N.D. STATE COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
                                                                                PROFILE ON FISCAL YEAR  2008  PROJECTS                      
12-20-07

1.         Provider:  University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND               Contract No:  660-07079
            Project:    Family to Family Network
            Type:       7th year                                   Amount:  $50,000
            Emphasis Area:  Education/Early Intervention
            Contact Person:  Pat Conway                Phone:  777-2359
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  Under this project, the ND Family to Family Network will continue to provide emotional and informational support to             families with children having all kinds of disabilities and special healthcare needs.

2.         Provider:  ND Center for Persons with Disabilities, Minot, ND     Contract No:  660-07111
            Project:    Comprehensive Benefits Planning
            Type:       N/A                                          Amount:  $25,633
            Emphasis Area:  Employment
            Contact Person:  Lisa Johnson              Phone:  858-3494
            Project Period:    10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  This project will provide training to DD and Voc Rehab professionals enabling them to assist their clients to navigate             benefit programs in ways that encourage those clients to obtain and maintain employment.
           
3.         Provider:  Open Door Center, Valley City, ND                              Contract No:  660-07112
            Project:    Thrift Shop
            Type:       1st year                                    Amount:  $56,487
            Emphasis Area:  Employment
            Contact Person:  Mary Simonson          Phone:  845-1124
            Project Period:    10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  Under this project, a Thrift Store with a side business will be established in Lisbon, ND.  This funding will pay for job             coaching costs for 6 DD persons to be employed by this store.

4.         Provider:  Pride, Inc., Bismarck, ND                                             Contract No:  660-07114
            Project:     School to Work transition
            Type:        1st year                                   Amount:  $20,200
            Emphasis Area:  Employment
            Contact Person:  Barb Murry                  Phone:  258-7838
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  This project will provide opportunities for 25 special education students in Bismarck-Mandan to learn appropriate work             and social behaviors through interactions with co-workers in a work setting.

  5.       Provider:  Head Injury Association of ND, Valley City, ND                        Contract No:  N/A
            Project:    Brain Injury Conference
            Type:       N/A                                          Amount:  $4,900
            Emphasis Area:  Community Support
            Contact Person:  Mary Simonson          Phone:    845-1124
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  This funding will be used to support consumer participation at the statewide Brain Injury Conference scheduled for             September 11 and 12, 2008 in Fargo.

 6.        Provider:  ND Center for Persons with Disabilities, Minot, ND     Contract No:  660-07081
            Project:    NDACF Conference
            Type:       N/A                                          Amount:  $7,728
            Emphasis Area:  Community Support
            Contact Person:  Mary Mercer                Phone:    858-3260
            Project Period:    10-1-07 to 6-30-08
            Summary:  This funding partially supports the 22nd Annual Conference of the North Dakota Association of Community Facilities             (NDACF) scheduled for April 23-25, 2008 in Fargo, and subsidizes a consumer participation component for that conference.

7.         Provider:  ND Association of Community Facilities, Fargo, ND   Contract No:  660-07116
            Project:    Community Transitions
            Type:       N/A                                          Amount:  $22,730
            Emphasis Area:  Community Support
            Contact Person:  Barb Murry                  Phone:  258-7838
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  In collaboration with the DHS Transition to Community Task Force, this project will help create a blueprint for             successful deinstitutionalization of an additional 30 residents of the Developmental Center by 6-30-09.

8.         Provider:  ND Protection and Advocacy Project, Bismarck, ND   Contract No: 660-07118
            Project:    Individual Justice Planning
            Type:       1st year                                    Amount:  $4,375
            Emphasis Area:  Community Support
            Contact Person:  Teresa Larsen            Phone:  328-2950
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  Regional training sessions for advocates, attorneys, judges, service provider personnel, corrections personnel and             human services professionals will be conducted on individual justice planning for DD individuals who become involved with the             criminal justice system.

9.         Provider:  ND Center for Persons with Disabilities, Minot, ND      Contract No: 660-07080
            Project:    Disaster Preparedness Planning
            Type:      2nd  Year                                   Amount:  $19,941
            Emphasis Area:  Community Support
            Contact Person:  Rich Berg                   Phone:  858-4349
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  This collaboration project involving the 3 DD Act programs in North Dakota will assure that disaster preparedness             planning includes provisions for persons with disabilities, their families and service providers.

10.       Provider:  ND Disabilities Advocacy Consortium, Bismarck, ND            Contract No:  N/A
            Project:    Disability Issues Conference
            Type:      N/A                                           Amount:  $2,000
            Emphasis Area:  Community Support
            Contact Person:  Jim Moench                Phone:  223-0347
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  This funding will support attendance by persons with disabilities and their family members at the 4th annual Disabilities             Issues Conference scheduled for August 19-20,2008.

11.       Provider: Arc of Bismarck                                                              Contract No: 660-07082
            Project:   Partners in Policymaking
            Type:      15th Year                                  Amount: $62,409
            Emphasis Area: Quality Assurance
            Contact Person: Joyce Smith                 Phone: 258-4979
            Project Period:   10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary: Partners in Policymaking is a self-advocacy model used by more than 40 states which provides leadership training for             consumers with developmental disabilities, parents and family members to become knowledgeable about DD issues and to further             their competency in becoming effective advocates for themselves.  In FY 2008, the program is expected to train 25 people.

  12.     Provider:   ND Disabilities Advocacy Consortium, Bismarck, ND   Contract No: 660-07086
            Project:     Advocacy Consortium
            Type:       8th Year                                   Amount: $75,075
            Emphasis Area: Quality Assurance
            Contact Person: Jim Moench                 Phone:   223-0347
            Project Period: 10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:   This grant supports continued development and maintenance of a statewide Disability Advocacy Consortium in North             Dakota which will inform and educate policymakers on disabilities issues.

  13.     Provider:  Listen, Inc., Grand Forks, ND                                       Contract No:  660-07088
            Project:    Self-Advocacy Solution
            Type:       5th year                                   Amount:  $34,932
            Emphasis Area:  Quality Assurance
            Contact Person:  Carla Tice                   Phone:  780-8496
            Project Period:    10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  This project assists local self-advocacy groups across North Dakota to become more effective in achieving systems             change.  The project will continue to identify and address consumer self-advocacy training needs.

14.       Provider:  ND Center for Persons with Disabilities, Minot, ND     Contract No:  660-07084
            Project:    Public Perceptions Mythbuster
            Type:       2nd Year                                  Amount:  $15,177
            Emphasis Area:  Quality Assurance
            Contact Person:  Cynthia Salazar          Phone:  858-3356
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 9-30-08
            Summary:  This collaboration project involving the 3 DD Act programs in North Dakota is designed to improve quality of life for             persons with DD by overcoming negative public attitudes toward them.

15.       Provider:  Upper Valley Arc, Grand Forks, ND                              Contract No:  660-07117
            Project:     DD in North Dakota Report
            Type:        N/A                                         Amount:  $45,700
            Emphasis Area:  Quality Assurance
            Contact Person:  Dianne Sheppard       Phone:  772-6191
            Project Period:  10-1-07 to 4-30-09
            Summary:  This report to be completed by Dr. David Braddock of the University of Colorado’s Coleman Institute for Cognitive             Disabilities will yield a 12-year longitudinal analysis of the structure, financing and quality assurance systems affecting services for             North Dakotans with DD.