What's New Featuring the latest newsletters, articles and other information on independent living, disability and managed care, personal attendant services and the Americans with Disabilities Act. New on the ILRU Web site: One New Posting in Job Announcements - posted May 15, 2013 Upcoming Webinars: Wednesday, June 19 - More information coming soon Best Practices for Strengthening Partnerships and Relationships with Other Disability Organizations On-Demand Webinars: 2013 Assessing the Health of Your CIL: Preventative Management Checkup Using RSA's Review Tool, Part 2: Administrative Fiscal Review presented by Paula McElwee on May 8, 2013 Assessing the Health of Your CIL: Preventative Management Checkup Using RSA's Review Tool, Part 1: Preparation and Standards presented by Paula McElwee on May 1, 2013 Effecting Policy Change in Medicaid and Community Services presented by Bruce Darling and Suzanne Crisp on February 13, 2013 Medicaid 101 presented by Suzanne Crisp on January 30, 2013 2012 A Two-Part Series: Effective Partnerships to Increase Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing. Part 2: Forging Legal Alliances to Ensure Fair Housing Enforcement presented by Kim Borowicz and Ken Walden on December 10, 2012 A Two-Part Series: Effective Partnerships to Increase Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing - Part I: Partnerships for Housing Resources presented by Rahnee Patrick, Tara Peele and Amanda Motyka on December 4, 2012 Strengthening Partnerships: Fostering Statewide Collaboration Part 2: Strengthening Partnerships Between SILCs and DSUs presented by Liz Pazdral and Megan Juring on September 27, 2012 Strengthening Partnerships: Fostering Statewide Collaboration Part 1: Strengthening Partnerships Between SILCs and CILs presented by Liz Pazdral and Eli Gelardin on September 25, 2012 Marketing for CILs presented by Janine Bertram Kemp on September 19, 2012 Developing an Outcomes-Focused SPIL presented by Mike Hendricks on September 18, 2012 Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the Four Core Services - A Five Part Series - Part 5: Peer Support presented by Amina Donna Kruck and April Reed on September 4, 2012 A Two-Part Series on Managed Care and the Independent Living Movement - Part 2: CILs Involvement in Managed Care presented by Bill Henning and Merrill Friedman with Suzanne Crisp on August 30, 2012 A Two-Part Series on Managed Care and the Independent Living Movement - Part 1: Managed Care 101 presented by Bill Henning and Merrill Friedman with Suzanne Crisp on August 28, 2012 Disability Statistics, Part II: Using Statistics on People with Disabilities to the Inform the SPIL presented by Andrew Houtenville, Eric Lauer and Tony Ruiz on August 23, 2012 Disability Statistics, Part 1: The Availability of Statistics on People with Disabilities presented by Andrew Houtenville, Eric Lauer and Tony Ruiz on August 21, 2012 Teaching the Importance of Exploring All Options toward Further Education presented by Cindy Singletary and Augusta Smith, LIFE of Mississippi on July 25, 2012 Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the Four Core Services - A Five Part Series - Part 4: IL Skills Training presented by Tim Sheehan on July 18, 2012 Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the Four Core Services - A Five Part Series - Part 3: Individual Advocacy presented by Marsha Sweet on May 9, 2012 Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the Four Core Services - A Five Part Series - Part 2: Systems Advocacy presented by Chris Hilderbrant on May 2, 2012 Get to the Core of It: Best Practices in the Four Core Services - A Five Part Series - Part 1: Information & Referral presented by Darrel Christenson and Roger Howard on April 24, 2012 Filing Complaints to Leverage Olmstead Enforcement: The Kansas Experience presented by Shari Coatney, President and CEO, Southeast Kansas Independent Living Resource Center (SKIL), on March 22, 2012 Reducing the Risks of Abuse against Individuals with Disabilities presented by Michelle Schwartz on January 25, 2012 Please Visit our Index of On-Demand Training for Additional Presentations

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