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DISABILITY SCOOP: Nation’s disability services at breaking point, report finds
By SD Network, 2023-03-06
After warning for years of an impending collapse in the disability services system, advocates say that the crisis is here. Threats to community-based services due to workforce and funding shortages have existed for decades, but the threat has escalated to dangerous levels, forcing providers to deny access to crucial care and other support services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Wisconsin Caregiver Crisis Coalition is made up of aging and disability advocates, provider associations, workforce coalitions, workforce development agencies, IRIS consultant agencies, Aging and Disability Resource Centers and fiscal agencies. The coalition has come up with a budget proposal that would address many aspects of the caregiver crisis. We encourage you to use this when you talk with your legislators
Caregiver Crisis Coalition Budget Proposal Budget Proposal HQ32023p (1).pdf, 12MB ∞
The Wisconsin Survival Coalition put together an analysis of the Governor's budget proposal from a disability perspective.. We encourage people to use this when they talk what their legislators.
WISCONSIN BOARD FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: Call for Presenters
By SD Network, 2023-03-01
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Are you interested in presenting at the 2023 Self-Determination Conference? We are seeking session proposals for Tuesday, October 17 & Wednesday, October 18, 2023. There are three ways to complete the proposal form and submit it by noon on May 12, 2023 to:
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WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES: National Assistive Technology Awareness Day
By SD Network, 2023-03-01
On March 1, the U.S. Senate will pass a resolution to raise awareness and celebrate National Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness Day. The day honors people with disabilities who use AT to access their education, workplace, community, and recreational activities. The day also recognizes the leadership of the Assistive Technology Act programs whose teams strive to help millions of individuals acquire low-cost and often no-cost AT in all 50 states and territories.
Join us to celebrate #ATAwarenessDay!
Alice Wong, founder of the Disability Visibility Project is acutely aware of the power dynamics at play between a care provider and recipient, and the devaluation and lack of investment in care work. In this commentary, she writes, “Conversations by policy experts and advocates about the caregiving crisis can be too abstract, and any meaningful structural and cultural change must acknowledge the tensions, human toll, material consequences, complexities and nuances about care from the people who provide and rely on it.”
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING: Center for People with I/DD and Mental Health Conditions Seeks Steering Committee
By SD Network, 2023-02-23
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Through a cooperative agreement with the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS), ACL has launched a new center to improve support for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) who have mental health conditions.
This center will focus on capacity building by supporting state agencies with policy development, service design, and service coordination resources. Guided by people with lived experience, the center also will provide information, training, and peer-to-peer learning for people with I/DD who have mental health conditions, their families, and the professionals who work with them. The center is currently recruiting for its steering committee, which will make important recommendations on how the center should move forward. The steering committee of 12 people will meet 4 times per year. Steering committee members and, if needed, their support staff will be paid to participate in this project. A recruitment explainer video by NASDDDS partner Green Mountain Self-Advocates is posted on the NASDDDS YouTube channel. The three-minute video includes open captions and American Sign Language interpretation. If you are interested in joining the committee, email snonnemacher@nasddds.org, call 570-460-3964, or fill out the interest form by March 17, 2023. |
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ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING: Call for Promising Practices: Supporting Adults with I/DD and Family Caregivers
By SD Network, 2023-02-23
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Brandeis University, in partnership with the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), is gathering information to identify promising practices and policies that support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and aging family caregivers. The number of adults with I/DD living with aging caregivers is significantly increasing. The majority of families are unknown by the formal service system. There is a need for greater communication and collaboration between aging and disabilities systems to support these families. They are interested in successful practices at local, state, and national levels such as:
Brandeis and NACDD will share this information with aging and disability advocates across the country. This project is supporting a community at practice of state teams that are bridging aging and disability. It will help inform their work and future work in other states.
Please help with this information gathering by taking the survey linked below. Complete the survey by March 1, 2023. Contact joecaldwell@brandeis.edu for more information. |
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