ADVOCACY/LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• General Overview
• Community/Grassroots Organizing
• Individual Empowerment
• Systems Advocacy
• Legislative Process

APPLICABLE LAWS

• General Overview And Promulgation Of Various Disability Laws
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Air-Carrier's Access Act
• Fair Housing Act
• Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
• Medicaid / Medicare / PAS / Waivers / Long-Term Care
• Rehabilitation Act Of 1973, as amended
• Social Security Act
• Workforce Investment Act Of 1998
• Ticket To Work And Work Incentives Improvement Act Of 1999

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

• General Overview

DATA COLLECTING AND REPORTING

• General Overview
• 704 Reports
• Dual Reporting Requirements
• Case Documentation

DISABILITY AWARENESS and INFORMATION

• Specific Issues

EVALUATION

• General Overview
• CIL Standards And Indicators
• Community Needs Assessment
• Consumer Satisfaction Surveys
• Focus Groups
• Government Performance Results Act and Title VII
• Outcome Measures

FINANCIAL: GRANT MANAGEMENT

• General Overview
• Federal Regulations
• Budgeting
• Fund Accounting

FINANCIAL: RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

• General Overview
• Diversification of Funding Base
• Fee-for-Service Approaches
• For Profit Subsidiaries
• Fund-Raising Events of Statewide Campaigns
• Grant Writing

INDEPENDENT LIVING PHILOSOPHY

INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS

• Best Practices
• Specific Examples

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Computer Skills
• Software

MARKETING and PUBLIC RELATIONS

• General Overview
• Presentation/Workshop Skills
• Community Awareness

NETWORKING STRATEGIES

• General Overview
• Electronic
• Among CILs & SILCs
• Community Partners

PROGRAM PLANNING

• General Overview of Program Management and Staff Development
• CIL Executive Directorship Skills Building
• Conflict Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• First-Line CIL Supervisor Skills Building
• IL Skills Modules
• Peer Mentoring
• Program Design
• Time Management
• Team Building

OUTREACH TO UNSERVED/UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS

• General Overview
• Disability
• Minority
• Institutionalized Potential Consumers
• Rural
• Urban

SILC ROLES/RELATIONSHIP TO CILS

• General Overview
• Development of State Plan for Independent Living
• Implementation (monitor & review) of SPIL
• Public Meetings
• Role and Responsibilities of Executive Board
• Role and Responsibilities of General Members
• Collaborations with In-State Stakeholders

CIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• General Overview
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Policy Development
• Recruiting/Increasing Involvement

VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

• General Overview