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The 2025 Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (IARF) Conference & Expo brought together community-based I/DD and Behavioral Health providers, offering a variety of educational sessions for all staff levels, an exhibit hall featuring innovative products and solutions, a full day dedicated to DSPs, with networking and social events all across the span of three days.
Two ongoing Intersect for Ability projects were represented at this conference: The Current and the Workforce Growth Project. The Current participated in the Expo, where their team offered a hands-on demonstration to attendees. The Current’s team also presented on tips for designing a meaningful and effective schedule. The Wellbeing Resource Toolkit was introduced as the final product of the Workforce Growth Project. This presentation highlighted how trauma has impacted our workforce culture and shared the Wellbeing Resource Toolkit to help agencies address employee wellbeing as a trauma-informed strategy. Intersect for Ability is excited to share the Wellbeing Resource Toolkit on the Intersect for Ability website, coming soon!Click for more…
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The 2025 Together for Choice Conference brought together advocates, families, and service providers across the country to share ideas and best practices to protect and advance the rights of individuals with I/DD to live, work, and thrive in a setting of their choice.
Members of the Intersect for Ability Council participated in a panel discussion about collaboration–the backbone of Intersect for Ability. Along with colleagues from The Coleman Foundation and the Enterline Foundation, the panel discussed the benefits of collaboration for optimal impact.
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Clearbrook and Orchard Village hosted the Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) for a half-day seminar for Intersect Council member agencies. Attendees learned about IATP services, assistive tech for I/DD providers in Illinois, and enjoyed hands-on time with AT equipment and the IATP professionals.
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In 2024, Intersect for Ability celebrated fifteen years of collaboration! Members from the Intersect for Ability network agencies gathered for this event, hosted by Misericordia Home.
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Check out some photos from DDAN 2021! Thank you to all of our supporters for making the night a success. See you in 2022!
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On October 16th, 2019, Intersect for Ability members gathered to celebrate the alliance’s 10th anniversary and recognize The Coleman Foundation for its role in bringing our agencies together.
Over the past decade, Intersect for Ability agencies have tackled issues together with 23 collaborative projects to date. These projects focus on transitions from school to adulthood, transition into aging, autism training, employment opportunities for people with I/DD, and building supportive work cultures, to name just a few.
We are thankful to recognize our past decade of collaboration and look forward to many more years of improving outcomes for people with developmental disabilities.
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