Travel Stipends

If you are direct service staff for people with developmental disabilities, mental illness, physical or sensory impairments, traumatic brain injuries, or seniors confronting age-related disabilities AND

You are planning to attend the Full Lives Conference April 17 & 18 in Anchorage, AND

You live in a community off-road from Anchorage and will be staying at the Sheraton Hotel, OR

You live more than 100 miles from Anchorage and will be staying at the Sheraton Hotel, THEN

You could receive a Travel Stipend sponsored by the Governor’s Council on Disabilities & Special Education and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.

Here’s how the process will work: The Stipend Committee will award stipends to Full Lives Conference attendees who will incur travel (air or automobile) and hotel expenses. $350 stipends will be awarded to applicants who live in rural, off-road communities and stay in the hotel. $200 stipends will be awarded to applicants who live more than 100 miles from Anchorage and stay in the hotel. These awards are competitive and are not transferrable. Stipend checks will be mailed after the Conference to whomever paid your expenses.

Download the following form to apply for a travel stipend.

Application due by March 7, 2008.

Travel Stipend application.pdf

For more information on Full Lives:

Contact Raelynn Smith at 907-264-6244, toll-free outside Anchorage 1-800-243-2199, or email.

2008 Full Lives Conference Sponsors

Full Lives receives funding and support from the Alaska Alliance for Direct Service Careers through the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority; the U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services; and donations from community agencies.

The Center for Human Development is a program of the University of Alaska Anchorage, College of Heath and Social Welfare, and is a designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (UCEDD).

The Center for Human Development and UAA are AA/EO employers and educational institutions.