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2024 Advocacy & Policy Day #1 June 10, 2024
The Arc of PA Year in Review 2023-2024
CPARC “No fault of their own” video
2024 Advocacy & Policy Day #2 June 11, 2024 -Session information & Speaker Presentations
9:15 – 9:30 AM – Keynote Speaker- Carole Clancy, Director – Bureau of Special Education, PA Department of Education ( this will be added at a later date )
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Session Breakouts
Session A – Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) – Where are We Now?
Session B – Let’s Speak Up! – Self-Advocates United 1 (SAU1) – Power Coaches Gretchen Laudenslager and Sonny O’Callahan, supported by facilitator Teri Brewer
10:45 – 11:45 AM – Session Breakouts
Session C – Navigating the IEP process-Learn from the Pros – Victoria George & Zachery Couden -The Arc of York and Adams Counties and Amy Fisher-The Arc of Lancaster Lebanon Counties
Session D – All About Human and Civil Rights – Self-Advocates United 1 (SAU1) – Power Coaches Gretchen Laudenslager and Sonny O’Callahan, supported by facilitator Teri Brewer
1:00 – 2:00 PM – Session Breakouts
Session E – “State of the State” Legislative & Budget Update – Laura Kuller, Esq. Founder & Principal Pursuit Advocacy & Lauren Mishoe, Government Affairs Pursuit Advocacy
Session F – Go Voter! – Self-Advocates United 1 (SAU1)- Power Coaches Gretchen Laudenslager and Sonny O’Callahan, supported by facilitator Teri Brewer
2:00 – 3:30 PM – Performance Based Contracting for 1915 (b)(4) and Supports Coordination – Jeremy Yale, Bureau Director of Policy and Quality Management, Pennsylvania Dept of Human Services, Office of Developmental Programs