There will be no cost of living increases for SSI and SSDI recipients for 2010. The 2010 amounts for Social Security are: SSI Individual - $674/month Couple - $1,011/month Substantial Gainful Activity Non-Blind - $1,000/month Blind - $1,640/month Trial Work Period Month $720/month The Montana Medicaid Medically Needy spend-down threshold will remain at $645 after [...]
The Missoula chapter had a busy fall. Connie Lewis, the chapter president, was able to represent People First at the Independent Living Symposium in Billings. Several of the chapter members also attended the Halloween Party at Hellgate High School in October. Earlier in 2009, Montana People First and it’s chapters across the state became a [...]
Missoula Spring Social Celebrate the End of the Missoula long and glooming nights on Second week of March Hosted by Summit, MonTech, HCBS and VSA Arts For a social and fun filled afternoon at our office building at 700 SW Higgins 2010 Montana Youth Leadership Forum – annual event July 13 through the 16, 2010 [...]
Summit Missoula Staff will facilitate two workshops this spring. Look over the list below and see which ones would interest you. We will schedule the top two workshop requests. LEAD ON Leadership Skills to build on as a person with a disability Living Well with a Disability How to set & maintain goals to improve [...]
On October 26th, we filed around 100 people with disabilities, friends, families, and supporters into the Hellgate High School gymnasium for a Halloween themed funpalooza. Thanks to the support of the Missoula community we were able to offer a carnival style party with face painting, face mask making, pumpkin carving, exploding pumpkins, music, massages, Monte [...]
BALLS (Building Advocacy and Learning Leadership Skills) wrapped up its 6th round of classes during the fall at Hellgate High School. We have plans to go to Seeley Lake High as well as Frenchtown High in the spring of 2010. Also, as part of the services we provide for schools, we have developed a disability [...]
The Missoula and Flathead County YODA (Youth Opening Doors through Advocacy) groups discuss their thoughts about the alleged abuse towards students with disabilities that occurred at North Middle School in Great Falls, MT. The news story referenced in the video can be found on the KFBB.com News Channel 5 website at http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/65353112.html
YODA first: As many of you may know, Summit’s Missoula youth advisory group, Youth Opening Doors through Advocacy (YODA), has identified more social activities and access to recreation as one of their goals as a group. So, we took their advice and went bowling and fishing this summer!! For the YODA meeting in July, a [...]
The Missoula Valley People First/Aktion Club was busy with recreational activities during August. On August 8th the Missoula chapter met with the Hamilton chapter at the Fort Missoula Historical Museum for a Saturday picnic and a tour of the Museum. Everyone enjoyed the sights and displays! Several of the members attended the Summit BBQ at [...]
And Summit listened. This summer, Summit embarked on an outreach initiative as part of our organization's goal to expand peer support opportunities for people with disabilities. For years Summit has provided formal peer counseling services in which a trained peer advocate is matched one-on-one with an individual who needs a positive role model, emotional support, [...]