State Disability Programs

Under competitive application for Program Announcement 02007, the Disability and Health Team awarded funds to 16 states. Click here to search the State Profile Database

Public Health Outcome: Improved health of state residents with disabilities

Program Period: Program period began in 2002 and will continue 3-5 years.
State Awardees: In the spring of 2002, the Disability and Health team administered 16 competitive awards to implement effective state-level health promotion and wellness programs for people with disabilities.

Program Descriptions: Level I states are mentoring other states as well as implementing community-based health promotion programs targeting people with disabilities. Level 1a states are implementing community-based health promotion programs targeting people with disabilities. Level II states are including people with disabilities in their state's broad public health agenda, as well as planning health promotion interventions. Level III states are developing state health department infrastructure and developing a strategic plan for their disability and health program.

Core competencies. All 16 awardees have agreed to:

• Utilize the expertise of the 6 mentoring states -- Iowa, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington.

• Develop and utilize a consumer-driven advisory board and a strategic plan for the Disability and Health program.

• Work closely with state Healthy People coordinators to integrate people with disabilities into their state’s public health agenda.

• Coordinate with the state Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance team to assess risk behaviors and health status by age, gender, and ethnicity.

• Coordinate with other health department divisions to include people with disabilities in health promotion activities and to make clinical preventive services ADA accessible.

• Collaborate with universities, centers of excellence, centers for independent living, advocacy organizations, vocational rehabilitation and senior or elderly services to facilitate health promotion efforts targeting people with disabilities.

• Inform the public about employment, independent living, access, transportation, physical activity, assistive technology, peer support and other state initiatives to improving the health of people with disabilities e.g. statewide annual conferences.

• Coordinate with the American Association on Disability and Health to (1) identify state staff training needs; (2) establish public health programs to promote the health of people with disabilities; (3) fortify and operate state disability and health programs; and (4) formalize collaborative relationships with national disability organizations.

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