CCIDS News
CCIDS Receives 2009
National Service Inclusion Project Grant
The Center for Community Inclusion and
Disability Studies has been awarded one of three 2009 National Service
Inclusion Project Grants for Project Ready to ServeMaine, a
collaborative partnership that will result in a measurable increase in
the application, enrollment and retention of Maine national service
members and volunteers with disabilities. This 12-month project builds
upon a successful, creative collaboration between the Maine Commission
for Community Service and the Center for Community Inclusion and
Disability Studies since 2002.
The
National
Service Inclusion Project at the
Institute for Community Inclusion—University of Massachusetts
Boston, in collaboration with the
Association of
University Centers on Disabilities, conducts a comprehensive program
of training, technical assistance, and dissemination designed to
increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in
Corporation for National and Community Service funded programs.
Project Ready to ServeMaine will
improve outcomes for Maine citizens with disabilities by forging strong
partnerships between Alpha One, Maine’s Center for Independent Living;
Speaking Up for Us, Maine’s Self-Advocacy Network; the Maine Commission
for Community Service; and the AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Vista programs
in Maine.
Under
the leadership of Project Director, Janet May, the Center’s Coordinator
of Transition and Adults, (pictured at left with Avery Olmstead)
Project Ready to ServeMaine will not only support the participation
of Maine citizens with disabilities in national service and
volunteering, but will also help Maine volunteer and national service
organizations to better support participants with disabilities.
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