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New Community Opportunities Center at ILRU Presents
Building an Effective, Comprehensive CIL Youth Program

April 10 - 12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Registration $125.00

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About the Training

Join us at the beautiful Intercontinental Hotel Galleria to explore innovative ways to design and operate programs and services that support youth in transitioning to adulthood.

You will learn:

• How "nothing about us without us" is especially important when involving youth in CIL programs
• What services and programs successful CILs are offering to support youth transition
• How successful CILs design, fund, staff, and operate their youth transition programs
• How to support transition from school to work, post-secondary education, adult health care, and independent living

Target Audience:

CIL staff involved in youth transition services and supports, and those interested in expanding services in their centers and increasing the capacity of the youth in their communities.

Preliminary Schedule of Events

About the Presenters

Kimberly Arnett, Director of Community Operations, The Ability Center of Greater Toledo (ACT)

Christy Dunaway, Director, Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) of Mississippi

David Hancox, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Independent Living, Inc.

Stacey Milbern, National Youth Leadership Network

Cindy Singletary, National Youth Leadership Network

Registration & Hotel Accommodations

The registration fee is $125.00 and includes handouts and course materials, breakfast, lunch and breaks. To register for the training, please complete our online registration form. Once you have registered, you will be directed to our online shopping cart to process your registration payment. You will receive a confirmation of your registration via email from ilru@ilru.org.

A room block has been reserved at the beautiful Intercontinental Hotel near the Galleria in Houston. Room rates for this training are $149.00 per night, single or double occupancy. Contact the Intercontinental Hotel Galleria directly by calling 800-316-8645 and indicating you are with the block for the ILRU Youth Program or by going online to http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/intercontinental/en/gb/dates-preferences/HOUPO?groupCode=UDK and making your reservation . The guaranteed rate of $149.00 is effective until March 19, 2012. Room reservations made after that date, if available, will be at the hotel's prevailing rate.

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Please note: For the safety and comfort of those with chemical and environmental sensitivities, please refrain from using any perfumed grooming products such as scented soaps, deodorants, perfumes, and colognes.

Presented by New Community Opportunities Center: Support is provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. No official endorsement of the Department of Education should be inferred. The New Community Opportunities Center is a national training and technical assistance project for centers for independent living and statewide independent living councils (H400B100003). The New Community Opportunities Center is operated by Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU). ILRU is a program of TIRR Memorial Hermann, a nationally recognized rehabilitation center for persons with disabilities.