During Year 1 of our initiative, we formed an Advisory Council of diverse voices from organizations across disabilities, regions, ages and perspectives. Starting Year 3, we have transitioned to an Advisory Collaborative that advises on I/DD policy and work in tandem with our LENS (Lived Experience Network Speaks) advisory group. Importantly, our Meet The Need NC Advisory Collaborative is infused with the experience of those with I/DD and their families who represent “lived experience.”

Using a Collective Impact model, we worked with our collaboration of partners to identify a common agenda for the Meet the Need NC initiative, sharing the ideal that a common agenda around issues is essential for systemic change in the I/DD Community in North Carolina.

From our work together, we developed and updated a Common Agenda Infographic.

Our members are associated with these organizations and should not be viewed as organization endorsement. 

  • Autism Society of NC
  • Cansler Collaborative Resources
  • CIDD (Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities)
  • Community Bridges Consulting Group
  • Disability Rights NC
  • Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
  • Duke University School of Medicine
  • Family Support Network of North Carolina
  • First in Families of North Carolina
  • HOPENC 
  • Grupo Poder y Esperanza 
  • i2i Center for Integrative Health
  • IRT (Innovation. Research. Training)
  • LAND (Leadership Alliance for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities)
  • MHTA (Mental Health Transformation Alliance)
  • NC DPS – Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • NCCDD (North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities)
  • NC Providers Council
  • NCWAT (NC Waiver Action Team)
  • North Carolina Down Syndrome Alliance
  • North Carolina Provider’s Council
  • PACID (Parents of Adult Children with I/DD)
  • Parent to Parent Family Support Network – High Country 
  • Reality Ministries
  • Self-Advocates and Advocates (People with I/DD and/or their families/persons providing support)
  • Social workers, psychologists, psychiatrist, nurse practitioners
  • The Arc NC
  • UNC School of Social Work
  • Work Together NC
  • Vaya Health

Our partners working together for this groundbreaking work include:

MEET THE NEED NC

7236 Aquinas Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27617

Email us: hello@meettheneedNC.org

Meet The Need NC is an initiative, funded by the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities, that is changing the intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DD) landscape across the state. The initiative recognizes systemic change for I/DD community services and supports requires a common agenda. The content from Meet The Need NC aims to provide individuals, families and professionals education and information on intellectual and other developmental disabilities. It is not intended to replace professional medical, psychological, behavioral, legal, or educational counsel. Reference to any specific agency or legislation does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Meet The Need NC or the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities.

This project was supported, in part by grant number 2301NCSCDD ($2,160,620.00), from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

Meet The Need NC is driven by the Leadership Alliance for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LAND), a program of the 501c3 nonprofit, Mental Health Transformation Alliance (MHTA). LAND is a disability advocacy organization made up of family members and individuals with I/DD “lived experience” and other professionals dedicated to improving the lives of those with I/DD and their families.”

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