CORE & TRN: Rural Institute Consumer Advisory Council

2014

Evolution of the MT-TIRC Advisory Board to the Rural Institute Consumer Advisory Council The funding from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities ended in September 2010. The work of MT-TIRC, including the MT-TIRC Advisory Board, the Emerging Leader Project, and several other Advisory Board work groups, has continued with a mixture of funding from the Rural Institute on Disabilities CORE grant; the Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities; Montana's Children's Special Health Services; and fee-for-service activities completed by the Transition Projects staff. As of 10/1/11, the MT-TIRC Advisory Board was renamed the Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) for the Rural Institute on Disabilities to reflect the expansion of its responsibilities beyond the Transition projects into other Rural Institute projects and activities. The Council currently consists of four parents of youth with DD; seven youth/young adults with DD; and representatives from Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability Rights Montana, PLUK (Parents, Lets Unite for Kids), the Montana Youth Leadership Forum, schools, MonTECH, the Social Security Administration, and Childrens Special Health Services. All five regions of the state are represented. The Advisory Council meets quarterly. A list of current Consumer Advisory Council members may be accessed at http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/transition/MTTIRC_ADBoard_Members.asp

Transition, Developmental Disabilities, Consumer Advisory Council

Training Trainees

Quality Assurance, Quality of Life

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees)

Racial or Ethnic Minorities

Single-County

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