We're Back!  OSDA Project STIRTM Leadership Training-Canton, Ohio September 28th-30th, 2021 

OSDA and the Mahoning and Stark County Boards of DD invite 30 youth & adults with a disability, along with an ally, to this 3-day Project STIRTM training. Your ally will be trained too and will assist you during the 3 days.

WHAT?  You will learn to use tools to help you advocate for yourself, connect with others and gain leadership skills. Your ally will learn how to support you to use the skills. You will learn to:

• Stand up for yourself,
• Speak up about things important to you,
• Solve problems,
• Become a leader,
• Start or strengthen a local advocacy or network group,
• Plan for your future by Charting your LifeCourse!

DEADLINE To Register: September 13, 2021

REGISTRATION FEE: $550 if OSDA Member / $650 Non-Member

Not a member? Join now at the OSDA website and register at the Member fee. Scroll to the bottom of this website to join: http://osdaohio.org/pricing/ 

Fee covers the expenses below for both you and your ally:

• All program materials and notebooks - 18 hours of CEUs
• Breakfast and lunch on days 2 and 3 and afternoon snacks on days 1 and 2. Dinner each evening is "on your own". No meals on the first day.
• The fee does NOT include your hotel room for 2 nights - OSDA has arranged for a nightly rate of $99 plus fees and taxes for 1 or 2 persons in a room. Please contact the hotel directly to reserve a room if you want to stay at night. (330) 471-8000 or use the link below.
• https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=CAKCODT&groupCode=CDTSTR&arrivaldate=2021-09-28&departuredate=2021-09-30&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT .

If you receive SELF Waiver services, you may arrange to pay part ($260) through Participant Directed Goods and Services (PDGS). Contact Dana Charlton (614) 563-0788 or osda2011@gmail.com 

If you are a resident of a classified poverty county in Ohio (Highland, Adams, Scioto, Gallia, Meigs, Vinton, Athens, Guernsey, or Ashtubula) you qualifty for a reduced rate of $150.  That rate covers the training for you and your ally and hotel accomodations (1 room).  If you qualify use the code REDUCED when registering for the event.  Contact Cara Lloyd 614-348-1961 or clloyd@dpioh.com or Dana Charlton 614-563-0788 or osda2011@gmail.com with questions.

If you are a resident of Stark or Mahoning County,  and you sign up for the 1st several spots, your registration fee is covered by the Stark or Mahoning CBDD. If you want to stay overnight, contact the hotel directly to reserve and pay for your sleeping room. Hotel - 1 330-471-8000. 

For questions:

Mahoning contact: George Gabriel ggabriel@mahoningcountyoh.gov or (330) 718-4815 

Stark contact:  Lisa Paramore lisa.ann.parramore@gmail.com or Paula Gardner gardnerp@starkdd.org or  by phone at (330) 479-3750

Sponsored by:

Stark and Mahoning County Boards of DD

Partially funded by the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council 

This project was supported, in part by the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, under grant number 2101OHSCDD from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201.

Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy

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