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Partners with Business: Grant Recipients
In May 2019, the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities announced five awards statewide to services providers and agencies designed so they can help local businesses hire and support workers with significant disabilities. The “Partners with...
SPARKS Grants: Applications Available
What are SPARKS Grants? The purpose of SPARKS Grants is to organize local grassroots groups to make changes in their communities that result in a positive impact on the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), including individuals...
What’s the Word?- New from BPDD
We welcome you to the first-ever submission for What's the Word, our new way to highlight stories and thoughts for advocacy written by someone living with disability. Every month we plan to share some perspective on disability issues written by a self-advocate. This...
Supported Decision-Making: Recorded Webinar Available
The Arc Wisconsin along with the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities, Disability Rights Wisconsin and the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources are coordinating informational sessions and trainings on Wisconsin’s new Supported...
Employment First Conference: Recorded Sessions
The 2018 Employment First Conference was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who was there as an attendee, presenter or vendor. Don't worry if you missed out as we are compiling the presentations to review from home. Below are the three sessions that were recorded...
Partners with Business: Request for Applications
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...
Disability Policy Seminar 2018: WI Advocate Recommendations
Members of the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities, Disability Rights Wisconsin, The Arc WI and the Waisman center traveled to Washington DC for the 2018 Disability Policy Seminar April 22-25. During the seminar attendees had the chance to meet...
Register for a FREE Training on Wisconsin’s New Supported Decision-Making Law
Wisconsin now has one of the nation’s only supported decision-making laws. Supported decision-making is a formal process that is an alternative to more restrictive guardianship and will be a helpful tool for many Wisconsin residents. Supported Decision-Making can...
Employment First Conference – Registration Open
SAVE THE DATE: Employment First Conference - Building Full Lives: Charting a New Course for Service Transformation May 22, 2018 The Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells This year’s Employment First conference is shifting gears to provide an intensive, collaborative day of...