CIL-NET Presents A National Onsite Training:

Operating Personal Assistance Services in CILs

August 16-18, 2011; St. Louis, Missouri

Cost: $125.00

** Registration for this training is now closed **

New: CIL NET is thrilled to announce the addition of a visit to Paraquad for a luncheon presentation on Missouri’s consumer-directed PA programs and a tour of the Center!  At Noon on Thursday, August 18, transportation will be provided from the St. Louis Union Station Marriott to Paraquad.  We expect to return to the Marriott around 3:15 PM, so please schedule your flights late enough to join us.  Of course, this additional opportunity is optional, but you won’t want to miss it!  IL NET thanks Paraquad for making this opportunity possible!

Join us at the Historic St. Louis Union Station Marriott Hotel!

Discounted guestrooms for our event are available for just $139/night.

Personal assistance service programs can be a key to financial stability for a Center for Independent Living.  They can also increase personal assistance services in your community and ensure consumer-direction. But many Centers interested in developing PAS programs are overwhelmed by the thought of increased staff time, liability issues, and Medicaid reimbursement.  That’s exactly why CIL-NET is offering a brand new onsite training to de-mystify PAS programs for Centers for Independent Living.  Our presenters are operating some of the most successful CIL personal assistance programs in the country.  Join us in St. Louis to learn how to develop, implement, and maintain a PAS program that is consumer-directed, supports your Center and advocacy program financially, and serves your community! 

Join us in St. Louis to Learn:

• The philosophical and values base for a consumer-directed personal assistance program
  
• The essential elements needed for administration of a personal assistance service business
  
• The key components of service delivery in a consumer-directed PAS program
  
• Effective strategies for working with state agencies and the state legislature

Goal: To provide centers for independent living with information, resources, tools, and strategies to create and operate consumer-directed personal assistance service programs.

Target Audience: CIL executive directors, program managers, and line staff concerned with PAS programs.

Basic Schedule of Events

Tuesday, August 16:

• 8:30: Continental Breakfast (provided) & Registration
• 9:00: Welcome & Introductions
• 12:00: Lunch (provided)
• 1:15: Training Resumes
• 4:30: Wrap-up and Recess
• 5:30 – 7:30: Reception

Wednesday, August 17:

• 8:30: Continental Breakfast (provided) & Registration
• 9:00: Welcome & Introductions
• 12:00: Lunch (provided)
• 1:15: Training Resumes
• 4:30: Wrap-up and Recess

Thursday, August 18:

• 8:30: Continental Breakfast (provided) & Registration
• 9:00: Welcome & Introductions
• 11:30: Wrap-up and Evaluations
• 12:00: Training Ends
• 12:00: Visit to Paraquad

Meet your trainers:

• Mike Oxford, Executive Director; Topeka Independent Living Resource Center (TILRC); Topeka, KS
  
• Lee Schulz, Executive Director, IndependenceFirst; Milwaukee, WI
  
• Phil Pangrazio, Executive Director; Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL); Phoenix. AZ
  
• Gwen Dean, VP/Director of PAS; Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL); Phoenix, AZ

PRESENTED BY CIL-NET: A program of the IL NET national training and technical assistance project for Centers for Independent Living (CIL-NET) and Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILC-NET). The IL NET is operated by ILRU, Independent Living Research Utilization, in partnership with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL).