• Madison/Beaver Dam area
• Appleton/Fond du Lac area
• Janesville
• La Crosse
• Platteville
• West Allis/Milwaukee area
• Watertown

What will the Self-Advocate Leaders do?

The Self-Advocate Leaders will partner with the following Living Well pilot organizations in their area to provide self-advocacy, safety and abuse prevention instruction and facilitate peer groups over the next four years: LOV-Dane, Community Living Connections, SOAR Fox Cities, Aptiv, Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, and Bethesda Lutheran Communities.

Self-Advocate Leaders will co-teach self-advocacy, safety, and abuse prevention classes using the Safe & Free curriculum developed by People First Wisconsin for the Living Well project. The training covers sensitive topics, including but not limited to identifying and reporting abuse and neglect, consent, dating and intimate relationships. Self-Advocate Leaders must be comfortable facilitating discussions with peers on these topics.

What is the BPDD’s Model Approaches to Living Well grant project?

Model Approaches to Living Well (called ‘Living Well’ for short) is a five-year federal grant from the Administration on Community Living (ACL) to develop and test approaches for improving the safety, wellness, and community inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who receive home and community-based services (HCBS). ACL considers this a Project of National Significance and Wisconsin is one of five states to receive the grant.

Follow the link below to download an application: 

http://wi-bpdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Living-Well-Self-Advocate-Leader-RFA.pdf 

If you have any questions or if you'd like more information you can contact Allison Kelly at 608-266-5038 or email at Allison.Kelly@wisconsin.gov