ACS Family Advocacy and Support Training Project: PACER Evaluation
Project Description:
PACER Center, and advocacy organization based in Minneapolis, MN is coordinating this ADD funded effort to develop and disseminate culturally responsive, replicable training materials for families of children and youth with IDD in all 50 states. The Family Advocacy and Support Training (FAST) project will develop four training modules for families on the topocs: The Journey to Adulthood: What parents need to know (sexuality); Getting and keeping a first job; Skills for Effective Parent Advocacy; and Working for change: Using the power of a personal story. PACER is partnering with parent centers, state action teams and the DD network to conduct trainings for 2,000 to 4,000 families in all 50 states using these materials. ICI will assist PACER to conduct and analyze a national evaluation of family support services. This will include a series of focus groups with low-income, racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse families, and web-based and print versions of a survey to gather national ifnromation about the support needs of diverse families. Finally, ICI will support PACER in evaluating project activities, trainings and products to describe the impact of the FAST project on the capacity of diverse families of children and youth with disabilities to find, use and evaulate family support services and to use those services to advocate for their family members.
Keyword(s):
Family Advocacy, Parent Support, Training
Core Function(s):
Performing Research or Evaluation
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Limited English
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
National
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
