Social Work Department Partners with North Country Independent Living on ACE Project

ACE Project Team Members: (front) Kathy Heltzer, Josie LaPort, Lori Closson
(back row) Glenn Maloney, Linsdey Guthrie, Don Anderson

The University of Minnesota Department of Social Work is participating in a project along with the University of Wisconsin Social Work Program and NCIL to train BSW and MSW students to work with people with disabilities in the area of integrated employment. This federally-funded grant program allows for paid field placements and graduate assistant positions for Summer, 2010, 2010-2011 academic year, Summer 2011 and Fall Semester 2011. For further information contact Kathy Heltzer, MSSW,LICSW, Field Director

The Project also has focused on integrating content on working with people with disabilities and person-centered planning into the BSW and MSW curriculum at the University of Wisconsin Superior and the University of Minnesota Duluth. Resources including suggested readings, videos, guest speakers and powerpoints will be made available to faculty and students at the conclusion of the project via a designated web site hosted by North Country Independent Living.

For more information about the ACE Project, contact:

Linda Burhans, Integrated Employment Coordinator, 715-392-9118