The Center for Personal Assistance Services at the University of California, San Francisco will host its State of the Science Conference, entitled "Meeting the Nation's Need for Personal Assistance Services: State of the Science" on Friday, April 27, 2007 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. We invite you to join us.

The conference objectives are:

- To learn and discuss the current research and policy implications for personal assistance services in the home, community, and workplace

- To identify the potential future directions for research and policy regarding personal assistance services

Registration is now open. Registration for the conference is free but space is limited so please register in advance. Housing will be available at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel.

Registration and hotel information is available on the the PAS Center website at http://www.pascenter.org/sos_conference or the link below.

The Research and Training Center on Personal Assistance Services is based at the University of California, San Francisco and includes the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, InfoUse, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Institute for the Future of Aging Services, and faculty members at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Michigan, and West Virginia University's Job Accommodation Network (JAN). The Center is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) #H133B031102.

The conference is supported by funds from the Agency for HealthCare Policy and Research and from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.