REGISTER NOW: Connecting Hearts and Raising Voices: a State-Wide Family Conference - Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm.

Registration: Please register by May 6, 2018

Register for Family Voices of Minnesota's Connecting Hearts and Raising Voices State-Wide FREE Family Conference on Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm. at the Doubletree Minneapolis North: 2200 Freeway Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55430.

Register by May 6, 2019!

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* 1. Please provide your name and contact information:

First and Last Name *

Company/organization if applicable

Address *

Address 2

City/Town *

State/Province *

ZIP/Postal Code *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

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* 2. Please tell us if you require any special accommodations including food allergies, physical supports or language interpreters.

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* 3. We have limited funding to provide hotel rooms for Friday, May 18 and mileage to a limited number of families traveling more than 75 miles to attend the conference. This will be available on a first come/first served basis; based on the date and time of your registration and meeting the eligibility of traveling more than 75 miles to attend. We will notify you if you are eligible for one of the limited hotel rooms.

Hotel rooms are no longer available.

Yes, please enter my name for assistance with mileage expenses

Please tell us the number of miles you will be traveling one way.

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* 4. We also have limited funding available to assist a small number of families to pay for expenses that might make it difficult for them to attend this conference; such as child care or transportation. (Childcare is not provided at the conference).

This funding is limited to $50 per family, please let us know below the amount of funding you are requesting and how you will use those funds.

This funding will be available on a first come/first served basis based on the date and time of the registration received. We will notify you if we are able to provide this support.

Yes, I would like to apply for funding support to attend this conference

Please tell us the amount you would like to request for either childcare and/or transportation within the maximum amount of $50.

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* 5. We will be offering four breakout learning sessions in the morning and four breakout sessions in the afternoon on the following topics; please tell us what topics are you most interested in, with number 1 being the topic you are most interested in and number 7 being your 7th choice:

Medicaid and Waiver Programs

Medical Home/care coordination/care planning

School Advocacy

Family Leadership; telling your story to impact programs and policies

Mental health/behavioral health

Self-Care/Family Care

Transition from childhood to adult: healthcare/education/employment/housing

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* 6. Would you like to sign up for Family Voices of Minnesota's electronic newsletter? If so please include your email address below:

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* 7. Would you like to be contacted by Family Voices of Minnesota staff to be connected with another family who has had similar experiences as your family? If yes, please include your email address and phone number below:

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* 8. Is there any additional information you would like us to know?

For additional information, please contact Carolyn: Carolyn@familyvoicesmn.org. We are looking forward to seeing you on May 19th!

Thank you to our Sponsors including:

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, and

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under social Security Act, Title V, 45 CFR 96 and awarded to Family Voices of MN by the Minnesota Department of Health.