Outreach
The Outreach
Subcommittee meets to discuss issues related to unserved and underserved
populations, specific review of the capacity building grant opportunities, to
monitoring and evaluation responsibilities for SPIL objectives, and any related
activities.
2012 Statewide Needs Assessment
The NYSILC Needs
Assessment Committee (NAC), facilitated by consultant Alan Krieger of Krieger
Solutions, spent six months compiling data and survey information into a needs
assessment report to help identify needs important to New Yorkers with
disabilities and the statewide Independent Living network. The purpose was to
help guide input and need for the formulation of the next three-year Statewide
Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) for 2014-2016.
Links to Report:
Links to Findings:
State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL)
SPIL 2014-2016 (Proposed)
The proposed SPIL is centered on
two objectives: capacity building projects and the Statewide Systems Advocacy
Network (SSAN). Capacity building seeks targeted outreach to these unserved and
underserved populations while the SSAN will be shaping its annual policy agenda
according to needs assessment priorities. For the objectives carried over from
the previously amended SPIL with unspent, Title VII, Part B funds, one year is
left for the first round of capacity building projects. The four projects were
funded for veterans with disabilities (two sites), young adults with
disabilities, and healthy lifestyles for individuals with disabilities.
The deaf-blind Support Service
Provider (SSP) demonstration project in years one and two of this plan
addresses a need recognized for that community. In addition, Part C ARRA funds
have been applied toward outreach for unserved/underserved targeted
populations. The ARRA funds are set to expire around April of 2015.
Capacity Building Grant Opportunities
The capacity building grant
opportunities for Independent Living Centers (ILCs) were designed to develop
self-sustaining, long-term program expansion to serve unserved and underserved
populations specified in the SPIL. The original populations were veterans with
disabilities, youth with disabilities, seniors with disabilities, Hispanic or
Asian individuals with disabilities, healthy lifestyle models for people with
disabilities, deaf-blind individuals and homeless individuals with
disabilities. The four projects funded were the Capital District Center for
Independence (CDCI) in Albany for healthy lifestyles for people with
disabilities, Center for Independence for the Disabled in New York (CIDNY) in
Queens for youth with youth with disabilities, and ARISE in Syracuse and North
Country Center for Independence (NCCI) in Plattsburgh both for veterans with
disabilities. Listed below are links with brief descriptions of each
project.
Documents
in RTF
Collective Quarterly Reports:
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