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SWDBTAC BUDGET
Current
Revised
Revised
Proposed Budget
Proposed Budget
Proposed Budget
Years 1-5
Years 1-3
Years 3-5
PERSONNEL
Lex Frieden
40%
$43,674
25%
$26,890
25%
$26,890
DBTAC Director
Wendy Wilkinson
80%
$36,608
80%
$36,608
80%
$36,608
Programmatic Coordinator
Lauric Gerken Redd
40%
$20,881
25%
$13,051
25%
$13,051
Administrative Coordinator
Joe Bontke
80%
$36,608
80%
$36,608
80%
$36,608
Training Coordinator
Quentin Smith
5%
$3.99
Evaluation Specialist
Shirley Herzog
100%
$30,10
100%
$30,101
100%
$30,101
Technical Assistance Specialist
Blanca Maturino
20%
$6,618
20%
$6,618
20%
$6,618
Minority Outreach Specialist
Earl Walden
30%
$10,434
Rural Outreach Specialist
Technical Assistance
100%
$25,000
100%
$25,000
Specialist - to be named
Monica Martinez
50%
$10.000
50%
$10,000
100%
$20,000
Materials Distribution Specialist
PERSONNEL COSTS
$223,264
$184,875
$169,875
TOTAL FTEs
5.45
4.80
4.30
FRINGE BENEFITS (31%)
$69,212
$57,311
$52,661
TOTAL PERSONNEL COSTS
$292,476
$242,186
$222,536
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ANALYSIS OF CHANGES
Reduction of Personnel Costs
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BUDGET AT A GLANCE
Current
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Proposed Budget
Years 1-5
Years 1-3
Years 3-5
TOTAL PERSONNEL COSTS)
$292,476
$242,186
$222,536
(including fringe benefits)
TRAVEL
$18,800
$18,800
$18,800
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$4,000
$4,000
$2,000
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$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
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$180,000
$204,000
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none
none
none
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$83,660
$63,660
$63,660
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$526,936
$516,646
$518,996
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$86,807
$80,119
$76,857
TOTAL
$613,743
$596,765
$595,853
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12:01 9661-9T-16W
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shared Examining existing data on IL/VR collaborative relationships, including co-location of staff,
disseminating planning materials responsibilities, to support and replication other approaches. in other settings. Identifying successful models and
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PLAN OF OPERATION: A DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Quality of Project Design
The project will be designed to assist centers and SILCs in preparing for the 21st century--
i.e., operating in a rapidly changing environment while maintaining a sound foundation based on
independent living philosophy and good management practices. The project design has six
functional areas: (1) continuing development of instructional content on key IL issues; (2)
conducting training program on issues relevant to CILs and SILCs; (3) providing technical
assistance on specific issues faced by CILs and SILCs; (4) expanding the network of individuals
who can deliver high quality IL training and technical assistance; (5) assessing the project in
terms of short-term impact on project participants and their respective CILs and SILCs and in
terms of long-term effects on the IL field; and (6) disseminating project results and products to
the field.
Instructional Content Development
Instructional content for the first two years of the present project cycle has focused on
assisting centers and SILCs to develop strong philosophical and administrative foundations. With
new CILs being established, with many SILCs orienting new members and staff to their roles,
and with new people continuing to enter the IL field, it is imperative that instructional content
continue to be developed and refined which deals with IL foundational issues. These include
implications of the 1992 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act and its regulations to centers and
SILCs; standards and indicators for performance assessment of CILs; the roles, responsibilities,
and composition of SILCs; the role of advocacy as a core service of CILs and its implications for
SILC planning efforts; strategies for resource generation and diversification of funding for CILs,
SILCs, and service programs; building and nurturing effective CIL governing boards; approaches
to IL service delivery; and significant management issues affecting operations of centers and
SILCs. Development of additional instructional options dealing with the philosophical
underpinnings of the IL movement and its implications for CILs and SILCs will be ongoing over
the proposed project period.
