THE ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN DIRECTED SUPPORTS INC

THE ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN DIRECTED SUPPORTS WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS: COMMUNICATION: AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST/PRACTICE WILL PROVIDE AND ORGANIZE THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALIZED, PERSON-DIRECTED SUPPORTS. INFORMATION AND IDEAS WILL BE SHARED THROUGH WEBINARS, VIDEO CONFERENCING, SOCIAL MEDIA AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS THROUGH IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES. RESOURCES: ORGANIZING AND MAINTAINING INFORMATION, MATERIALS, RESEARCH, UP-TO-DATE NEWS AN BLOGGING. CONNECTIONS: MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO POST PROFILES AND CONNECT WITH OTHERS NATIONALLY AND ITNERNATIONALLY WHO SHARE THEIR INTERESTS IN PROMOTING SELF DIRECTION, INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS AND FULL INCLUSION. ADVOCACY: THE ALLIANCE WILL TAKE POSITIONS AND IDENTIFY PUBLIC POLICY AND FUNDING OBSTACLES TO MAKING THE SHIFT TO INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS AVAILABLE ON A WIDE SCALE AND WILL PARTIFIPATE IN PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS THIS CHANGE IN SERV