It familiarizes participants with the policy making processes in local communities and nationally. The overall intent is to achieve a productive partnership between people using or needing services and those in a position to make policy or deliver services. Family members of individuals with disabilities and individuals with disabilities. There is no fee for participation. Air transportation, hotel accommodations, and meals are provided.
Limited funds are available for childcare reimbursements.
The following table breaks down what is accomplish during each session. Partners in Policymaking is an innovative leadership training program for parents of young children with disabilities and for adults with disabilities, designed and created in 1987 by Colleen Wieck, Ph.D., Director of the Minnesota Governor s Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Ed Skarnulis, Ph.D., of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The quality model of partners in Policymaking responds to the paradigm shifts in the disability field . The quality principles have been refined over timed, after being proven and documented. Partners is designed to educate and empower its participants to achieve systems change at the local, state, and federal levels.