Conference on Self-Determination & Individualized Funding
 

The First International Conference on Self-Determination and Individualized Funding will be held in Seattle, July 29-31. The main objectives are to promote a wider and deeper knowledge about the international movement to shift funding from service agencies directly to self-advocates who need support to live or work independently in the community; and, particularly about projects and other initiatives to support this development.

For program and cost details, visit the website: http://members.home.net/directfunding/

Nearly 1000 participants are expected to attend the event, sponsored by many U.S. and Canadian groups including: TASH, the British Columbia Coalition for People with Disabilities, the U.S. Administration for Developmental Disabilities, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others. Reports of innovative projects in England, Canada, the U.K., Australia and the USA will be featured.

The Conference is allied to the Year 2000 Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency, taking place August 1-6 in Seattle.