BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:"How the Smallest State Will Lead the Nation: Expanding Opportu nities for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities\," with Andrew McQuaide\, State Coordinator of the DOJ Interim Settlement Ag reement\, Rhode Island. In the United States\, approximately 450\,000 peo ple with intellectual and developmental disabilities spend their days in segregated sheltered workshops or in segregated day programs. On April 8\, 2014\, the United States and the State of Rhode Island entered into the n ation’s first statewide settlement agreement that addresses the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to receive employm ent and daytime services in the community. Over twenty years ago\, the Sta te of Rhode Island was one of the first states to embrace community inclus ion and reject the segregation of institutional residential care. Today\, the State is embarking on an incredible journey to become a national model for integrated services\, upholding the ideals of the Americans with Disa bilities Act. A recent Maxwell MPA graduate\, Andrew McQuaide will discuss his work with the State of Rhode Island fostering collaborative and parti cipatory governance and expanding opportunity to community-based\, integra ted employment and day services for individuals with intellectual and deve lopmental disabilities. Sponsored by PARCC - Program for the Advancement o f Research on Conflict and Collaboration. DTEND:20140424T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T135039Z DTSTART:20140424T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies presents: Andrew McQuaide UID:RFCALITEM639141762394953072 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

"How the Smallest State Will Lead the Natio n: Expanding Opportunities for Individuals with Intellectual and Developme ntal Disabilities\," with Andrew McQuaide\, State Coordinator of the DOJ I nterim Settlement Agreement\, Rhode Island. In the United States\, approx imately 450\,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities spend their days in segregated sheltered workshops or in segregated day pr ograms. On April 8\, 2014\, the United States and the State of Rhode Islan d entered into the nation’s first statewide settlement agreement that addr esses the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilitie s to receive employment and daytime services in the community. Over twenty years ago\, the State of Rhode Island was one of the first states to embr ace community inclusion and reject the segregation of institutional reside ntial care. Today\, the State is embarking on an incredible journey to bec ome a national model for integrated services\, upholding the ideals of the Americans with Disabilities Act. A recent Maxwell MPA graduate\, Andrew M cQuaide will discuss his work with the State of Rhode Island fostering col laborative and participatory governance and expanding opportunity to commu nity-based\, integrated employment and day services for individuals with i ntellectual and developmental disabilities. Sponsored by PARCC - Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration.

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