MT Transition Listserv 
Transition Tidbits
Good morning, Listserv members! We have a few transition tidbits to share with you today:
 
(1) 2010 MYLF applications:
Applications for Student Delegates, Staff positions and Presenters for the 2010 Montana Youth Leadership Forum are now available. MYLF will be held on the campus of Carroll College in Helena, Montana, July 12-16 for student delegates and July 11-16 for staff.

Forms can be downloaded from the MYLF web site at www.montanaylf.org  
 
(2) Emerging Leaders Wanted! 
We are looking for examples of young people, age 18-30, in Montana who have a developmental disability according to the Montana definition and have creatively organized their supports to:
*  Live in the community (on their own or with family or  friends) and/or
*  Work in the community (including owning their own business) and/or
*  Access inclusive education (high school, college, trade school, community classes) and/or
*  Participate in recreation and leisure activities that are inclusive (that is, alongside people without disabilities)
We want examples of supports that have been creatively organized around the person, individualized to their interests and needs.  These supports can be organized and managed by a funded adult agency or family and friends.  We are also looking for examples of creative funding such as blended services and natural supports, use of Social Security Administration work incentives, privately funded services or traded or bartered supports.
 
To nominate yourself or someone you know as an Emerging Leader, visit the Rural Institute Transition Projects Web site for a brief nomination form and a consent form.
 
(3) MT-TIRC Advisory Board T-Shirt Sales:
The MT-TIRC Advisory Board is selling T-shirts to raise money so the board can continue to function after the MT-TIRC grant ends on September 30, 2010. The T-shirts share information about the Emerging Leader project, which is one of the MT-TIRC activities. The goal of this activity is to highlight stories of young people with developmental disabilities and ongoing support needs who live, learn, work and/or play inclusively in their communities. 

T-shirts are $15 each and are available in sizes small through extra-extra large.   Youth from the board and students working with the MT-TIRC project are selling the shirts, overseeing their packaging and shipping, and handling the accounting responsibilities for the sales.
 
For more information or to order shirts,  contact Ellen Condon at (406) 243-4134 or by email at: condon@ruralinstitute.umt.edu or
Kim Brown at (406) 243-4852 or by email at: brown@ruralinstitute.umt.edu
 

 
(Please note: the Transition Projects at the University of Montana Rural Institute shares information and resources our listserv members may find of interest.  We do not endorse the web sites or workshop contents or their providers, and we assume no responsibility for the validity of information provided on sites or in sessions not hosted by our agency.)

Kim Brown
MT Transition Listserv