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Funding, Collaboration, Advertisement, Training, and Support UCEDD/LEND programs: https://www.aucd.org/template/index.cfm Protection and Advocacy Organizations: https://acl.gov/programs/find-your-pa-agency DD Council: https://nacdd.org/councils/ Parent Center: Parent to Parent and Family Voices: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/find-your-center/ DPH: Down Syndrome Information Acts: https://www.lettercase.org/issues/state-laws/ State Department of Developmental Disabilities Early Intervention: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/parents/state-text.html Genetic Read more…

At our last Medical Outreach meeting for local Down syndrome organizations, we discussed how you can grow medical outreach programs by starting the new year with 3-5 medical outreach goals and then evaluating your progress at the 6 months mark Read more…

Watch our webinar about strategies that local Down syndrome organizations can use to apply for grants to fund medical outreach efforts: Finding grants. Local Mission specific Relationships with funders Check out funders and other projects funded Federal: Get partners with Read more…

Learn how to create your own customized medical outreach plan based on the plans we developed through our grant-funded medical outreach team, including 12 local Down syndrome organizations of varying sizes and demographics nationwide. Access the video demonstration here: You Read more…

Burmese Example Check understandingdownsyndrome.org and click on globe. All resources translated by a American Translation Association certified translators and include links to associations in native countries. Find out which countries speak the language. Example: Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly Burma) Visit Read more…