To advocate issues and concerns, and to promote support of USDA employees with disabilities by working with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary s Advisory Committee for Employees with Disabilities, and other internal organizational entities in achieving Association objectives. To further develop communication and networking among USDA employees with disabilities and others, general concerns and issues of employment, including those of the Secretary s Advisory Committee for Employees with Disabilities. To educate and promote awareness among administrators, managers, and all employees about the needs and concerns of employees with disabilities. APDA membership is open to all USDA employees who subscribe to the objectives of the Association. All individual members shall have voting rights and the right of proxy voting.
Membership is established upon payment of dues.
Membership in the Association entitles members to placement on the membership roster and the mailing list, access to the APDA Home Page and all of its resources, issues of the APDA Informer newsletter, and attendance at Association functions. Honorary membership may be extended to persons who subscribe to the objectives of the Association. Honorary membership does not confer voting rights. Satellite chapters may charge their own dues. New members joining APDA for the first time after November 1 of any year will be considered to have paid for the following year.