About the program
The Family Link Program focuses on connecting Black families with disabilities aged 3-life, ensuring their engagement, bonding, and access to essential services. This program provides comprehensive support including cultural brokerage, one-to-one assistance, system navigation, resource sharing, resilience-building, and advocacy. Family Service Navigators offer support across all life stages, from childhood to adulthood.
Program Mission
These services under this program
Cultural Brokerage:
One-to-One Support Services:
System Navigation:
Resource Sharing:
Strengthening Resilience:
Embracing Family Perspectives:
Connection with Similar Families:
Advocacy:
Areas Covered by the Family Link Program
- Home Visiting
- Child Finds
- Special Education (IEP & 504)
- Transition Planning (beginning at least by age 14)
- Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Provision of Medical Supplies
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Life after High School & Employment
- Housing Support
- Guardianship
- School-to-Work Transition Programs
- Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) Services
- Access to Assistive Technology
- Support Groups
- Outpatient Therapy (Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, etc.)
- Mental Health Services


We need your support
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