OVERVIEW

The Center for Family Involvement works with families to increase their skills as advocates, mentors and leaders so that families, children and young adults with disabilities can lead the lives they want.

CFI Cultural Brokering Article
A new article, Lessons Learned: Providing Peer Support to Culturally Diverse Families of Children with Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs, examines the practice of the CFI’s cultural brokering initiative with Parent to Parent Support.

P2P USA Cultural Brokering Article

CFI Rack Card in English and Arabic

Virginia is for Siblings: The Center for Family Involvement, Arc of Virginia, Autism Society Central Virginia, Formed Families Forward, and NAMI Virginia have partnered together to form Virginia’s chapter of the national sibling leadership network. We need your held to populate our new website with sibling activities happening across Virginia.

Virginia Affordable Care Act Update: To read about Virginia’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Virginia’s Medicaid Waiver Redesign: For several years, the staff of the Center for Family Involvement have been involved with Virginia’s My Life My Community efforts to redesign services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in communities.

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P.O. Box 843020
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3020
FAX: (804) 828-0042
TTY RELAY: (800) 828-1120

HELPLINE: (877) 567-1122

EMAIL: cfihelpline@vcu.edu

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