Recruiting ADA Training Academy Participants

Currently, we are looking to enroll 9 participants (3 individuals from 3 different communities to be a "Team"). We hope that each community team will have 1 person with a disability living in the community, an “ADA Coordinator” from the community (either at city, town, or county level), and another person who might be from a human rights committee or staff from Center for Independent Living or other community.

Complete our Training Academy Interest Form: https://go.iu.edu/3qVx

Training Academy Overview

• Enrollment in the ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program. ADA-Indiana will pay the registration fee for each of the 9 participants to enroll in the ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program (ACTCP) at the Great Plains ADA Center (visit www.adacoordinator.org for more information). The ACTCP is a 40-credit hour program that “verifies that participants have completed training in required content areas and have a depth of knowledge in ADA issues.” Generally, ACTCP participants should be able to complete a substantial part of the program by attending one National ADA Symposium and completing the remainder of the credits utilizing the free online training offered through the ADA National Network.
  
  
• Support to attend the National ADA Symposium in 2021. ADA-Indiana will provide a partial financial stipend to support Training Academy participants to attend the National ADA Symposium in 2021 (visit www.adasymposium.com). (If the ADA Symposium is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ADA-Indiana will provide support to participants to complete the courses online.) Attending the Symposium is a great way to complete a substantial part of the ACTCP requirements.
  
  
• Participation in the ADA-Indiana Steering Committee. ADA-Indiana will ask our Training Academy participants plan to attend at least 5 of our monthly online meetings and our in-person meeting on August 12, 2021. Our online committee meetings are 1 hour in duration. The meetings consist of project updates from ADA-Indiana staff and the Great Lakes ADA Center, as well as information sharing from members. Our only in-person meeting (August 12 from 11:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. ET) will be our planning meeting for the next project year and we will have a guest speaker. Lunch will be provided for attendees. Our current ADA-Indiana committee consists of people with disabilities, State and Local ADA Coordinators, representatives from Centers for Independent Living, and others.
  
  
• Attendance at ADA-Indiana’s 2021 Training Event (tentative July 23 or 26, 2021). – As part of our commemoration of the 31st Anniversary of the ADA, ADA-Indiana will host a training event in July 2021. This year our focus will be on how organizations can engage with people with disabilities and their advocates in the local community.