Vocational and Rehabilitation and Independent Living Virtual Town Hall Meeting to be held November 10

The Disability Employment Transitions Division (DETD) invites the public to join via zoom a town hall meeting on the Vocational Rehabilitation & Blind Services (VRBS), and Independent Living Programs (IL) on Tuesday November 10.

DETD welcomes Montanans to come and share about your experiences, suggestions, comments, concerns, and questions related to both VRBS and/or IL.

The virutual town hall meeting will be held on Tuesday November 10 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and can be acessed using the zoom platform at:

https://mt-gov.zoom.us/j/96189937060 Meeting ID: 961 8993 7060 Dial by Telephone: (646) 558-8656

If you cannot join for the live meeting, comments can submitted online https://dphhs.mt.gov/detd/PublicComment or can also be submitted via US Mail to: Disability Employment Transitions Division PO Box 4210 Helena, Montana 59604

**Written comments must be received by November 30, 2020 to be included in response report. Be sure to provide an email or mailing address to receive responses.

Review the VRBS State Plan here

Review the State Plan for Independent Living here

SPIL Public Listening Session March 10

Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow (LIFTT) and the State Independent Living Council (SILC) invites the public to make its voice heard on the future of independent living services in Montana by participating in a public meeting on the development of the new three-year State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL).

The public meeting on the SPIL will be held on Tuesday March 10 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Community Room of the LIFTT office located at 1201 Grand Avenue in Billings.

For more information or to RSVP contact Jed Barton, LIFTT public relations & government affairs coordinator, at (406) 294-5186 or jedb@liftt.org or Bill Harant, SILC program manager, at (406) 444-4175 or bharant@mt.gov

Disclaimer: Living Independently for Today & Tomorrow is funded in part through contracts with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and the Administration for Community Living, United States Department of Health and Human Services. The statements herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Montana DPHHS, ACL or HHS.

LIFTT is a not-for-profit agency governed by a consumer-controlled Board of Directors whose lives have been personally impacted by a disability. It is funded in part by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 1992 (Title VII - Independent Living Services), and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Disability Services Division).