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Priorities & Objectives

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Indiana Disability Rights (IDR) is seeking feedback from the disability community regarding issue areas to focus on. This feedback will inform IDR’s Priorities and Objectives (P&Os) from 2025-2027. IDR’s P&Os guide the agency’s work.

If you are a member of the disability community, we want to hear from you. Please complete this survey to share your opinion by March 15, 2024. You are welcome and encouraged to share this with your peers so IDR can receive as much feedback as possible.

After March 15, IDR will review all the feedback shared and propose P&Os to the Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services (IPAS) Commission. Once the IPAS Commission approves, the draft P&Os will be posted for public comment in June and available throughout the summer.

During the public comment period, you will have a chance to let us know if we are on the right track or you think we should make changes to the P&Os. Other stakeholders, such as family, friends, advocacy organizations, and providers can also give feedback.

In mid-August, the IPAS Commission will review the public comment feedback and vote for IDR’s final P&Os for 2025-2027.

Please share your thoughts with us. If you have a question or need to request a reasonable accommodation to give your input, please contact us by e-mailing Info@IndianaDisabilityRights.org or calling 800-622-4845.

We look forward to receiving your thoughts!

FFY 2023 Priorities and Objectives

Federal Fiscal Year 2023
October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023
Approved by the IPAS Commission August 19, 2022

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GOAL 1: PREVENTING, FINDING, AND STOPPING ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN FACILITIES.

PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS:

  1. Investigate facilities serving children with disabilities.
  2. Investigate or monitor for suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, and rights violations in facilities or by a service provider.

GOAL 2: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO ENSURE RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED AND SUPPORTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.

PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS:

  1. Advocate on behalf of individuals with disabilities in the areas of self-determination, health care, abuse and neglect, discharge from institutions, civil rights, education, employment, justice, and voting.
  2. Advocate for ending sheltered workshops and increasing competitive integrated employment.
  3. Advocate for access to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).
  4. Advocate for the expansion of knowledge and use of supported decision-making/less restrictive alternatives to guardianship.
  5. Advocate to ensure elections are accessible to voters with disabilities.

GOAL 3: SERVING AS A PARTNER IN RIGHTS ISSUES BY SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS LED BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THOSE FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES.
PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS:

  1. Provide easily accessible and equitable paths for the public to contact IDR for advocacy needs and to find information, referrals, and resources.
  2. Support the legislative and policy work and meaningful inclusion of people with disabilities, those from marginalized communities, and people with lived experiences on issues that align with IDR’s mission, vision, and values.