Tuesday, August 30, 2011

CMT Core Group Meeting - August 4, 2011

CMT Core Group Meeting - CMT Meeting Minutes
Thursday, August 4

Human Resource Council
The Sapphire Clinic in Hamilton stopped receiving patients on June 30th. The grants funding the clinic expired, and Congress will only fund about 30 of the 800 applications that were submitted. Sometime in August the Human Resource Council will find out if they are one of the 30 applications that were funded. The Sapphire Clinic was serving 800-900 clients, and more than 50% of the clients had no income.

Vocational Rehabilitation
Janet has been travelling to Kalispell often. They have one new counselor there, and will add another one. They are still doing their orientations.

Job Service
Jobs are up, many employers are hiring in North Dakota and Eastern Montana. UI will begin moving to internet only services, and phasing out their phone lines. There is Disaster UI for people affected by flooding, more information on DLI website. Missoula has been approved for Facebook pilot project, and now has a FB page. We recently hired one staff member, and may be adding another one soon.