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PACER Center’s Families Accessing Communities Together (FACT) Project will work with families to identify and provide effective family support services and leadership training for families of individuals with developmental disabilities from birth to age 25 in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Many families have expressed the need for assistance in navigating the multitude of public and private systems that provide services to meet the complex needs of their families. The FACT Project’s innovative process will provide family-centered support services, improve the community’s capacity to serve individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, and support systems change activities.
During the first year of the five-year project, FACT Project staff will meet with family members and community organizations to plan effective ways of meeting the needs as they are defined by the families. Collaborating with multiple service providers in the metro area, the project will use that information during the following four years to respond to the needs identified by culturally and racially diverse and underserved families of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Through family-centered activities, families will learn to use and build on their family’s strengths and gain communication and advocacy skills. Families will also gain skills to effectively participate in systems change activities and promote family-centered community practices and structures.
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Project FACT Brochure
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FACT Handout
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