NAMRC

Click here to download NAMRC 2020 Call for Proposal

The 27th Annual Training Conference

Theme: Reimagining the Future II: Shifting Gears to Advance Multicultural Rehabilitation

Conference Location: Greektown Casino-Hotel 1200 St. Antoine, Detroit, MI

Conference Dates: July 14-18, 2020

Registration Opens: January 15, 2020

Dear NAMRC members,

Here are the results of the 2020-2022 elections:

• Caleb Cuthbertson – Student Representative (Alabama)
• Felicia Hunter – Treasurer (Michigan) 

Board of Directors

• Terrie Hylton (Michigan)
• Katavia Sloan (Georgia)
• Robert Stevens (Arkansas)
• Courtney Ward-Sutton (Oklahoma)

Additionally, the following individuals have agreed to serve as noted below:

• Alexis Duggan, Co-Chair Membership and Coalition Building Committee (Texas)
• Andre Washington, Co-Chair Professional Development Committee (Oklahoma)
• Danielle Antol, member, Publicity and Marketing Committee(Texas)

Valyncia Wilson, Immediate Past President

Michell L. Temple, President

FUNDING AVAILABLE!

Virginia Commonwealth University is recruiting qualified candidates, including those with disabilities and from other minority backgrounds, with our new RSA traineeships in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. Would you be so kind as to forward the following message to anybody you think may be able to help us recruit the most worthy candidates for these traineeships? Please call me at 804-687-2890 or email me at creid@vcu.edu with any questions. Thanks!

Please disseminate:
Through two successful grant proposals, VCU’s Department of Rehabilitation Counseling now has available a limited number of traineeships sponsored by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

Students funded by those traineeships commit to “employment payback” of working for two years for a state vocational rehabilitation agency (or nonprofit or other organization contracting with the state agency to provide services to vocational rehabilitation clients) in exchange for every full-time equivalent year of funding.

So, if a student is funded for two years of full-time study, that student would need to work in qualifying employment for four years to satisfy the payback obligation. There is also an option for financial repayment, as if the traineeship were a student loan, if the trainee decides not to work in qualifying employment.

We have two different RSA training projects: one is for students who seek to become vocational rehabilitation counselors, and the other is for students who seek to specialize in working in vocational rehabilitation settings with people who have mental health challenges.

Dr. Chris Reid (creid@vcu.edu) is the project director for the vocational rehabilitation counselor traineeship grant; Dr. Chris Wagner (ccwagner@vcu.edu) is the project director for the mental health specialty traineeship grant.

If you or another qualified applicant that you know are interested in either traineeship, please contact the respective project director, as soon as possible.

With appreciation,
Chris Reid

Dear NAMRC Members: 

The National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns (NAMRC) sincerely thanks all of the members who cast their ballot for the 2020-2022 officers. Before the Association can announce the results of the elections, it must facilitate a runoff election for three of the four available general board member positions.

Please click on the link to cast your vote: click here.

The ballot opens on Tuesday, November 12, and will close on Monday, November 18th, at 5:00 pm. 

Vote now!

Thank you. Valynica Wilson, Immediate Past-President