UCEDD Directors Meeting

Wednesday, January 27th

4:00-6:00 pm ET

Welcome!

Housekeeping

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Acknowledgement

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TA Updates

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New URC Staff

Katie Johnson• Program

Specialist– ED&I Action Plan– Admin Essentials

Series– D&I Real World

Examples– Plain Language

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Maureen Johnson• Program

Specialist– Trainee

Engagement– D&I Toolkit– Leadership

Academy

Jamie Koenig• Program

Specialist– New Director’s

Orientation– Territories– Tribal Updates– COVID-19

Response

Recognition

Retired Directors:• Robin Hansen, CA-MIND• Pat Morrissey, HI• Brent Askvig, ND• Wayne Stuberg, NE• Steve Rock, NV• Susan Hetherington, NY-

Strong• Donna Gilles, VAIn Memoriam:• Fred Biasini, AL (1951-2020)

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New UCEDD Directors

• Sarah O’Kelley, Director, AL• Kiriko Takahashi,

Interim Director, HI• Lori Garnes, ND• Randall Owen, Director, NV• Erik Carter, Co-Director, TN-

Vanderbilt• Parthy Dinora, Interim

Director, VA

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Overview of URC TA

Universal TA• Newsletters: Announcements, Resources, Funding Opps,

AUCD360, Disability Policy News– Public Promotion Request form to disseminate your updates

• Websites: URC, D&I Toolkit, Emerging Leaders, Embedding

• Requests for information, experts• Publications: Tip Sheets: Coffee & TA series and Admin

Essentials series, MOU library & analysis upcoming• Spanish and Plain Language Adaptations

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Overview of URC TA

Targeted TA• Orientations: UCEDD Directors, Data Coord.• Events: Leadership Academy, Director meetings

– Leadership Academy applications due March 1; virtual in 2021• UCEDD NTI support: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome,

Community Based Transition Partnerships• ED&I Action Plan implementation• Territories support • State-level policy support• Trainee engagement• NIRS support for data & reporting

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Overview of URC TA

Intensive TA• COVID-19 response• Individualized TA

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Transition to New 5-Year Final Reporting Guidance

• 5-year Final Progress Report guidance updated– Reflecting new intermediate outcomes in UCEDD Logic Model

§ Thanks Final Report Workgroup Elise McMillan, Liz Perkins, Dan Zhang§ Public Call for Comments in 2020

– Annual and 5-year reporting guidance now in same doc– NO CHANGES IN REPORTING THIS YEAR

• Changes implemented in NIRS– New question added to Trainee Follow-up Survey– 5-year final progress report being built, launch in August – COVID-19 checkbox for projects, activities, products– COVID-19 standard report being built

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Save the Date

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2021 VirtualTAInstituteTuesday, March 23, 4-5:30 pm ETThursday, March 25, 4-5:30 pm ETTuesday, March 30, 4-5:30 pm ETThursday, April 1, 4-5:30 pm ET

Option to continue the conversation from 5:30-6:00pm ET in breakout rooms.

Next Steps on the Agenda

1. Panel on Vaccine Considerations for the IDD Population

Emily Graybill, Suzannah Iadarola, Kara Ayers, Max Barrows, and Kathy Kinlaw

2. Transition to the New AdministrationJohn Tschida

3. Roundtable Discussions

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Panel on Vaccine Considerations for the IDD Population

Emily Graybill, Moderator• Associate UCEDD Director, Center for Leadership in Disability

Suzannah Iadarola, Moderator• UCEDD Director, Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities

Kara Ayers• Associate UCEDD Director, University of Cincinnati Center for

Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Max Barrows• Outreach Director, Green Mountain Self-Advocates

Kathy Kinlaw• Associate Director, Emory Center for Ethics

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Transition to the New Administration

John TschidaExecutive Director, AUCD

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What’s Changed?

• The Biden Administration Has Begun– Inauguration Day: January 20, 2021– Fundamental shift in governance philosophy– Control over Executive Branch agencies and

leadership§ 4000 + political appointments§ 1200 need Senate confirmation for permanent status§ Acting appointees may serve for 210 days

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What’s Changed?

