May 13, 2021 State Team Meeting

Meeting Objectives:

To highlight recent Act Early State Team member activities related to family engagement, Goal 1 of the State Plan.
To identify family engagement strategies we can use to reach all families in ways that are culturally and linguistically appropriate.

Agenda:

Welcome & Introductions

Session Recordings:

Lightning Round: Examples of Family Engagement within the State Team

Kaitlin McNamara, WI Board for People with Developmental Disabilities – Living Well
Hugh Davis, WI Family Ties – WI PLAN
Brigit Frank, Family Voices of WI – Video Fact Sheets
- Personal Care Fact Sheet
- “What is Newborn Screening?” Video Fact Sheet

Presentation & Discussion: Community Outreach and Engagement for Action

Presenters:

Sarah Esmond, MS, Administrative Director of the Collaborative Center for Health Equity and All of Us @ UW Community Engagement Team Lead
April Kigeya, BA, All of Us @ UW Community Engagement Team Member, leads the All of Us @ UW Community Advisory Board

Successful outreach and engagement rests on trust – establishing and keeping it. For this session, colleagues from the UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity and the All of Us Wisconsin research program will introduce how they approach community engagement opportunities and why, explain how their approach is supported administratively, and identify how they shift/pivot to ensure they are trustworthy partners.