional training topics may be selected from IL NET’s existing cache of training programs or may be original training topics, provided they address at least one of IL NET’s priority areas: - Excellence in CIL & SILC Management, - High Impact CILs & SILCs, - Excellence in Core Services, - Nursing Home Transition & Housing, - Peer Mentoring & Intensive Support, - Emerging Issues, and - Support for New CILs. Regional trainings must also be open to at least one entire region or regions; state-by-state events are not eligible for funding. Financial support must only be spent on training expenses, such as meeting room(s) costs, training materials, trainer / consultant fees, audio / visual costs (if required for the presentation), and accommodations and accessible materials. Funding is available for two types of regional training events: 1) regional trainings / workshops focused on one topic or collection of relevant topics (e.g., ABCs of Nursing Home Transition for Region III CILs), and 2) regional IL conferences, with training on various IL topics (e.g., Region III Independent Living Conference). Regional trainings / workshops awards shall not exceed $5,500. Regional IL conference awards shall not exceed $2,500. Applicants agree that, if funded, they will provide IL NET staff with the following required documents and materials: - Training Outline – clearly identifying the topic(s) to be covered, learning objectives, and a planning calendar will be due three months prior to the event, - Training Materials – all materials and handouts to be shared with participants will be due two months prior to the event, - Participant List – list of participants and their contact information will be due within two weeks of the end of the event, and - Evaluation Information – completed evaluation from all participants (evaluation template is attached to this application) will be due within two weeks of the end of the event. Applications will be accepted on a rolling deadline. Interested parties are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. FY 2008 IL NET Regional Training Support – Application for Funding Contact Person's Name: __________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City: ____________________________ State: ________ Zip: ___________ Organization: ___________________________________________________ Voice: _________________________________________________________ TTY: __________________________________________________________ Fax: __________________________________________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________________ Please select one of the following. I am applying for funding for a(n): ___ Regional training / workshop based on an existing IL NET training / curriculum ___ Regional training / workshop based on new material / curriculum ___ Regional Independent Living conference ___ Other Please provide a brief summary of the regional training for which you are requesting funding. Please indicate if you have a specific location and trainers or if these arrangements are flexible. Please describe the need for this training in your region. If possible, indicate needs across the region and cite specific problems or actions that precipitated the need for such training. Please provide at least three (3) learning objectives that you would like each participant to achieve. How long (in days) do you believe the training should be to sufficiently address these learning objectives? What is your target audience for this event? (i.e., Executive Directors, program staff, consumers, etc.) Please also indicate the number of participants you expect would attend. Your signature below indicates your understanding of all that has been presented above and certifies that, if funded, you agree to provide all required documents and materials. Typed or Printed Name:________________________________ Date:________________ Signature:_________________________________________________ If you have any questions about this form or regional training support, please contact Tim Fuchs: 202.207.0334 (Voice) or 202.207.0340 (TTY) or tim@ncil.org (Email). Please send completed applications to: National Council on Independent Living Attn: Tim Fuchs 1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW, 5th Floor Washington, DC 20036; Or Fax – 202.207.0341; Email – tim@ncil.org