Hour One will cover basics of substitute decision making and alternatives to guardianship with a goal to expand the audience's knowledge of powers of attorney and other alternatives to guardianship. Hour Two will cover what a guardianship is and when it is appropriate with the goal being to learn about guardianship and conservatorship and recent...
The DD Council is hosting a webinar by Iowa State Treasurer Roby Smith’s IAble team from 12 PM to 1 PM to give 2026 updates, including expanded eligibility for opening a new account and new contribution amounts. Please register at IAble Team January 21 from 12 PM to 1 PM.
This month we are dividing the Community of Practice into two separate sessions. The first one is the Problems of Practice. This is a time to ask questions and find support and potential solutions from the other ADRC Navigators across the state. Please come prepared to share scenarios or situations that you have found difficult...
This session is being presented by Disability Rights Iowa. They will give an overview of the history of disability in America and review the presentation that they provided this past year during several in person sessions across the state, as well as a provided recording. Please click on the Registration for DRI and the history...
This session will be useful for Navigators as they may take calls that involve individuals displaying heightened emotions. A crisis call center representative will go over different strategies in engaging individuals over the phone. Please register at Handling Crisis Calls February 26 2026.
Staff from the Iowa Department of the Blind, along with Mike Hoenig, will present an informational session and training on working with individuals who are blind or have low vision. Please register at Assisting people who are blind or low vision.
Disability Rights Iowa (DRI)’s WIPA project is staffed with Community Work Incentives Coordinators (CWICs) who are trained and certified to provide benefits counseling to SSA disability beneficiaries across the entire state of Iowa and in 34 counties of northwest Illinois. This presentation will give Navigators an overview of how paid employment will affect all federal/state/local...
In-Home Health Related Care will be explained by Julie Bergeson of HHS. Please register at Registration March 11, 2026 Community of Practice on IHHRC
This is a repeated session from March 11th. Julie Bergeson, Iowa HHS, will explain In-Home Health Related Care. Please register at Registration March 12, 2026 Community of Practice 12:30 PM on IHHRC.
Please join us as Nick Ostrem, University of Iowa Prep Wise, presents this 2-hour training on disaster preparedness for ourselves and those we work with. To register for the training, please go to the Disaster Preparedness with PrepWise registration link.