Youth experience team building activities at a challenge course as part of the Kansas City Summer Transportation Institute.
Program Areas
The Institute has identified seven program (priority need) areas through which it organizes all activities and visions, allowing for the Institute to effectively identify and serve needs across the entire lifespan. For a detailed description of the program areas, click on read more after the list of projects.
1. Health & Wellness Promotion
Projects include:
Addressing Suicide Prevention
Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Access to Health Care
Kansas City Healthy Start
Safety First: Kansas City Collaborative to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities
StartRight Teen Mentors of Mothers (MOMS) Program
For a detailed description of the program area and a brief introduction to each project...
2. Early Childhood & Youth
Projects include:
Cross-Site Evaluation for the AIA Demonstration Program
Early Childhood Comprehensive System Implementation Phase
Jump Into Foods and Fitness
Kansas City Summer Transportation Institute
Kansas Quality Rating System
Missouri Integrated Model
Missouri Quality Rating System and School Readiness Study
Team for Infants Endangered by Substance Abuse (TIES)
For a detailed description of the program area and a brief introduction to each project...
3. Individual Advocacy and Family Supports
Projects include:
AmeriCorps Community Support Navigators
Head Start Strengthening Families and Fatherhood: Children of Fathers in the Criminal Justice System
Kansas City Access Recreation
MicroBoards
Missouri Developmental Disability Resource Center
Missouri Family to Family Health Information Center
Missouri Partnership for Integrated Community Services
OurSpace
Sharing Our Strengths
Vision con Esperanza 360° / Visions with Hope 360° Implementation
Youth LEAD
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4. Adult Community Living
Projects include:
Adult Continuing Education for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ACED)
People First of Missouri Technical Assistance
Transformation Grant
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5. Aging and Developmental Disabilities
Project includes:
Interdisciplinary Training Center on Aging and Developmental Disabilities (ITC)
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6. Interdisciplinary Personnel Preparation
Projects include:
College of Direct Support
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
Leadership Certificate in Disability Studies
Gateway Program: Service-Learning
TIPS for Kids (LEND)
Undergraduate Certificate in Disability Studies
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7. Program, Organization, & Community Capacity Building
Projects include:
Alianzas (Alliances)
AmeriCorps Disability Technical Assistance Grant
Money Follows the Person
Safe Family Coalition
Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life
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