Next KWIC Webinar
Come Map with Me!
Learn how easy it is to map KWIC data, adjust data intervals, make comparisons across years, and much more. Learn about the KWIC team's current plans to add an asset mapping feature to KWIC, allowing you to map assets like WIC Programs and Head Start Programs to name a few.
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NYS OPWDD Commissioner Burke Notes Progress
OPWDD Commissioner Courtney Burke this week provided an overview of some recent, key changes, their implementation, and some ways these pieces are fitting together. And while Commissioner Burke encourages review of the agency's six-month and one-year progress reports, the message helped connect the dots by focusing on four broad initiatives that are inextricably linked: quality improvement, the People First Waiver, agency reorganization, and attention to the overall culture.
In the domain of quality improvement, OPWDD has changed the name of the Division of Quality Management to the Division of Quality Improvement (DQI), whereby the agency focus shifts from quality management to continual improvement - a mindset change and constant reminder to evaluate the system to identify areas for improvement. Systems are not static, and so too must quality efforts make adaptations. For more information on the People First Waiver go online, for reorganization of its service delivery system; for administrative support operations, the new agency organizational chart and regional office maps, go online; and for cultural change, adoption of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals' (NADSP) Code of Ethics, go to: www.NADSP.org
This and much more information that can be found at:
http://www.opwdd.ny.gov/ is vitally important to effective cross-systems endeavors.
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TRAID-ing Assistive Technology in NYS
 Learn more about a lending program for assistive technology throughout NYS right here:
The TRAID Program
Regional Trade Centers
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A Grant Resource!
 The Toy Industry Foundation invites grant proposals from nonprofit organizations seeking full or partial funding for special projects or ongoing programs designed to improve the lives of children in need. Proposals must demonstrate how grant funds will help fulfill the Toy Industry Foundation's mission to "bring joy, comfort, and learning to children in need through play." Visit the Toy Industry Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines and proposal requirements Contact: Link to Complete RFP |
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A Timely Reminder
 The State Education Department (SED) has proposed to amend section 100.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education relating to the requirements for students with disabilities to graduate with a local high school diploma. Written comments on the proposed amendment will be accepted for 45 days after its July 3, 2012 publication in the New York State Register.
Comments must be received by August 17, 2012.
For more information, go to:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/comment/safetynet-announce.htm
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Collaborating for Foster Youth
 Those working to help foster youth succeed can learn from a collaboration that started in one Indiana county and is going statewide.
Youth Law News explains how the Foster Youth Education Initiative brings together schools, government agencies, nonprofits and families.
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Twitter Roundup
Some Recent @NYSCCF ENGAGE 2DAYs
- ENGAGE 2Day: HHS/CDC Releases New information about Youth Violence Protective Factors Find at http://1.usa.gov/QUFxoY
- ENGAGE 2Day: New evidence on the impact of childhood mental health problems later in life http://bit.ly/MPQ3Sk
- ENGAGE 2Day: Quality Improvement Collaborative & Learning Community-Use of Antipsychotics w Foster Care Children & Youth http://bit.ly/OuNYJB
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