The Utah Developmental Disabilities Council mission is to create an environment in which people with disabilities direct their own lives and participate in the community by facilitating interagency and citizen planning, identifying needs, recommending policy, promoting partnerships, providing advocacy, evaluating and improving support systems. MCIP seeks input from individuals and families, providers and organizations concerned about people with disabilities about the operations of managed care in Utah. MCIP sub-committees have been established with separate charges. The majority of Utah workers and their dependents are in managed care programs insured through the workplace. People with disabilities often have chronic and low incidence conditions that require specialists, assistive technology and coordination.
Limited data is available on people with disabilities served in managed care programs.
Parents and community volunteers operate this summer recreation program for kids with significant disabilities, who otherwise would not have summer activities in this rural desert community. An additional benefit is that high-risk youth are involved as peer supporters for the youth with disabilities. PIP is leadership training for adults with disabilities and parents of young children with disabilities. The Council and the Legislative Coalition for People with Disabilities jointly sponsored a voter registration drive to increase participation in the 1996 elections by people with disabilities and to educate candidates for local, state and national office about disability policy.