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KCDD

Our Mission

“Empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to lead systems change, build capacity, and advocate for inclusive, integrated, accessible communities where everyone belongs and thrives.”

Our Vision

All people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live, learn, work, play, belong, and thrive in the community they choose.

Our Values

  • Person-Centeredness
  • Impactful Outcomes
  • Respect
  • Collaboration
  • Innovation
  • Equitable Opportunity

 

Our Purpose

The purpose of the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities (KCDD) is to support people of all ages with developmental disabilities so they have the opportunity to make choices regarding both their participation in society and their quality of life.

Our Goals

The Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities Five-Year State Plan was developed by relying on extensive public input and the expertise of Council members, staff and allied state agencies and nonprofit organizations. The 2022-2026 Goals and Objectives include advocacy and leadership development as well as systems change and were submitted to the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) to be approved and adopted by the Council which included the following:

Goal 1: Create Leaders and Empower Advocacy: 

People with developmental disabilities and their families will have access to leadership development trainings and tools so that they can better advocate for their needs and preferences.

Obj. 1.1:  Establish and Strengthen Statewide Self Advocacy (DD Act Requirement): By 2026, Kansas will have increased the number of self-advocates who have participated in leadership training so they can provide others including additionally identified self-advocates with opportunities to learn and engage in personal, collaborative, and civic leadership so that self-advocates can be on workgroups, committees, Councils, and commissions.

Obj. 1.2:  Support advocacy training and development programs for family members: By 2026, Kansas will have increased the number of newly identified family members who have participated in leadership and advocacy training so they can provide their families and other family to family peers with opportunities to learn and engage in personal, collaborative, and civic leadership.

 

Goal 2: Lead Systems Change:  

People with developmental disabilities and their families in Kansas will have increased awareness and access to formal and informal supports and services that promotes independence and meets their individual needs and preferences.

Obj. 2.1:  Increase Awareness of Informal and Formal Supports and Services with a focus on Transitions across the Lifespan: By 2026, Kansans with disabilities and their family members will have increased awareness of formal and informal supports and services that meet their individual needs and preferences.

Obj. 2.2:  Increased awareness and participation of early childhood and education interventions and supports for English as a Second Language (ESL)/Hispanic Kansas families with children with disabilities (Targeted Disparity): By 2026, Latinx families and people with disabilities will have increased awareness of formal and informal supports and services that meet their individual needs and preferences in a culturally appropriate manner

Obj. 2.3:  Cultivate innovative solutions for Kansans with I/DD on a waiting list and those who seek more individualized support options: By 2026, Kansans who seek more individualized options or who are on a waiting list for waiver services will have increased awareness and access to formal and informal supports and services that meet their individual needs and preferences, including enhanced data collection efforts

Obj. 2.4:  Increase Protections from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation: By 2026, Kansans with disabilities will have increased protections from abuse, neglect, and exploitation (ANE) through enhanced reporting, data, and training opportunities.

Obj. 2.5:  Increased utilization of Supported Decision Making (DD Network Collaboration Measure): By 2026, Kansans with disabilities and their families will have increased awareness and utilization of Supported Decision Making (SDM), an alternative to Guardianship facilitated by collaboration between the Council, the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, and the Kansas University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities.

  1. Increase the number of self-advocates with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who have participated in leadership training so they can engage in personal, collaborative and civic leadership.
  2. Work collaboratively to increase the number of individuals with I/DD active in public policy, advocacy, cross-disability and culturally diverse leadership activities.
  3. Work collaboratively to increase the use of best practices research, resources and self- advocacy tools and information for self-advocates, their families and support networks.

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Five Year State Plan
2022-2026

· Creating Leaders & Empowering Advocacy
· Leading Systems Change

 

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