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Advocacy Teams

Advocacy Teams

IndependenceFirst Consumer Advocacy Teams 2009

The Consumer Advocacy Teams consist of consumers, people with disabilities, staff and interested community members. The Consumer Advocacy Teams meet approximately once a month to work on a variety of issues affecting people with disabilities.

The ADA Consumer Advocacy Team is hard at work to ensure laws and regulations regarding accessibility are being met by area businesses as well as improving those businesses currently not accessible. The team also works on trying to change current legislation and making sure legislation is being enforced. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. - Noon in Room 106 in Milwaukee. Call for information regarding when the newly formed ADA Consumer Advocacy Teams in –Waukesha and Washington Counties meet. For more information, contact Diana Sullivan at 414-226-8383 V or Email: dsullivan@independencefirst.org.

The Employment Consumer Advocacy Team addresses employment issues faced by people with disabilities. Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month from 1-2 p.m. For more information, contact Kristin Stern at 414-226-8332 V or Email: kstern@independencefirst.org.

The Long Term Health Care Consumer Advocacy Team is working on putting together a scrapbook of testimonies of people who use various services connected with Long Term Health Care to use when visiting legislators or for advocacy purposes. The team is also working on advocating for consumer choices in the long term care system and monitoring the Community Choice Act of 2007 and Money Follows the Person issues. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month from 2:30-3:30 p.m. For more information, contact Julie Alexander at 414-226-8378 V or Email: jalexander@independencefirst.org

The Transportation Consumer Advocacy Team focuses on transportation issues that directly impact people with disabilities.   Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month from 10:00 a.m. – Noon. Meetings will be held in Room 101. For more information contact Autumn Misko at 414-226-8387 V or Email: amisko@independencefirst.org.

For General Information, contact IndependenceFirst 414-291-7520 V/TTY/Relay