{"id":8533,"date":"2009-11-24T00:32:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T05:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=8533"},"modified":"2009-11-24T00:59:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T05:59:40","slug":"think-work-first-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/think-work-first-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Work First &#8211; Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Invitation to<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Second Annual Employment &amp; Disability Connections Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 15 &#8211; 16, 2009<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T Conference Center, Austin, Texas<\/p>\n<p>THINK WORK FIRST!<\/p>\n<p>SCHEDULE OVERVIEW<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, December 15, 2009<br \/>\n11:00 AM Registration Opens<br \/>\nLunch on your own<br \/>\n1:00 &#8211; 5:00 PM Presentations:<br \/>\nKeynote: Think Work First!<\/p>\n<p>Medicaid Buy-In Primer<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the Basics<\/p>\n<p>Think Work First! Texas Panel<\/p>\n<p>National Issues and Impact on Health Insurance<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, December 16<\/p>\n<p>8:30 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM Launch of the National Employer Campaign<\/p>\n<p>Success at Work! Panel of successfully employed people with disabilities<\/p>\n<p>Ethics and Employment Supports<\/p>\n<p>Evaluations &amp; Door Prize<\/p>\n<p>Registration Information<\/p>\n<p>You must register to attend the conference. Register by calling Cheryl Harris at 1-800-572-7159 or send an email to cherylharris18@comcast.net by November 30, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Conference &amp; Hotel Location<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T Executive Education and Conference Center<br \/>\nThe University of Texas at Austin<br \/>\n1900 University Avenue, Austin, TX 78705<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetattexas.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.meetattexas.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overnight accommodations are available at the AT&amp;T Conference Center. Call 877-744-8822 by November 30, 2009 to reserve a hotel room. Be sure to use the conference name &#8220;Think Work First\u201d conference. Rates: $114 single and $169 double.<\/p>\n<p>Register by November 30th to be eligible for a $25 gift certificate. Must be present at final session to win!!!<\/p>\n<p>Registration Information<\/p>\n<p>Register for the MAC meeting and EDC Conference by calling Cheryl Harris at 1-800-572-7159 or send an email to cherylharris18@comcast.net by November ?????. Registration is mandatory for an accurate head count. There is no fee<br \/>\nto attend either the MAC meeting or EDC conference.<\/p>\n<p>Travel and hotel for out-of-town members will be paid through reimbursement from the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant. This includes mileage or airfare, hotel room, and parking. Breakfast is included with the MAC meetig. Meals during the conference are on your own but morning and afternoon snack breaks are provided.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting, Conference &amp; Hotel Location<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T Executive Education and Conference Center<br \/>\nThe University of Texas at Austin<br \/>\n1900 University Avenue, Austin, TX 78705<\/p>\n<p>EDC is funded by the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n<p>The MIG is part of Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. Grant # 1QACMS030236\/02<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Invitation to The Second Annual Employment &amp; Disability Connections Conference December 15 &#8211; 16, 2009 AT&amp;T Conference Center, Austin, Texas THINK WORK FIRST! SCHEDULE OVERVIEW Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:00 AM Registration Opens Lunch on your own 1:00 &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/think-work-first-austin\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[2168,2173,21,2170,136,2172,2165,259,2167,2171,17,2169,2166],"class_list":["post-8533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-att-conference-center","tag-att-executive-education-and-conference-center","tag-austin","tag-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services","tag-conference","tag-edc","tag-employment-disability-connections-conference","tag-hotel","tag-impact-on-health-insurance","tag-medicaid-infrastructure-grant","tag-texas","tag-the-university-of-texas-at-austin","tag-think-work-first"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-2dD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3460,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/05\/25\/disability-work-workshop-austin\/","url_meta":{"origin":8533,"position":0},"title":"Disability &amp; Work Workshop &#8211; Austin","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"May 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Disability and Work The second workshop in a series on providing opportunites for self-support for people with disabilities Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Austin-Travis County MHMR Training Center 1700 South Lamar, Bldg 1, Ste 102 Austin, TX 78704 This workshop is designed for anyone with a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32430,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/12\/03\/ahead-24th-annual-conference-2016-austin\/","url_meta":{"origin":8533,"position":1},"title":"AHEAD 24th Annual Conference 2016 &#8211; Austin","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"December 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"AHEAD 24th Annual Conference 2016 - Austin Hello AHEAD in Texas members! 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