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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...
How Has the Board Helped Me?
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities is doing outreach to a variety of diverse communities. We are gathering input on how we can better serve everyone in the state. Mathell Webb comments about what she has gathered from Board member Delores...
BPDD newsletter available in both Spanish and English
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities is now offering its monthly newsletter of grant opportunities, upcoming meetings, and other news in both Spanish and English. Sign up for the newsletter here: https://wi-bpdd.org/index.php/contact/ Read...
Don’t Leave Yourself on the Other Side of the Door
Keith Jones of SoulTouchin' Experiences made a presentation at the BPDD Self Conference on delivery of care giving services: https://youtu.be/Bheo6Usyy18 Keith will be speaking at Parent University! Parent University is a resource fair with speakers and a free lunch...
Acceptable Photo IDs to Vote in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin requires that you show an acceptable photo ID to vote at your polling place or to cast an in-person absentee ballot at your municipal clerk's office. You will also be required to provide a photocopy of your ID to cast an absentee ballot by mail, with certain...
Disability Advocacy Day – March 20
Disability Advocacy Day 2018 is Tuesday, March 20 beginning at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, 1 John Nolen Drive, in Madison and ending with legislative visits at the State Capitol. Disability Advocacy Day connects you with your legislators to...