IL 2

Independent Living text list:
 - Get updates about class
HOW TO SIGN-UP

LAST CLASS

1. ILS Self-assessment

2. Plan outing for Wed, June 11








Cinco de Mayo

• Weekend updates
• Center For Independence, summer course in Seattle
• Plan Some Smart Trips
• Map, bus route guide, ruler
• Walk 1/2 a mile, it takes 10 minutes
• Walk 1 mile, it takes 20 minutes
• Bike 1 mile, it takes 5-7 minutes
• I.L.S. Success Self Assessment
• What do you need to practice the rest of this year?

4/21 & 4/28

Kirsten & SMART TRIPS

Dates added to the calendar - End of Year activities

4/14

Early Release this Wed = no afternoon classes

Only 8 I.L.2 classes left this year!






Last week review:
 - On your own, list the items you will need to buy for your kitchen when you move into your own apartment

Today:
 - We will finish the items we will need in the kitchen, then think about the living room and the bedroom.

• Basic apartment layout
• What are we missing in the kitchen?
• How will you eat/drink?
• How will you clean?

Go to the kitchen and list all the items you will need

Miscellaneous items you may have forgot. 

• Map your future living area. 
• TV and TV stand
• Couch/couches
• Coffee table
• Use mymovingreviews.com for some good tips

4/7

Welcome back!

• Spring break reports - did you work towards any independent living goals?
• Cooking?
• Cleaning?
• Transportation?
• Shopping?
• Budgetting?

• Moving into an apartment: What do you need, and what will it cost?
• Basic apartment layout
• It's empty! What else do you need? Let's start with the kitchen
• Make a list of what you think you will need (2 min)
• Kitchen Essentials article 1
• Kitchen Essentials from Cook This, Not That!
• Fill out the worksheet for what it'll cost using amazon.com to see how much these items cost

3/24

Can you pay my bills?

• Your bills for the month
• Checks and checkbook

1. Record your paycheck into your checkbook
2. Write checks for your bills
3. Record checks into your checkbook
4. Find your new balance (how much money is left. This is how much you have to go into your savings or checking account.

3/17 - Happy St. Patrick's Day!














Post Fred Meyer "shopping" trip

• What do you remember about the trip?
• How difficult was it to find items?
• Were you surprised by any prices of items?

Time to add-up prices:

1. Get a calculator
2. Add the prices you found for your items
3. Write the total on your shopping Meal Planning sheet
4. Use a highlighter to mark any items you do not have a price for
5. How does your total compare to your grocery budget?
6. Do you need to make any changes to your shopping list so that you will stay within your grocery budget? (What items will you cross off? What meals will you change?)
7. Finish by finding prices for your highlighted items.

3/3

Next week we are taking a trip to Fred Meyer to see how much it would cost us to shop for the week. The next week, we will add the total up. Let's see how well we budget...

Grocery shopping within your budget.

• cuttingbackkitchen.com (check out the gluten-free recipes)
• Kraft recipes
• Budget friendly meals
• Quick and easy
• Vegetarian 
• Experts say aim between 15-20% of monthly income on food (groceries AND eating out)

Meal planning for the week

• Pick a meal, and find out how much it will cost you
• Use this single meal planning worksheet
• Look up grocery prices online
• Fill out the weekly meal planner. We will use this when we go to Fred Meyer's to check out prices

2/3

Roommate match-up
 - do you and your roommate match-up well?

Bus training - ridewta.com
 - how do I read a bus schedule?
 - how do I know which bus to take?
 - practice

1/29
1) Pay bills
2) Write checks
3) Balance checkbook
4) Fill out rest of budget

• Groceries
• Car - gas, insurance, car payments
• Dining out
• Other

1/13

1/6

Happy New Year!
Welcome back to CT. 

We have some bills to pay...
- Check book
- Add up all your money
- Pay your bills
- Find out new bank account balance



12/16

You also need to fill out a budget sheet to see where your money will be going each month. Go to ctacademics.blogspot.com and open the American Student Assistance budget worksheet. Use "Paying for a Place to Live" worksheet to help you fill it out.

RENT IS DUE!

After you pick a place to live, you need to pay rent (and a damage deposit).


12/4 & 12/9

First, pick a place to live from one of the rental companies below:

• Apartment/house rental companies
• Chuckanut Property Management
• Apex
• Son-Rise
• Bay View
• Windermere
• Landmark

Next, download, save and complete the following worksheets:  

• Paying for a place to live
• Picking a place to live

11/25

We are going to be finding a place to live in B'ham. When picking an available apartment/house, here are options you NEED to consider:

• How many people do I want to live with (0,1,2,3)?
• How much can I afford to pay?
• Should be NO MORE than 30% of income (also called "total net pay x 4")
• What are of B'ham do I want to live?

• Apartment/house rental companies
• Chuckanut Property Management
• Apex
• Son-Rise
• Bay View
• Windermere
• Landmark

11/18

• Finish "Wants vs. Needs"
• Something you want > When is a good time to get something you want?
• Bank accounts
• Finish/mail thank-you letters to Reid
• Have Jason or Brett edit 
• Sign, put in addressed envelope

11/4

• Write Thank-you letters to Reid Frederick (dude from WECU)
• WECU contact info
• Continue the Game of Life
• Fill out a paycheck and a pay stub for your job
• Talk "Wants vs. Needs" to prep for budgeting

9/30 & 10/7

UPDATE: If it is raining outside, Reid will meet us here at CT and present.

Don't forget coats/umbrellas!
We will leave CT at 12:40 and walk to the WECU on Holly St.




9/23

1) Next week's WECU presenter

2) Cooking sign-up

3) Continue the "Game of Life"
 - finishing passing out starting money

Target: "I can look up jobs for my qualifications"








Bellingham Herald Classified Ads for Jobs

9/16
B'ham Scategories

9/9
First day Presentation Slides