Funded by U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families (Youth Resource Center 90DN0235).

Views expressed are not necessarily those of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

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 email Nelsinia Ramos or call 414-374-4645.