Last year the state of Idaho was attempting to sell the land that our institution is on, which is worth millions. The Council was working to create a housing trust that would assist adults with I/DD to have access to funding to pay first, last, a set amount of application fees, and a portion of their rent (based on their SSI) until their Section 8 came through. That has since fallen through because the golfers organized against the selling of the land as they benefit from the two low fee golf courses leased from the state located on that state land.

Christine Pisani, M. Spec. Ed.

Executive Director

Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities

Phone: 208-334-2178

Toll Free: 1-800-544-2433

Website: icdd.idaho.gov

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Subject: DD Councils Re-imagining State Operated Centers

Hi all.

Does anyone have any best practices for what their state did with state operated institutions they closed? We have dozens of bricks buildings that hold about 12 people each. They are standing empty, and it’s on a campus in the middle of nowhere. We need ideas for what can be done with the campus. There are around 85 people still living in some of the buildings, and the plan right now is for them to stay. Any thoughts or states that have done some innovative things to re-imagine that space? We need to hammer out a plan for how we are going to decide what to do later next week. So any thoughts you may have before then would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Erica

Erica S. McFadden, Ph.D., MSW

Executive Director

Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

3839 N. 3^rd Street, Suite 306

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Work: (602)542-8977

Website: addpc.az.gov

One community working together to achieve full inclusion and participation of people with developmental disabilities.

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