Armstrong County – Butler / Armstrong / Indiana / Beaver / Lawrence Collaborative

Contact Information

Kayla Seyler – kseyler@anrinfo.org 

Shari Montgomery – smontgomery@aimhmr.net 

Website/Social Media Links

The Connection: Armstrong/Indiana County | Facebook

Communication and Meetings Structure

Information dissemination and communication are distributed primarily through:  

• “The Connection” Quarterly Newsletter 
• Email Distribution List 
• SC Communication with Families 
• The launch of our easy-to-use QR codes for advertisements  
• AIBDHP website 
• The launch of our Facebook Page – The Connection: Armstrong/Indiana County 

We have been working to rebuild our Collaborative with a post covid kick off meeting this fall.  (Planning meetings have been held to create a vision and plan moving forward!)

Goals, next steps or actions plans

Our newly hired Family Liaison has begun working alongside our team to develop: 

Community Supports 

• Leading our Collaborative / assisting with regional collaborative meetings / redesigning our collaborative structure 
• Re-starting our Self Advocate Community Connection Group and Parent Support Group 
• The recent launch of “Team Friends” in Armstrong County (with a goal of an Indiana County launch!) 

Information Sharing Tools 

• “The Connection”: Quarterly Newsletter to share information and resources in the community 
• Information sharing resource tools such as the launch of our “digital resource” guide included in the welcome packet at intake and the use of QR codes 
• The new launch of our Facebook page: The Connection: Armstrong/Indiana County 

Charting the Lifecourse Initiative 

• The Family Liaison will have completed the Ambassador training program in July 
• Has assisted with the development of Lifecourse portfolios for individuals and SCs, as well as Lifecourse information at the front door 

We continue to embed COP concepts and tools into our day-to-day operations, i.e. intake and registration, wait list management, initiative planning, etc. as a team!

AE/SCO/Provider/DHS/Broad Community Partners Represented within Collaborative:

AI BDHP, FCC, CGC 

(We are currently building our collaborative partners)