Up here in Lake County we’ll be busy preparing for all the August events during June and July. We will be attending the Native American Cross Cultural and IL Aspects workshop in Great Falls on Aug. 9 and 10. On Aug. 17 Mary Olson and Mike Beers will hold a short “Lead On” presentation for [...]
Larry E. Riley is a trial lawyer and a senior partner in the 35 lawyer Missoula law firm of Garlington, Lohn & Robinson. He also serves as a Guest Lecturer at the University of Montana School of Law. Larry previously served 15 years on the Summit Board of Directors in two different terms. His daughter, [...]
Tiffany Beehler was hired as Summit’s new SDPAS Assistant in April. Tiffany is a single mom with two awesome kids and she enjoys traveling. As an SDPAS Assistant, she helps with the Self-Direct program by filing paperwork, helping with payroll and keeping both the employee and consumer databases updated.
Justyn Field was hired as Summit’s new Communications/Media Relations Specialist in April. A recent graduate of the University of Montana, Field earned his degree in journalism. He had previously been a Summit volunteer in the Missoula office and was the Public Relations Intern last summer. Field is now helping work on the Summit newsletter, Facebook [...]
On March 1, 2011 DPHHS sent out a brochure detailing updates to SNAP, a program designed to help people afford healthy food. Here are a few highlights from that brochure. To qualify for SNAP, you need to meet two income guidelines (Effective Sept. 1, 2010 through Sept. 30, 2011): 1. The first step is meeting [...]
January 20th was an exciting day to be at the Capitol! The Statewide Independent Living Council and Montana’s four Centers for Independent Living (Summit, NCILS, MILP, and LIFFT) sponsored this year’s Legislative Day event during the 2011 Legislative Session, which was held in the Capitol Rotunda. Approximately 100 people participated in Legislative Day this year, [...]
Montana’s Independent Living Centers, along with AARP Montana, Disability Rights Montana, Montana Association of Community Disability Services, Mental Health America of Montana, the Area Agencies on Aging, the Community Mental Health Centers, and consumers from all across Montana rallied in the Capitol Rotunda in Helena on Thursday, March 10th to send a message to legislators [...]
On April 1, 2011, disability advocates joined approximately 1,500-2,000 Montana citizens from all across the state in front of the Capitol in Helena for the No Fooling with Our Future rally. MEA-MFT organized the rally along with the Partnership for Montana's Future. Concerned about the legislature’s deep cuts to education, human services, children’s health programs, [...]
The 2011 Legislature is still going full steam ahead but we wanted to take this opportunity to provide this update of the legislation the Montana Centers for Independent Living has been working on this session. For more complete details about each of the bills we have been following, which are listed below, please go to [...]
Over the next eight months, Summit will be conducting an education campaign about the Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities program. Justyn Field, Summit’s new communications & media specialist, will be spearheading this effort. So, if you are asking yourself “How does this darn thing work?” or “How does the Medicaid for workers with Disabilities program [...]