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Maryland's UCEDD Faculty Takes on Social Inclusion as Social Justice
 Mirian Ofonedu, PhD, LCSW-C, is the Director of Training at the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Maryland's one and only UCEDD. Dr. Ofonedu coordinated efforts to launch the Diverse, Racial, Ethnic and Multicultural Special Interest Group (DREAM-SIG) of the American Psychological Association (APA), Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37). Read more...
Human Development Center Supports Developmental Screening for Over 600 Young Children
 Louisiana's UCEDD (HDC) seeks to build capacity and inspire change to improve the lived experience of individuals with disabilities and families. The state serves over 50,000 children (birth to 4-years) in publicly funded childcare. HDC's Early Childhood Initiatives staff build the capacity of current and future developmental surveillance, screening and referral efforts by early childhood care and education providers by collaborating with local Early Head Start programs through an Office of Head Start funded Community Childcare Partnership project. Read more...
Iowa's Pipeline Programs Promote Self-Advocacy, STEM and More
Iowa's UCEDD has continued to focus on pipeline activities to develop future leaders, and to promote diversity and inclusion as we build capacity in our state. This summer, we hosted two pipeline projects, which we expect to continue as annual activities in Iowa. Read more...
NH-ME LEND Program Launches 30th Year with Fall 2021 Kickoff Event
The NH-ME LEND Program is proud to be celebrating 30 years of a rich and evolving history of preparing interdisciplinary leaders to enter the field of maternal and child health. In early September, a new cohort of trainees from New Hampshire and Maine traveled to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) for the Fall 2021 Kickoff. Read more...
IHD Awarded Second Five-Year, $5M Cooperative Agreement to Provide Training and Technical Support to Tribal VR Projects Nationwide
or the last six years, the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Training and Technical Assistance Center (AIVRTTAC) has played a vital role in supporting vocational rehabilitation personnel who help American Indians with disabilities obtain gainful and fulfilling employment. Now, thanks to another five-million-dollar, five-year cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, this important work can continue. Read more...
HDI Launches Storytelling Website
The University of Kentucky Human Development Institute Digital Storytelling Initiative highlights the stories and lived experiences of people with disabilities. Interviews address multiple life experience living and working in the community. Most recently, the Vaccine Confidence and Access for People for People with Disabilities Initiative interviewed with people with disabilities about their vaccine experience and the importance of keeping our communities healthy. Read more...
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center(TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND)TRIAD programpartners with zoological association to develop 'inclusive communities of science'
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) is collaborating with Oregon State University's STEM Research Center and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to support the Modeling Zoos and Aquariums as Inclusive Communities of Science (MoZAICS) project. Read more...
Creating a Map to Navigate Missouri's Abuse and Neglect Investigations System
Missouri's adult abuse reporting system is complex and difficult to navigate for the mandated reportersand other professionals responsible for protecting individuals with disabilities. Current gaps in the system for reporting the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of individuals with disabilities creates barriers for securing their safety. Gaps in the system for reporting also make it difficult to ensure perpetrators of the abuse are held accountable for their actions. Read more...
The Ohio State University Nisonger Center received a $2.8 million CDC grant to help improve lives of adults with disabilities in Ohio
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $2.8 million, 5-year grant to Ohio State's Nisonger Center, which is part of the Wexner Medical Center, College of Medicine, Office of Health Sciences and Neurological Institute. This funding will support efforts to improve the health of adults with mobility limitations as well as adults with intellectual disabilities in Ohio. Read more...
ECHO Autism: Training Community Clinicians to Provide Quality Care for Adults on the Autism Spectrum
Primary care providers-physicians, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants- are invited to participate in ECHO Autism videoconferencing sessions focusing on caring for the unique needs of autistic adults. Through this training, hosted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and funded by the Department of Defense Autism Research Programs. Read more...
