Finance Committee Agenda and Packet 2024 09 19

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Individual Advocacy, Group Advocacy & Systems Advocacy. The ACL serves people with IDD who face challenges with system design flaws that perpetuate a lack of access to health care, long-term care, higher incidence of chronic health problems, poor educational outcomes, lack of technology access, low employment rates, high poverty, homelessness, and high incarceration rates. Many need support with communication, learning, staying healthy, and living independently. However, the systems providing support have many barriers to access, rarely accommodating a person's disability. This creates inequity. Many people with IDD are also medically vulnerable. Many receive services and are disproportionately represented in our prison & juvenile corrections systems. ACL supports children in BVSD and SSVSD. The ACL provides individual, group and systems advocacy. We also work with professionals and the community. Advocacy can be short term, sporadic, or ongoing. ACL Individual Advocacy Activities include: • Individualized advocacy comprised of consultation, meeting attendance, individualized planning, crisis mitigation, individualized training/coaching for people with IDD, families, professionals • Educate people with IDD about relevant issues and inform about local resources ACL Group & Systems Advocacy Activities include: • Create opportunities for people with IDD to meet other people in the community • Act as a liaison to community opportunities • Conduct public policy/systems advocacy • Resource and facilitate Self -Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) • Provide training and educational presentations to disability and non -disability organizations and community connections • Sponsor and consult with community organizations • Participate regularly in community networking and interagency groups • Cultivate relationships with organizations that support our mission • Collaborate with local school districts around events and information sharing • Facilitate parent network and self advocate groups Expected results: 1. People with IDD are as independent as they want to be. They plan for their future and make decisions about their lives. 2. People with IDD have access to justice when their rights are threatened. 3. People with IDD will expand and strengthen the comfort and skills needed to access, utilize, and enjoy community resources and events. 4. Parents of children with IDD are well informed about special education and able to advocate for their children. 5. The community will be disability -aware, welcoming, and accessible to people with IDD. 6. Families and allies of people with IDD understand and navigate systems, and create a plan for the future that promotes independence. 7. People with IDD, their families and allies influence systems, laws and policies to improve their quality of life. 3. Program measurements: Provide the following information for the program/activities for which funding is requested: • Quantitative measures: For example, describe the overall population and geographic area targeted for service, with more specific information about the population you expect to reach in Louisville. Approximately 3,000 people with IDD receive services in Boulder County. Our target population 16/251