• Other Levers of Control and Influence– Judicial appointments

§ The power to nominate judges to the federal bench and SCOTUS

– Executive Orders§ Directives from the President that carry the weight and

effect of law– Rulemaking at Executive Branch agencies

§ The ability to change how existing programs and services are run, within limits– Eg. work requirements in the Medicaid program, immigration

policies (separation of families)

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Examples

Executive Orders– Designed to reverse previous policy

§ e.g. prohibiting the Attorney General from renewing contracts with private prisons

§ Lifting the ban on transgender individuals to serve in the military

§ Reinstating civil service protections

– Signaling priorities or an area of focus§ e.g. establishing the COVID Health Equity Task Force at HHS§ Enhancing data collection and collaboration capabilities for

high-consequence public health threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Appointments

• What’s happened so far?– Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging and Administrator,

Administration for Community Living (ACL): Alison Barkoff

– Commissioner of the Administration on Disabilities and Director of the Independent Living Administration: Reyma McCoy McDeid

– Chairman National Council on Disability: Andrés J. Gallegos

– General Counsel Office of Management and Budget: Sam Bagenstos

– White House Office of Presidential Personnel Research: Kings Floyd

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Key Appointments

• What happens next?– Moving down the agency organization charts

§ Focus to date on top agency leadership– Key roles still vacant

§ Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)§ National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and

Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)§ Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

(OSERS)– Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)– Office of Special Education Policy (OSEP)

– Timeline? Uncertain

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What’s the Focus?

• Top Biden Administration Priorities– COVID Management and Vaccine Distribution

§ A more nationalized approach

– Economic Stimulus and Recovery§ Additional stimulus payments§ Assistance for businesses/employers

– Crisis Management

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117th Congress

The Policy Context

• Democratic control• 69 new members of

Congress– 9 Senators– 60 Representatives

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House Partisan Balance

Party 117th Congress

Democratic 222

Republican 211

Vacancies 2

Total 435

Senate Partisan Balance

Party 117th Congress

Democratic 48

Republican 50

Independent 2

Total 100

Action Steps

• What can AUCD Network Members Do?– Engage your Members of Congress

§ Develop long-term relationships with new members

– Inform us of relationships you have§ With new Members of Congress§ With new appointees

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Transition to Breakouts

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Roundtable Discussions 14:45-5:25 ET

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Room Topic Room Topic

1 Taking a Disability Lens to Racial Justice: Where Does the UCEDD fit in the University and Community?

2 Engaging Diverse Communities in Research Activities

3 Emerging Issues around Telehealth and Addressing Disparities in Access

4 Supporting the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Staff and Leaders in a Virtual Environment

5 Opportunities for HCBS Transformation post-COVID

6 State and Federal Budgetary Challenges in Current Economic Climate

7 Navigating Policy Environments Post Election

8 Navigating Changing Dynamics and Relationships in University/State/Community as a UCEDD Director

9 Sustaining the Course— Staying Vigilant in COVID-19 Mitigation Behaviors

Roundtable Discussions 25:30-6:00 ET

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Select your room by changing your zoom name to “Name, Room Number” Eg. (Maureen Johnson, 5)

Room Topic Room Topic

A Taking a Disability Lens to Racial Justice: Where Does the UCEDD fit in the University and Community?

B Engaging Diverse Communities in Research Activities

C Emerging Issues around Telehealth and Addressing Disparities in Access

D Supporting the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Staff and Leaders in a Virtual Environment

E Opportunities for HCBS Transformation post-COVID

F State and Federal Budgetary Challenges in Current Economic Climate

G Navigating Policy Environments Post Election

H Navigating Changing Dynamics and Relationships in University/State/Community as a UCEDD Director

I Sustaining the Course— Staying Vigilant in COVID-19 Mitigation Behaviors

Thank you to our Planning Committee: Emily Graybill, Suzannah Iadarola, Olivia Raynor and Valerie Williams

Thank You for Joining Us!

Thank you to our Federal Partners:Shawn Callaway, Allison Cruz, Jennifer Johnson,

David Jones, and Pam O’Brien