Our Mission
To be a community resource that provides information, training, and resources to young adults with disabilities and their families so they are empowered to lead self-directed lives.
Core Values
Independence
Advocacy/Self-Advocacy
Empowerment
Community
Steering Committee
The purpose of the YITRC Steering Committee is to guide the focus of project objectives and activities and to provide input on how project funding is spent.
Composition of the YITRC Steering Committee:
- One representative from FACETS
- One representative from IndependenceFirst
- One representative from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
- One representative from the Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD)
- One educator from the Milwaukee Area who works with transition-aged youth with disabilities
- The YITRC Youth Coordinator (a young adult aged 13-30 with a developmental disability)
- At least five young adults (ages 13-30) with developmental disabilities from the following counties: Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha and Washington
2008-2009 Steering Committee Members:
- Cindy Cane, WI Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Alie Kriofske-Mainella, IndepenceFirst
- Sarah Lapre, Youth Member
- Jeremiah Luke Swisher, Youth Member
- Nathanael Jack Modder, Youth Member
- Chad Murphy-Price, Youth Member
- Jon Robert Neuberger, Youth Member
- Jennifer Ondrejka, WI Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
- Lori Ramirez, Milwaukee Public Schools
- Nelsinia Ramos, WI FACETS
- Heidi Vering, Youth Member
- Sofia M Walz-Chojnacki, Youth Member
- Matthew Zellmer, Youth Member
If you are a young adult with a disability who lives in the Milwaukee Metro Area and would like to have more information on becoming a member of the YITRC Steering Committee, please e-mail Nelsinia Ramos or call 414-374-4645.