Year three of the current project cycle is transitional--dealing both with foundational issues
and issues of preparing centers for challenges of the new century. The instructional content
developed for this year will be refined and expanded for the next project cycle. One very major
effort addresses management innovations such as continuous quality improvement (CQI) and
total quality management (TQM). Certainly these management approaches do not provide a
panacea for all the management problems encountered in either the for-profit or non-profit
sectors; however, they resonate with IL philosophy in three significant ways: first, quality-based
management approaches focus on the consumer or customer, just as the IL philosophy
emphasizes consumer control and direction; second, quality-based management approaches rely
on an empowerment model in which individuals are encouraged to take responsibility for
positive change toward individual and organizational goals; and third, quality-based management
approaches rely heavily on team functioning and on developing effective interactive
relationships. These are characteristics that are consistent with the IL approach, and as such,
there will continue to be an emphasis on quality-based management approaches, including those
which are emerging in the for-profit sector, as CQI and TQM techniques are tested further to
enhance their applications in different situations. During this project year, training staff will
work with a management specialist in CQI and TQM to design curricula, develop resource
materials, and pilot test a training program for CIL administrators. After adjusting the program
based on feedback from those in the pilot test group, this training program will be offered
throughout the next project cycle.
In addition to dealing with change related to innovation in organizational management, other
areas under preparation in the current year which are designed to assist centers in dealing with
their rapidly changing environments include: understanding and promoting human diversity in
CIL and SILC operations and service constituencies (change related to transformation in
demographic populations); using communications technology effectively, including the Internet
and the World Wide Web, as a learning tool, a means of networking, and a way of empowering
consumers (change related to the information technology explosion); and understanding
operations of state government, including the many state agencies serving people with disabilities
(change related to decentralization of the federal government). An area of change that will occur
during the next project cycle and which will have significant impact on the training and technical
assistance project is the 1997 reauthorization of the Rehab Act. No doubt, there will be
amendments to the Act which will materially affect centers and SILCs and which will need to be
addressed by the project.
At the same time that efforts will be invested in developing and refining instructional content
on these subject areas, project staff will continue to develop instructional content that addresses
training and technical assistance needs identified by centers and SILCs in their respective 704
reports, subjects identified in the project's current training program evaluations, targeted field
surveys conducted by ILRU and other organizations, and requests for training and technical
assistance received by the project partners.
Provision of Training
At least three approaches will be used to provide training. One is the traditional face-to-face
training conference, and, as in the present project cycle, staff will continue to conduct training
programs in sites located in different parts of the country in order to minimize travel costs to
participants.
One prominent downside to these conferences is that they are appallingly expensive to
conduct, leaving no funds available to offer travel stipends to participants. In recognition that
some CILs and SILCs have limited funding to support staff and board travel, efforts will be made
to collaborate with regional rehabilitation continuing education programs (RRCEPS), national,
regional and state CIL associations, SILCs, and other organizations interested in providing IL
training programs. Such collaborators provide a source of additional support for actual delivery
of training and not infrequently have funds available for travel stipends for participants who
might not otherwise be able to attend training offerings.
In the current project cycle, staff have collaborated on training conferences with a number of
organizations, including the Hawaiian SILC and state vocational rehabilitation agency, RRCEPs
in regions IV and VI, the SILCs of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, the Association
of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL), the New England Association of CILs, and
the National Council on Independent Living (on its annual conference, which is separate from
this project).
From the point of view of the project, these collaborations have proven to be enormously
successful--in terms of division of labor, splitting of costs, better outreach to targeted
populations, and, most especially, addressing needs immediately pertinent to the target audience.
The one condition project staff place on any collaboration is that we contribute at minimum the
equivalence of two days of training. Since the project has developed training content for a wide
array of subjects, it is fairly easily to provide training on topics in which the target audience or
planning committee has expressed interest. These collaborative relationships will be continued
as possible--some of the organizations are unable to have annual conferences. In future, more
aggressive efforts will be made to seek collaborations with the RRCEPS. The directors of the
RRCEPs in regions IV and VI have been very helpful in suggesting strategies for approaching the
RRCEPs to solicit their collaboration.
