| Annual Goals by 2007 | First Steps |
| Active members will have grown—to about 200 members (means new GOALS and IDEAS) • More families of school-age children, more teachers and other school workers • More self advocates • More civilians (people just interested in our cause | • Advertise and contact families • Send flyers to prospective members • Develop a group to plan these kinds of contacts • Write a document that explains the Arc’s history and purpose • Immediate meeting with the Middletown “baseball group” about membership in and cooperation with the Arc • Use the annual membership meeting (and other possible membership meetings) to discuss ideas/plans, and to recruit new members |
| Working relationships will have been established with specific ”who’s”—people and/or organizations that the Arc will have to be partners with, to accomplish what we want | • Learn to use “conference calls” |
| Specific supports to families with members who have developmental disabilities will have been started, especially: • Mentors available for working with new families • Answers for “veteran” families too (medication and advocacy) *How to keep things going okay *How to meet new needs *Choices—such as who shares the house with our family member, etc. • Educational resource center for families • Development of more/better in-home substitute care for families | • Plan ways to help families with formal planning (IEP’s, IFSP’s) accompaniment and support at planning meetings • Contact other Arc chapters to learn about various kinds of “supports” to families |
| Arc members and family members have started a process of “taking the temperature” of service s and reporting what they learn to MRDD or to the state • Stipend provided by government • Connected to a family member who is also a member of the MRDD Board • Arc fund-raising to support this monitoring activity (and other activities) | • Meeting of Arc members with Chris Hurr and others at MRDD about information sharing and cooperation. • Writing grants for funding specific activities • Hold the Art Auction to raise finds for specific activities |
| Members
of the Arc have been made aware of and active in political events
regarding developmental disabilities services /supports (state,
federal, local) • Regular information about political advocacy • Have the people affected by rules review the rules, in detail • Make connections with local legislators (city, county, state, federal) | • Members of the Arc monitor county MRDD board meetings • We need more Roberts! |
| The Arc has worked on issues around guardianship (and other substitute decision-making) with the local courts | |
| The Arc has made progress toward more cost-effective and reliable transportation for people with developmental disabilities • Found other means of transport (providing, subsidizing) • Know lots more about transportation (U.C. study?) |