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WHERE FROM HERE?

Our Story. Leadership Alliance for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LAND) grew out of discussions with family members and allies about the unmet needs of people with disabilities and their families. In 2021, LAND received a 4-year collective impact grant from the NC Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD), which became Meet The Need NC. The aim was to build awareness (educate & inform) for the Innovations Waiver waitlist and Direct Support Professional workforce shortage among multiple stakeholder groups toward I/DD policy change.

LAND VALUES

– Equal voice at the table

– Respect for all people and ideas

– People with live experience are at the table whenever decisions are made about their care

– No one size fits all

– Inclusive, Accessibility for All

– Check your personal issue hat at door when you come to the table for the good of all

– Making life better and easier for people with disabilities and their families is our central focus

LAND’s GOALS

1. Advocate for systemic changes, policies, and practices that enhance the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities across their lifespan through a person-centered care approach

2. Employ a consistent, cross-systems approach that emphasizes universal screening, evidence-based practices, family-centered support, and peer assistance, ensuring accessibility and meeting people where they are

3. Build coalitions of knowledgeable, engaged people about the service and support needs of the development disability across disabilities, level of need, age, cultures, regions, and marginalized communities – through a developmental disability lens

4. Inform all stakeholders and the public about the needs and contributions of people with developmental disabilities

5. Educate, organize, and train people with disabilities and families to collectively participate in impacting policy objectives for I/DD system change

6. Assist in impacting public policy outcomes at the federal, state and local levels for people with developmental disabilities and their families to thrive

Who is the LAND Policy Education Center?

Based on the current challenges of our I/DD Community nationally, statewide, and locally, LAND will use its LAND Policy Education Center to expand the work of Meet The Need NC to include a grassroots movement called Disability Action Network NC. It will focus its efforts on informing, educating and mobilizing broad numbers of community-based voices of lived experience around urgent policy issues, beyond the Innovations Waiver waitlist and direct care workforce shortage. LAND will continue to build alliances with state-based I/DD nonprofits and other organizations to bring together bottom up (grassroots) and top down (state-based) advocacy.

Who is the Disability Action Network NC?

We are a community-based, grassroots movement to raise and join the voices of lived experience for policy change for our North Carolina Disability Community. We are just forming and need your help.

Our website is coming soon, but go to our Facebook page to stay up to date about our transistion!

Website: https://disabilityactionnc.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581218458973