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ACCESS for All Autism Spectrum Support Group Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Literacy Building Futures Through Person-Centered Planning Project BRIDGE CONNECT-Creating Online NICU Networks to Educate, Consult, and Team Families First Children's Center Family to Family Center Fatherhood Initiative HCHC - Healthy Couples-Healthy Children Housing Programs Katrina Aid Today NICU Developmental Care Program PEDS-Pediatric Evaluation and Developmental Services PREPARE-Preschool Personnel Assistance, Resources & Education ShareCare Special Kids Family Network Technology Learning Center, Gulf Coast Campus TRIAD-Training, Resources and Information for the Advancement of Degrees PREVIOUS PROJECTS 
Comprehensive Disaster Case Management Families First Resource Center Family Support (formerly VISSIONS) First Stop Family Support Center HAVEN-Halting Abuse of Vulnerable Adults Education Network LINCC-Learning Initiatives through Novel Career Connections MS Outdoor Recreation for Persons with Disabilities MITTS-Mississippi Infant Toddler Technical Support Network-Nutrition Systems Care SEED-Systematic Efforts for Enhanced Development YES - Youth with Disabilities and Employment Success
IDS Believes All individuals are unique and have inherent values and gifts that contribute to and enhance community life; individuality should be respected and fostered. Individuals and families have the right to exercise control over their own lives and define their own needs and choices so relationships are nurtured, cultures are respected, and connections to communities are strengthened. All individuals should have access to diverse individuals in inclusive communities so friendships, working relationships, and networks of support are developed and maintained.It is in the best interest of persons with disabilities, the  state, and the community to support and empower the family unit,
for the family is the primary focus of sustenance, commitment,
and love.
Children with disabilities benefit from the experience of growing
and developing in a nurturing home environment where enduring
family relationships are developedand maintained. Adults with disabilities have the right to live in typical homes, fully participate in community life, and exercise their full rights as citizens free from attitudinal and physical barriers. Successful family and community inclusion requires service systems to move toward a coordinated holistic model of functional resources and supports that is flexible yet stable, is responsive to needs as defined by the individual/family, embraces diversity, and enables choice and self-direction. Ample resources should be available for equitable statewide distribution to assure the availability of a network of formal and informal supports necessary for individuals to stay in their homes and communities and to achieve the goals of independence, productivity, and integration. Given state-of-the-art training, technical assistance, and support relative to issues affecting families, communities have the ability to build an infrastructure necessary to develop and maintain the resources needed to foster both independence and interdependence. Persons with disabilities have the same fundamental rights afforded all U.S. citizens under the Constitution: the rights to freedom and individual choice. Efforts should be made by all of society to dissolve discriminatory practices that block access to the supports necessary to enhance independence, productivity, and inclusion. |
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