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Rural Summit Recap
The Rural Disability Research and Practice Summit featured presenters speaking about Rural Personal Assistance Services and Rural Digital Access. If you missed or want to review the summit presentations, please visit our Summit page, which has videos, slides, additional rural stories, and more!
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If you are interested in more rural perspectives on personal assistance services, check out the latest issue of Montana Voices Amplified: Our Voices: The importance of direct support professionals and potential impact of the provider rate study. This publication addresses the Montana Medicaid rate study and the vital importance of direct support professionals in the lives of Montanans with disabilities. Montana Voices Amplified (MVA) is a powerful project hosted by our friends at Montana Family to Family Health Information Center. MVA provides a platform for people of all ages and abilities to speak for themselves.
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2022 Rural Institute Impact Report
The just-released Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities Impact Report: Improving Life for Rural Americans with Disabilities, highlights work from RTC:Rural and other RIIC researchers, service providers, and staff showing the diversity of projects that promote thriving communities for all.
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State of Science - Disability Statistics
RTC:Rural researchers will be presenting on data limitations and rural disability disparity at the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) State of the Science Conference on Disability Statistics.
The conference is February 9 and 10 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. ET and is focused on convening federal, state, and academic partners to discuss issues around disability statistics, and identify collaboration opportunities.
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The Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC:Rural) conducts research on disability as part of the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities at the University of Montana.
RTC:Rural is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) grant number 90RTCP0002 to improve the ability of people with disabilities to engage in rural community living.
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