MMI Contributes to Study on Whole Genome Sequencing
For nearly three years, Kristen Fishler, a genetic counselor at the Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Genetics, and her colleagues at UNMC and MMI, have been working with sites across the country to document the impact of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) as a diagnostic tool for acutely ill infants with a suspected genetic disease. Read more...
UD's Spectrum Scholars Students Attract Media Attention
Delaware Public Media spotlights the University of Delaware-JPMorgan Chase Spectrum Scholars program and two of its participating students. Both secured internships, an outgrowth of the Center for Disabilities Studies-administered program's attention to career development. Read more...
Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University Announces a New Funded Grant
The "I Generate Rural Opportunities for Work" (iGROW) Project is a one-year pre-employment and leadership-training program for students with disabilities who are currently enrolled in middle school and high school (ages 14-22). Read more...
Listen to the New MI-DDI Podcast Series, Possibilities
The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute (MI-DDI) is excited to announce a new podcast series, Possibilities. Possibilities examines topics that affect people with disabilities and their support systems. The podcast features guest speakers who work to improve quality of life for people with disabilities.. Read more...
Your Shot to End COVID
Hear from people with disabilities, their families and direct support professionals on why they got or are looking forward to getting, the COVID-19 Vaccine.Watch the video here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH42fX7a0Gw. Learn more about the COVID-19 Vaccine here, https://www.ucucedd.org/vaxlearnmore/. Read more...
LEND Programs Collaborate for ECP Initiative
A new collaboration between Va-LEND, UCEDD, LEND-Pitt, and the University of ConnecticutUCEED & LEND will occur over the next 5-year grant cycle. The EarlyChildhood Partnerships (ECP) initiative, is an expansion of a pilotprogram that was conducted in previous years between LEND-Pitt and VA-LEND.In years one through five of the grant, trainees from each organization who are interested in early childhood will gather virtually. Read more...
Getting and Keeping Iowa ON-TRAC for Healths
Last year, Iowa's UCEDD was awarded a community-based transition planning grant from the Administration for Community Living (ACL). This grant allowed the UCEDD to lead a partnership of service providers, representatives of state agencies and organizations, self-advocates, and youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to review and analyze health care transition services in Iowa, and to produce an action plan with ready-to-implement solutions. The partnership was called TRAC, for Transition Resources to Adult Care for Health. Read more...
NCED Path to Independence Student and Faculty Featured on Autism Goes to College Podcast
The Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities and Path to Independence Program offices are located in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Nevada, Reno.Path to Independence (P2I) offers young adults (age 18-28) with intellectual disabilities access to college through a 2-year, non-degree seeking certificate program. One of the program's students and the Academic Coordinator were invited guests on the podcast, Autism Goes to College. Read more...
Public Health Researcher Receives Federal Funding to Help Address Mental Health Needs of Youth
The School of Public Health at Georgia State University has received a $624,000 federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to implement a mental health awareness training program for adults who regularly interact with youth. Read more...
Kennedy Krieger Room to Grow Conference
On September 14, the Office for Health, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity at Kennedy Krieger Institute hosted the 11th annual Room to Grow: Journey to Cultural and Linguistic Competency Conference. Read more...
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Check out our first episode, "The Road to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the AUCD Network". Our host, Jeiri Flores (NY), is joined by Timotheus Gordon (IL) and Jacy Farkas (AZ) as they discuss the future of equity, diversity, and inclusion in our network. These podcasts shares real stories from network members who are working to change systems and structures that impact people with disabilities. 
We are excited to announce the AUCD Emerging Leaders Interns for the 2021-2022 training year! These trainees will serve as visible ambassadors to the broader AUCD network, interacting with AUCD staff at all levels and the AUCD Board of Directors' Emerging Leaders Representative.. 
State and Territorial Act Early/COVID-19 Response Teams have been awarded a second year of funding for the grant opportunity for Support for Early Childhood State Systems through the Act Early Network. This second year, beginning 9/1/2021, has been made possible by an infusion of funding to support an Act Early Network-wide response to COVID-19 through a cooperative agreement with CDC and the AUCD. 
