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Commitment 3: Equality (Con'nued)<br />
2018 Ac'on Step Lead Progress<br />
Completed a 12-workshop professional<br />
development series, facilitated by<br />
professional arst Daric Gill. This brought in<br />
several local arsts throughout the year.<br />
3.4<br />
Enrich the Arst in Residency (AIR) program at<br />
150 West Main, ensuring an interesng arst<br />
community.<br />
Pam Whiteley<br />
Community<br />
Art & Training<br />
Specialist<br />
Two qualifying arsts applied to VSA’s juried<br />
exhibion and were accepted.<br />
Two arsts applied and were accepted to the<br />
2018 Art Walk. There were 3 addional arsts<br />
parcipang in 2018 for a total of 7 working<br />
arsts.<br />
AIR Experience had its first exhibion at the<br />
Garret Gallery in the Fairfield Co Dist. Library.<br />
One arst was invited to exhibit at the<br />
NASDDS Conference and sold a piece.<br />
16 students parcipated in Project Search at<br />
FMC. There were eight students from the<br />
class of 2018 while eight new students from<br />
the class of <strong>2019</strong> began the program.<br />
3.5<br />
Offer and support internship opportunies that<br />
build a foundaon for employment through<br />
partnerships with Fairfield Medical Center and<br />
Project Search, 150 West Main, and the River<br />
Valley Mall through DiscoverU.<br />
Leslie Dancho<br />
Community<br />
Outreach<br />
Supervisor<br />
There were approximately 47 students from<br />
four different schools that parcipated in<br />
internships at the River Valley Mall through<br />
DiscoverU.<br />
There were 14 people that completed Job<br />
Readiness Training within River Valley Mall<br />
through DiscoverU.<br />
There were five people that parcipated in<br />
internships at 150 West Main.<br />
Lisa Boley<br />
3.6<br />
Build internal support for the regional iniave<br />
known as The Gathering that focuses on best<br />
pracces for on-going learning in our field with<br />
commiTee members from DD professionals,<br />
MEORC, DODD, families, individuals, and<br />
providers.<br />
ISC<br />
Karissa<br />
Carpenter<br />
Strategic<br />
Planning<br />
Coordinator<br />
Karissa Carpenter aTended on behalf of the<br />
County Board at this year’s event. She<br />
<strong>report</strong>ed that many county boards from<br />
around the state are now aTending, with<br />
some sending five staff or more.<br />
3.7<br />
p.24 ***DRAFT***Fairfield County Board of Developmental Disabilies Quality Improvement Plan—<strong>2019</strong>
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