CCDD Introduces National Leadership Training Program
The Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities (CCDD) has announced the Kentucky Partners in Policymaking program, which is a national leadership training program that instructs individuals with developmental disabilities and parents the skills to become community leaders and catalysts for systems change.
Participants learn how to advocate for the best available services for themselves and others.
This program identifies the current trends about disability issues and develops in participants leadership skills necessary to impact public policy at all levels of government.
The goal of Kentucky Partners in Policymaking (KPIP) is to accomplish productive partnerships between the people needing and utilizing services and those who form public policy.
KPIP was founded on the belief that the most significant and lasting public policy decisions came from the efforts of those most affected by them, working together with public officials and policy experts.
KPIP educates participants about present issues and best practices, and teaches them about local, state and federal legislative processes of policymaking.
Program sessions are dedicated to specific topics presented by nationally known experts in their fields. Topics include History of Disabilities & Services, Inclusive Education, Kentucky’s Legislative Process, Social Engagement, Community Organizing, and Systems Change Advocacy.
The inaugural leadership KPIP class offers eight sessions over a nine-month period for 2019-2020. The schedule is as follows:
- September 13-14, 2019
- October 18-19, 2019
- November 15-16, 2019
- January 10-11, 2020
- February 6-7, 2020
- March 12-13, 2020
- April 17-18, 2020
- May 15-15, 2020
For more information contact Katie Bentley katie.bentley@ky.gov at or Nicole Maher at nicole.maher@ky.gov.