Project Ready to ServeMaine
The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
(CCIDS) is partnering with the Maine Commission for Community Service, the
Community Resource Corps, and two consumer-driven organizations, in a year-long
collaboration, Project Ready to ServeMaine, designed to facilitate the
recruitment and participation of people with disabilities as community service
volunteers.
Project Ready to ServeMaine, funded through a 2009 National Service Inclusion
Project grant, will result in an increase in the application, enrollment and
retention of national service members and volunteers with disabilities in Maine.
The project will improve outcomes for people with disabilities by forging strong
partnerships among 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/AmeriCorps VISTA programs in the state.
The
National Service Inclusion Project is a Corporation for National Community
Service training and technical assistance provider working through the
Institute for
Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, in
collaboration with the
Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
Funding Source:
A collaboration with the University of Massachusetts'
Institute for Community Inclusion and the
Association
of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Funding Period:
April 15, 2009 - April 15, 2010
Contact Person:
Janet May, Project Coordinator
janet.may@umit.maine.edu
207/581-1383 (V)
800/203-6957 (V/TTY)
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