A second approach which will be used to provide training is teleconferencing. During the
current project cycle, staff made a considerable investment in learning and practicing the
techniques and procedures of delivering training using teleconferencing technology. Four
teleconferences have been conducted to date, reaching over 1,300 participants at 211 sites. This
remarkably cost-efficient means of providing training has been well received, and in the present
project year, four more teleconferences will be conducted. For the next project cycle, staff plan to
experiment with the format, bringing in new techniques, such as pre-conference exercises and
built-in discussions sessions at each site conducted by a facilitator prepared by project staff.
A third training approach will use another distance-learning technology. This effort will
involve collaboration between the proposed project and ILRU's Research and Training Center in
Independent Living (RTC-IL) to develop and test an on-line instructional program to be delivered
via computer networking to persons around the country. With some of the developmental costs
to be borne by the RTC-IL, this program will be designed in a manner that will allow people in
different parts of the country to select from various course offerings (e.g., the history and
philosophy of independent living, the 1992 Rehab Act Amendments and CIL operations) that can
be completed from the participant's home or place of employment.
The program will be developed in a manner that allows for interaction among training
participants through the use of newsgroups and chat rooms. Interaction between training
participants and faculty will also be facilitated through the same channels and through the use of
e-mail. Drawing upon the combined resources of the RTC and the proposed project, the program
being developed will be a certificate-level, on-line IL course that can be tailored to the needs of
new CIL board or staff members or used selectively as a refresher program with experienced IL
staff or board members. It will also be designed with sections specifically targeting the needs of
SILC members and staff. The longer-term goal will be to provide for a learning program that
leads to an associate degree in independent living and that may be offered by community and
junior colleges through collaborative arrangements with the project and the RTC. A preliminary
agreement to collaborate was negotiated with the Houston Community College in 1995 (see
appendix for copy of letter) and other collaborative arrangements will be pursued as course
development proceeds.
In summing up, the training component of the program is designed around continuing to offer
a variety of training options to people in the field. On-site training opportunities will be offered
in sites centrally located in different parts of the country, minimizing travel costs to potential
participants. Collaboration with other organizations will be pursued as a means of securing
additional training support. Lastly, communications technology, including teleconferencing and
distance learning technology, will be used to provide appropriate topical training in a cost-
effective manner. The design goal for this aspect of the project is to develop an instructional
program that will continue to be available beyond the period of project funding.
Provide Technical Assistance to CILS and SILCS
Perhaps no other component of the project design is as difficult to address as provision of
high quality technical assistance. Technical assistance, more SO than for any other component of
the project, requires sharing of responsibility. Delivery of technical assistance services will
require the active involvement of all project partners and of other individuals and organizations
with specific expertise related to CIL and SILC operations.
Three approaches will be used to meet technical assistance requests: response by project
associates, response by people in the TA Network data base, and intensive intervention with
centers in crisis.
TA by Project Associates
Provision of technical assistance will require active involvement of all individuals associated
with the project. Persons seeking technical assistance are directed to call the ILRU office;
however, many calls are received by other project partners who may deal with such calls directly
or may refer them to ILRU. When a technical assistance request is received, it is evaluated by an
experienced staff member at ILRU or at a partner organization. If the nature of the request is
such that a relatively straightforward response can be provided (e.g., How can Title VII, Part B
funds be used?), then an answer is provided as is appropriate reference to the law and
regulations.
TA Network Data Base
For questions that may require information on variations in service delivery approaches or on
other aspects of CIL or SILC operations in which there is greater room for variation in
approaches used, then the TA Network Data Base which has been developed by ILRU is
consulted, and the person making the request is provided with contact information on individuals
at CILS, SILCs, or other organizations who have experience in dealing with problems or issues