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Partners with Business Grants: Applications Due Date Extended to March 15
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI BPDD) is seeking five (5) grantees to partner with the WI BPDD and a project consultant to successfully implement the Partners with Business model of employment supports. Partners with Business is a...
What’s the Word? – February 2019
Each month BPDD features a different leader in Wisconsin living with a disability. “What’s the Word?” is an opportunity to hear directly from self-advocates about what’s important to them. This month's column comes from Ernest Hopkins who resides in Milwaukee County....
Employment Tour for Legislators: February 21
INVITATION: Meet Employers who Support a New Type of Employment for People with Significant Disabilities Who: Legislators and Staff When: 9:30-11 a.m. February 21st, 2019 Where: Multiple employer locations within walking distance of the Capitol: more specifics...
Employment First Conference 2019: Save the Date
Continuing On: Strengthening Partnerships for Community Life May 15, 2019 The Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells This year’s Employment First conference will provide an intensive, collaborative day of learning and problem solving for service providers, funders, families and...
What’s the Word? – January 2019
January 2019 Each month BPDD features a different leader in Wisconsin, living with a disability. "What's the Word?" is an opportunity to hear directly from self-advocates about what's important to them. This month's column comes from Desi Kluth out of Waukesha...
Youth Leadership Forum: 2019 Applications Available
The Wisconsin Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) is a week-long leadership training and career awareness program for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors with disabilities. Being selected to attend the YLF is a distinct honor that you can be very proud of. Please...
BPDD’s Family-Led Projects
A family led group is a network of families with children transitioning from high school or adult children with disabilities that are committed to work together to educate themselves on various aspects of adult life for their child with a disability. It’s a way for...
Building Full Lives: Participant Stories
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities collaborates with organizations in Wisconsin to expand community-based services to support people to safely explore, connect, and contribute to their communities while developing specific life skills....
What’s the Word? – December 2018
December 2018 Each month BPDD features a different leader in Wisconsin living with a disability. "What's the Word?" is an opportunity to hear directly from self-advocates about what is important to them. This month's column comes from Patrick Foster, an aspiring...