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Age
and Disabilities Conference
Service professionals gather in Duluth
for annual conference
by Terri
Ricci
More than 800 professionals
gathered in Duluth last month for the Age and Disabilities conference.
The annual event, sponsored by the Department of Human Services (DHS)
and the Minnesota Board on Aging, seeks to inform health and human
service providers on the latest practices, programs and policies.
This year’s
conference, held at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, emphasized
expanded community participation, expanded access to technology,
and expanded independence for seniors and people with disabilities.
Awards were also presented to service providers that showed exemplary
leadership (listed below). ![]()
2007 Age and Disabilities
Odyssey Awards Winners
Policy Award (for public policy leadership,
advocacy and education dedicated to improving the lives of
people with disabilities): Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf
and Hard of Hearing People, St. Paul.
Innovations Award (for innovations in direct service, coordination
of services, community-based partnerships): The Lifetime
Home Project, Minneapolis
Service Award (for exemplary practices, services and advocacy for seniors and
their communities): Nicholas Truso, outreach student worker in the St. Paul
office of the Minnesota secretary of state,.
Community Award (for implementing innovations to enhance
the quality of life for seniors and their communities): Grand
Portage Reservation, Grand Portage.
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For information about the 2008 Age and
Disabilities conference, contact David Brown at DHS, 651-431-2448.
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Mary Hartnett (r) receives the Policy award from Jean Wood. Hartness
is executive director of the Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and
Hard of Hearing People.
Nicholas Truso (r) receives the Service Award from Alex Bartolic.
Truso was an outreach student worker for the office of the Minnesota
secretary of state.
Patty Dahl (left) and B.L. Tibbetts receive the Community Award, on
behalf of the Grand Portage Reservation, from presenters Alex Bartolic
(second from right) and Jean Wood (far right). Dahl directs the Grand
Portage Elderly Nutrition Program, and Tibbetts represents the Grand
Portage tribal elders.
Diane Sprague (center), director of the Lifetime Home Project, Minneapolis,
receives the Innovations Award from Jean Wood (l) and Alex Bartolic
(r).
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