Interagency Outreach Training Initiative

Project Details

Project Context:
To systematically address the outreach training needs in Utah, state funding was awarded to the Center for Persons with Disabilities to assist Utah's disability service agencies and consumer organizations in providing essential training and technical assistance.

Project Focus:
The Interagency Outreach Training Initiative (IOTI) addresses training gaps, particularly those where other funding is not available, such as for paraprofessional education. In addition, the IOTI facilitates coordination of training efforts among disability service agencies and consumer groups in Utah. State agencies and organizations of consumers and families throughout the state participate in establishing training priorities and approving proposals for training activities.

Participating organizations include the Office of Rehabilitation Services, the Utah State Office of Education's Special Education Services, Division of Services for People with Disabilities, Division of Community and Family Health, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Division of Aging and Adult Services, Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the Utah Parent Center, and the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council (UDDC).

The IOTI has provided funding to train paraprofessionals in the areas of supported employment, positive behavioral supports, and interpreter certification. In addition, aging, assistive technology, self determination, early intervention, education of families and siblings and outreach to diverse cultural and linguistic groups have been among the areas of need targeted for projects.

FY 2011 Focus:
These projects, as well as their budgets and reports of outcomes of completed projects, are listed separately. There were nine IOTI projects funded for the 2010-11 funding year.

-Brain Injury 101 Training
-Healthy Lifestyles for People with Disabilities
-Positive Behavioral Supports for Families
-Supported Employment and Job-Based Training
-Employment First Initiatives & Planning (APSE)
-Positive Behavioral Supports for Families: From Hope to Recovery and Sibshop Training
-Family Preservation Workshops
-Section 504: Training for Families
-Autism Resources