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Passing along — fellowship for self-advocacy for individuals

Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center Fellowships Now Open for 2023 ProjectsApplication Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2023 | 9 PM ET   Apply for the fellowship   The Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC) is now accepting applications

Paula McElwee November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 ACL Guidance, Consumer Goals No Comments Read more

CARES Act funds for Part C centers — Spend wisely

The CARES Act funds for COVID-19 relief became available to Part C centers this past week. I would like to suggest some things to think about before you begin spending. If you plan well, your reporting and documentation will be

Paula McElwee April 27, 2020August 3, 2020 ACL Guidance, Allowable Costs, Consumer Goals, Emergency Preparedness, Finances 2 Comments Read more

How do we count services that happen in groups or electronically?

Note: while your Program Performance Reports (PPRs formerly 704 Reports) were submitted in December, you are continuing to collect data for the year we are in. In fact, you are over a quarter into the next year. Be sure to

Paula McElwee March 11, 2020March 18, 2020 704 Report, Consumer Goals, Consumer Service Record, Core Services, Social Media No Comments Read more

Staff training clips from archives

You might find it helpful to utilize some of the on-line resources for your staff meetings and staff training. Some center approach training by doing a short segment during each staff meeting. I suggest up to 30 minutes each. Here

Paula McElwee May 1, 2019September 9, 2019 Consumer Goals, Core Services, History and Philosophy of IL, Individual and System Advocacy, Staff, Technical Assistance 1 Comment Read more

How do I teach consumer control to staff?

Question: I’m particularly focused on boundaries and personal choice as reminder to existing peers in their work with consumers. As happens with many of us in any human service in our desire to “help,” I’ve had a couple situations in

Paula McElwee April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Consumer Control, Consumer Goals, History and Philosophy of IL No Comments Read more

Do life goals and dreams need to be realistic?

A few weeks ago I got to attend a great on-location training by IL-Net called “Get to the Core of It: Integrating CIL Core Services for a Holistic Consumer Experience”.  (The captioned video will be posted soon.) All of the

Paula McElwee May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 Consumer Control, Consumer Goals, Planning No Comments Read more

Quality Assurance — How do we assure CIL quality?

Question:We are working to develop a new Quality Assurance Program. Part of the Program will include following-up with recently closed consumers and providing them a Consumer Satisfaction Survey. Do you know what obligations, if any, we have as a CIL

Paula McElwee March 9, 2018March 13, 2018 Consumer Control, Consumer Goals, Planning 2 Comments Read more

Students with mental health disabilities — youth in transition?

The research team of the National Council on Disability (NCD) – a U.S. federal agency that provides advice to the President, Congress, and other federal agencies – has released the results of a national study on the experiences of students

Paula McElwee September 15, 2017September 14, 2017 Consumer Goals, Core Services, Youth No Comments Read more

Help! Our Center is in a rut!

Request: Our Center is in a rut. We need some ideas to energize our future. As you know, our CIL has been stuck in a rut for quite a few years and we are trying to shake things up and

Paula McElwee April 14, 2017October 26, 2021 Consumer Goals, History and Philosophy of IL, Peer Mentoring, Peer Support, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Are you ready for that emergency?

It’s that time of year again. There are floods, landslide, road washouts and more in California. Weather events happen all across the country. Blizzards. Earthquakes. Tornadoes. Ice storms. Recent fires in the Tennessee towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge burned

Paula McElwee January 13, 2017January 26, 2017 Consumer Goals, Emergency Preparedness, Individual and System Advocacy No Comments Read more
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This project is supported by grant numbers 90ILTA0001 and 90ISTA0001 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.

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