Hear. Share. Act. Lunch & Learn Series

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Meet the Need NC’s Hear. Share. Act.’s monthly Lunch & Learn Series takes place on the third Tuesday of each month from 12PM to 1PM. 

Each month, the series features a different topic intended to help people gain basic knowledge of the systems, programs, and services in place that serve individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DD). We encourage people in and outside the I/DD community who want to understand better the benefits of including people with IDD within their communities to attend.

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Hear. Share. Act. Lunch & Learn Schedule

The HSA Lunch & Learn Series is held online via Zoom. Spanish translation, American Sign Language and Closed Captioning are available. Webinars are held the third Tuesday of each month from 12PM to 1PM unless otherwise specified. You can register for any or all of these webinars here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KKgzXXx0TfmwNVvBfRYmpA#/registration 

Join us at our next webinar!

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Topic: Double Whammy! Lifting the veil on the I/DD DSP Workforce shortage, and its impact on North Carolina’s aging family caregivers

Webinar Description: While we wait for an adequately sourced and trained Direct Support Professional (DSP) workforce for people with I/DD and to help families support them, family caregivers are aging. For those who have embraced the dream of community-based living for their children, the path toward reality is lined with an aging population of family caregivers. Will their child get an Innovations Waiver slot before they can no longer care for their child? Even if they do get a slot, will there be an adequate supply of DSPs to be there for their child’s lifespan?

The continued (seemingly no end in sight) DSP workforce shortage has grave implications for family caregivers. Join us in May as we will lift the veil on the impact of the DSP workforce shortage and explore the “double whammy” experienced by I/DD caregivers who must learn to also look after their own physical and mental health while they wait.

Upcoming webinar dates
Past Webinars

Click on the title of the webinar to view the video recording. And check out our library of short video clips from the Lunch & Learn sessions that highlight key points from each session.

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 2201NCSCDD ($2,155,429.00), 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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