Transportation: Making Connections Event to Explore Opportunities and Solutions for People With Disabilities

    HARTFORD, Conn., May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

    WHAT:
    The Connecticut Department of Social Services/Bureau of Rehabilitation
    Services Connect-Ability Initiative and the Connecticut Department of
    Transportation will host the first "Transportation: Making Connections"
    forum to:
    -- Highlight current transportation options for people with disabilities,
       and the vital importance of public transportation to our state's
       economic development and growth;
    -- Provide unique opportunity to broaden partnerships and share creative
       solutions to increase accessible transportation to reduce barriers to
       employment for the more than 250,000 residents who have a physical
       disability;
    -- Learn about DOT's Service Initiative, Phase 2.

    WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.*
                Connecticut Expo Center
                285 Reverend Moody Expressway, Hartford
                * Interview opportunities and transportation options
                  demonstration available from noon to 1 p.m.

    WHO:
    -- Claudette Beaulieu, Deputy Commissioner, CT Department of Social
       Services (DSS)
    -- Albert A. Martin, Deputy Commissioner, CT Department of Transportation
    -- Peggy Griffin, Office of Civil Rights, Federal Transit Administration
    -- Michael Sanders, Transit Administrator, CT Department of Transportation
    -- Brenda Moore, Director, CT DSS Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
    -- Amy Porter, Bureau Chief, Connect-Ability, CT DSS Bureau Rehabilitation
       Services
    -- Gloria Mills, Connecticut Association for Community Transportation
    -- Pat Williams, Director of Paratransit, Greater Hartford Transit
       District
    -- Louis Schulman, Administrator, Norwalk Transit District
    -- Jonathan Rubell, Mobility Manager, The Kennedy Center, Trumbull, CT

The first "Transportation: Making Connections" event is being hosted by Connecticut's Department of Social Services/Bureau of Rehabilitation Services' Connect-Ability Initiative and the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Funded by a Department of Social Services grant received from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Connect-Ability is seeking ways to support the competitive employment of people with disabilities and develop a comprehensive system of employment supports for people with disabilities.

SOURCE The Connecticut Department of Social Services/Bureau of Rehabilitation

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