Meeting Archive
2024 Meetings
January 2024 Coalition Meeting
During January’s meeting, we were lucky to highlight two bright spots on employment in Wisconsin: youth visual resumes and Act 178 Youth Competitive Employment Strategies updates.
March 2024 Coalition Meeting
Think Ability Wisconsin
May 2024 Coalition Meeting
How the Criminal Justice System Can Affect Healthcare Transition for Youth: Family Voices and The Arc National Center on Criminal Justice & Disability’s survey
July 2024 Coalition Meeting
Strategies for expanding Customized Self Employment as an option for youth with disabilities
October 2024 Coalition Meeting
Reviewing the newly released Life Course Nexus Health Care Transition Toolkit and the why and how of co-creating transition materials with youth with disabilities and their family members
December 2024 Coalition Meeting
WI’s Peer Mentoring Program piloted by BPDD, Aptiv, ODC, People First and the Waisman Center
December 2024 Lessons Learned Webinars
Family Engagement in Transition System Change Efforts: For those working with families of teens with disabilities or health care needs to learn about and discuss ideas on meaningfully engaging with parents to improves systems of care; With Family Voices of Wisconsin Integrating Transition & Early College Awareness: Successes and lessons learned from hosting a middle school college day; With University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Inclusive Transition, Education and Employment (CITEE)
2023 Meetings
January 2023 Coalition Meeting
Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH)
March 2023 Coalition Meeting
Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI BPDD) Rights Guides developed as part of the Living Well project.
May 2023 Coalition Meeting
Darla Burton and Asa Cutting presented on Career and Technical Education and Youth Apprenticeship Opportunities.
July 2023 Coalition Meeting
Katlynn Kaiser from Opportunity Development Center, Inc and Emily Plowman from Opportunity Inc presented on Housing Counseling and Community Supported Living services available through their organizations.
September 2023 Coalition Meeting
For September’s Bright Spot, Jenny Neugart and Nekita Krisko talked about two of Wisconsin’s finest youth leadership programs – the Wisconsin Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) and Youth in Partnership with Parents for Empowerment (YiPPE). Jenny and …
November 2023 Coalition Meeting
During November’s Coalition meeting, Brittany Hoegh and Alicia Langlois presented information about Special Olympics health programs, focusing on the Healthy Athletes program. Brittany Hoegh is the Senior Director of Health Programs for the Special Olympics …
2022 Meetings
January 2022 Coalition Meeting
UW‐Madison’s Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC‐QE) Project Updates
March 2022 Coalition Meeting
Wisconsin Child Psychiatry Consultation Program (CPCP); Youth Mental Health Resources; Leadership Team Updates; Community Activities
May 2022 Coalition Meeting
Transition Improvement Grant (TIG); TIG Beyond Age 18 Transition Planning guidance; WITPP Leadership Team and community activities; Braiding resources for integrated transition
September 2022 Coalition Meeting
Transition Support for Youth in Foster Care Community & Project Updates
November 2022 Coalition Meeting
Southern Regional Center for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs – Transition Talks Tuesdays University of Wisconsin – Whitewater College Visit for 8th Graders Event Community & Project Updates
2021 Meetings
January 2021 Coalition Meeting
Equity Action Lab Strategies; Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Transition Initiatives
February 2021 Coalition Meeting
Community Work Startup; Well Badger Resource Center
March 2021 Coalition Meeting
Community Updates; Shanice Baquet in Milwaukee; Engaging and Valuing Families with Lived Experiences
April 2021 Coalition Meeting
Kelvin Alfaro; Community Updates
May 2021 Coalition Meeting
Project Updates; Community Partners; Stefanie Primm, LOV inc. Family Led and Family Navigator Work in Underserved Communities
June 2021 Coalition Meeting
Well Badger Resource Center Mental Health Navigator; Regional Centers for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs; Community Updates; Notice of Funding Opportunity
July 2021 Coalition Meeting
Project Timeline and Grant Application Update; Community Updates; Padres e Hijos en Acción
August 2021 Coalition Meeting
Cynda Green with Texas Parent to Parent Transition Center; WITPP Pilot Year Recap; Community Updates
September 2021 Coalition Meeting
Asset Inventory; Project Website
November 2021 Coalition Meeting
Supported Decision Making; Implementation Project Overview
2020 Meetings
October 2020 Coalition Meeting
Principles of transition; Project overview; Family and youth perspectives
November 2020 Coalition Meeting
Employment & Transition Initiatives: Pathways to Independence/Medicaid Infrastructure Grant; Project Summer; Let’s Get to Work; Wisconsin Promise; Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Employment Initiatives; Project Timeline; Asset Inventory; Power Mapping
December 2020 Coalition Meeting
Youth Health Transition Initiative; Asset Inventory; Equity Action Lab; Identifying Potential Communities