Good morning

Just a friendly reminder to please read below and send your strategies/ideas on obtaining public input for five year state plan development by May 1st.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, have you had to alter your strategies, develop new ways to capture information, consider the digital divide and other cultural and linguistic competence considerations? All ideas are welcome. ITACC knows this is a busy time for us all so we appreciate your responses.

DD Council Network members,

During the last state plan cycle, the ITACC staff collected public input strategies used by DD Councils for state plan development. See a summary of some of those strategies below.

·         Focus groups/town halls/community conversations to address barriers to services and supports;

·         Structured interviews (phone or in person);

·         Providing surveys in multiple formats and languages;

·         Webinars with targeted audiences (Providers, families, advocates, or other professionals) to obtain specific information;

·         Inclusion on meetings with taskforces, stakeholders, and committees to share surveys or gather information; and

·         Use platform such as Survey Monkey to solicit public responses on DD Council priority areas.

If you have updates to these strategies or NEW strategies to share, please send them directly to me by May 1st at xxxxxx@nacdd.org or call me at 410-236-9920.

ITACC staff will provide additional strategies in combination with DD Council submittals to update the Public Input Strategies resource document for 2022-2026.

Thank you in advance for sharing your ideas and strategies.

Stay healthy and safe,

Angela

Angela Castillo-Epps

202-506-5813, ext.100
NACDD/ITACC
ITACCHELP.ORG