Steering Committee
Members
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Ms. Susan L. Babin |
Administrator, Office of Quality Assurance/Special Projects, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals |
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Ms. Annette Bourbonnierre |
Chairperson, State Rehabilitation Council |
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Mr. Leo Canuel |
Executive Director, People Actively Reaching Independence (PARI - ILC) |
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Ms. Diane Cook |
Policy Specialist, Department of Human Services,
Project Co-Coordinator, Work on the Rhodes to Independence Work Incentives Grant
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Mr. Jon Dupre |
Mental Health Consumer Advocate |
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Mr. Steven A. Florio |
Executive Director, RI Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
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Ms. Deborah Garneau |
Office of Children with Special Health Care Needs, Division of Family Health, RI Department of Health |
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Ms. Elaina Goldstein |
Director, Public Policy Center, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island
Executive Director, Rhodes to Independence Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
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Ms. Dianne Kayala |
Chief of Family Health Systems, Department of Human Services |
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Mr. Richard King |
Consumer Representative |
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Mr. Steve Kitchin |
Vice President, Corporate Education & Training, New England Institute of Technology
Chairman of the Board, Workforce Partnership of Greater RI
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Mr. Tony Lucca |
Director of Operations, Providence/Cranston Workforce Development Office Workforce Investment Board |
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Mr. Damon Mahan |
Consumer Representative |
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Mr. Thomas Martin |
Division of Behavioral Health, Department of Mental Health,
Retardation & Hospitals
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Mr. Alfred J. Moscola |
Interim General Manager, RI Public Transit Authority |
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Ms. Kathleen Partington |
Chief, Workforce Development Services, Department of Labor & Training
Project Co-Coordinator, Work on the Rhodes to Independence Work Incentives Grant
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Ms. Lorna C. Ricci |
Executive Director, Ocean State Center for Independent Living (OSCIL) |
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Mr. Thomas J. Rossi |
President T.J. Rossi Associates, Employer Representative |
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Ms. Susan Shapiro |
Vocational Rehabilitation/Human Resource Development Coordinator, Office of Rehabilitation Services, Department of Human Services |
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Mr. J. David Sienko |
Education Specialist, RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Needs |
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Mr. John Sullivan |
Consumer Representative |
Acknowledgements
The Rhodes to Independence Steering Committee wishes to express appreciation to Steve Kitchin, Chair of the Steering Committee and to all of the individuals who served on the three Steering Committee Workgroups this year, and especially the Workgroup Chairs; Anne LeClerc, Beth Pinkham, Susan Shapiro, and David Sienko. Without their generosity of time and expertise this second annual report would not have been possible.
Outreach Workgroup: Susan Babin, Anne Boyd, Rory Carmody, Andrea Casteneda, Dianne Cook, Frank Depetrillo, Jon Dupree, Vicki Ferrara, Steven Florio, Elaina Goldstein, Mitch Henderson, Anne Mulready, Mary Lou McCaffrey, Kathy Partington, Paul Pickens, Beth Pinkham, Lorna Ricci, Cheryl-Ann Ring, Susan Shapiro and Michael Spoerri
Transportation Workgroup: Carolyn Aspinwall, Tony Bagaglia, Chris Clarkin, Elaina Goldstein, Danielle Hetu, Jeanne Hunter, Anne LeClerc, Marilyn Sayles, Maura Silvia, Mark Susa, Dale Williams, Alice Woods and Charles Zawacki
Youth in Transition Workgroup: Denise Achin, Cheryl Collins, Regina Connor, Maureen Corkery, Sue Donovan, Vicki Ferrara, Deb Florio, Steven Florio, Deborah Garneau, LizAnn Gibson, Elaina Goldstein, Mark Gunning, Marie Hanley, David Hammel, Linda McMullen, Luz Mery Mejia, Colleen Polselli, David Sienko, Jan Shedd, Peter Simon, Linda Soderberg, Michael Spoerri, Sue Vandal, Mary Waleck and Alice Woods
The Steering Committee is grateful to Elaina Goldstein, Anne LeClerc, Kate McCarthy-Barnett, Beth Pinkham, Susan Shapiro, David Sienko, Devorah Weiner and Nancy Wooten for providing their expertise, skill, and tenacity in staffing the Workgroups and drafting the reports.
We wish to express our sincere appreciation to Donald E. Letendre, Dean and Professor, University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy for his valuable support and advocacy for the Rhodes to Independence. In addition, we want to extend our gratitude to the very capable College of Pharmacy administrative staff who have helped us through innumerable accounting, budget and grants' issues.
We would like to express thanks to the staff of the two technical assistance centers for the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant: (1) the Center for Workers with Disabilities at the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and (2) the National Consortium for Health Systems Development (NCHSD), for their continuous help, support and responses to any and all questions, and for the opportunity to discuss challenges and accomplishments with our many "state partners".
Last, but certainly not least, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, especially Joe Razes, Rhode Island's Project Officer for the Rhodes to Independence Medicaid Infrastructure Grant, for providing the funding and project support for this important project.
