STATE COORDINATION A state coordinator, a facilitator in each AEA, and a team of volunteers will provide parents, individuals, and/or agencies with a full array of direct and indirect support such as empowerment at IEP conferences, information and referral services, and training through seminars and classes. Collaborative partners will be the Parent Education Programs and the Iowa Parent Training Center.	$180,000
ANNUAL CONFERENCE The annual conference, the premier event of the year for parents, agencies, professionals, and the public to learn about learning disabilities, features prominent and knowledgeable keynote speakers and break-out session leaders, respected in the field of learning disabilities—both nationally and locally.	$20,000
REGIONAL CONFERENCES This project will provide long distance learning to parents, educators, the medical profession, adult services providers, and others—information about early reading interventions, transition best practices, model programs, parenting, environmental issues, accommodations interventions, and other requested topics. Nationally known leaders will be the presenters.	$8,000
LITERACY PROJECT This project provides funds to libraries across the state, all AEAs, and to the Iowa Literacy Resource Center, giving all residents of Iowa access to educational programs as well as books and videotapes about learning disabilities. Funds will support even more such resources.	$18,000
EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULTS Resources and curriculum will be developed to use with selected workforce personnel, transitional coordinators, medical personnel, employers, and educators, as well as parents and individuals with disabilities. A guidebook will be developed to help parents and individuals determine the appropriate support and training services provided at each college, university, vocational school, and other post-secondary training option. All modules will focus on the rights of the adult with a disability and appropriate accommodations.	$30,000
EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR K-12 An effort will be made to establish a partnership with one or more teacher training institutions to provide a special research-based curriculum. Teachers who successfully complete stated competencies will achieve LDA-I recognition. In addition, this project will focus on staff development for schools that fail accountability standards noted in “No Child Left Behind,” a professionally prescribed set of benchmarks.	$15,000
PRISON PROJECT This pilot program will study the effectiveness of introducing a research-based reading program to selected persons in a prison population. The program’s goal is to prepare prison residents to lead more productive lives and enhance their job readiness upon release to the outside world. This project received encouragement following a successful LDA-I educational technology program begun in the year 2000 at the Iowa Correction Institution for Women at Mitchellville.	$40,000
SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT Ten two-year scholarships of $1000 each year will be awarded annually to college-bound students who have learning disabilities. Currently only three scholarships are awarded; nearly 200 applications are received each year and college interest continues to grow.	$40,000
DIVERSITY OUTREACH PROJECT This project will focus on developing brochures and other written material about learning disabilities in a variety of diverse languages for distribution in Iowa. Parents will be encouraged to interact with their children’s schools and be made aware of their rights in securing appropriate placement for their children. They will learn of available resources to help them understand and respond to their children’s needs. This initiative will begin with a pilot project and will emphasize the development of leadership within the cultures of the community.	$8,000
DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT This partnership agreement with LDA-I will provide a book each month to both preschool children and their parents in a selected pilot community. Funds will be allocated ($30 per child) to serve 200 children over a two-year time span. Our association will make efforts to establish a relationship with selected United Way agencies to expand this project.	$6,000
Total two-year cost of projects listed	$365,000
Administrative costs	$35,000
Investing in the All Shall Know Their Worth initiative	$400,000