8-15-13 Pikes Peak Interagency Transition Team Meeting Minutes Facilitator: Marsha Unruh Notetaker: Ann McKenzie Introductions

of all agencies present made Marsha Unruh: Marsha talked with the group about the Navigation Services at TRE. Please reference the link below to see what these services entail. http://www.tre.org/what-we-do/navigation-services New Facebook page: Completed by the UCCS Technical Writing Class. The logo has different colors of the mountains to show our diversity. There is a directory link on the page for our membership/agency addresses and phone numbers. Soon, the minutes from our monthly meetings will be included. We will be talking more about our Facebook page at our September meeting. PPITT wants to have an accurate list of its members. If you do not wish to receive our emails then please ask to have your name and contact information removed. If you do, please let us know who you are. We of course want to
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have as much participation as possible at our monthly meetings and your attendance is vital to our partnership and presence in our community. We are not sure if the following people, emails and or agencies are still active. Please review and let us know if you still wish to be a part of PPITT. Bobbie Mays Bmays@rmhumanservices.org Cassie McGrath crazyforualways@gmail.com Angela Waterbury connect@thetcs-llc.com Cassandra Zink cassandramay@live.com Cindy Cridlebaugh cindy@supportinc.com Daisy Vanzandt daisy.vanzadt@tobiiati.com David Bohn dpbohn@gmail.com David Kwesell d.kwesell@gmail.com Deborah Freeman vanilla30@hotmail.com Jamie Swalley jamiesjoy@gmail.com Janelle Scribner jdscrib@hotmail.com Kathy Dowdell kdndb2@gmail.com Kim Veramontes kveramontes@yahoo.com Lillian Brothers lill1981@comcast.net Mary Berry smeea5@yahoo.com Rene Harrell rjharrell@gmail.com Sandy Kwesell skwesell@hotmail.com Theresa Vera theresaavera@hotmail.com Theresa Vera theresaavera@hotmail.com
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Valerie Montgomery valerie@beyondbeautiful.net Vickie Pacheco vatochoclat@msn.com Glenn Azare, The Resource Exchange: shared information on the upcoming Respite Care Summit on 11-8-13. For more information contact Glenn at TRE or email him at gazare@tre.org One of the key points will be talking with law makers about the respite services needed in the state of Colorado. Ann McKenzie,Special Kids Special Families: Sweet Summer Nights August 22, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM MDT http://www.sksffundraisers.org/ Venue 515 515 Manitou Avenue Manitou Springs, CO 80929 Judi Stein Stutman representing The Metro Interagency Transition: for the Denver area is asking for any contacts we may have that would be interested in joining this team. For more information, please contact Judi at 303-825-2533 or email @ jsteinstutman@experiencecle.com Independence Center: For more information go to the following website; http://www.theindependencecenter.org/
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Community Health Fair 9-6-13 Call for Artists: ART for A.T. 10-25-13 Home Ownership: 10-22-13 Tom Rochelle representing the Circle of Friends support group: for individuals who have epilepsy. The meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of every month from 67:30pm. For more information, please contact Tom Rochelle at: tcrochelle@q.com Theresa Felton: Talked about Jumpin Jacks opening up their business to individuals with IDD the 2nd Wednesday of every month. For more information contact them directly at: Jumpin Jacks @ Citadel Crossing Shopping Center 563 N. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80909 719.573.8770 Karin Cowan, Community Outreach: talked about the Re-Call Election for John Morse. She just wanted to remind the group of the enormous support that John has given to our IDD community. Marsha Unruh, TRE: Talked about the Division of Developmental Disabilities making changes to the DD eligibility and services determination. The definition has
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changed and they are looking at different criteria with regards to IQ and Adaptive Behavior Testing. Autism is also included. TRE has 34 new CES enrollment, over 60 SLS. They are also working on several nursing home discharges through the Colorado Choice Transition. In the meeting Marsha indicated that they were offering SLS services to those individuals who went onto the wait list in 2007, but meant 2006. They are also looking back 3years on individuals who were deemed ineligible. For more information on this, please give Marsha a call at The Resource Exchange. NEXT MEETING Thursday September 19th, 2013 @ 1:00pm at the El Paso Citizens Service Center