2:45 – 4:00 pm Home and Community-Based Services and Long-Term Services and Supports: Madison Ballroom New Initiatives, Expanded Options Thomas Cook – Executive Director; Ability Network of Delaware Jim Whittaker – President & CEO; The ARC of Jacksonville Dennis Dapolito – Executive Director & Senior Vice President; ServiceSource Lisa Ciccolelli – Director of Housing; ServiceSource Four speakers in one robust session. Thomas Cook, ACCSES LTSS Committee Chair, will kick things off with the inspiring story of the Michael McNesby Full Funding for Adults with I/DD Act, important legislation that became Delaware law this year thanks to the efforts of the Ability Network of Delaware. We will transition then to a discussion of building homes in a highly regulated environment. Some of you may recall Jim Whittaker joining an LTSS call last year to talk about The ARC Jacksonville Village; he was a popular guest and we have invited him to join us in person this year to further share the story of the Village and how it came to be. ACCSES also likes the opportunity to showcase the important work of ACCSES members. Dennis Dapolito and Lisa Ciccolelli will discuss ServiceSource’s housing initiatives that support individuals with disabilities to live in and be part of their local communities. Specific initiatives include Duval Park, an intentional community for veterans with disabilities in Clearwater Florida; Homes For Independence, a scattered site portfolio of condominiums for individuals with disabilities in Florida and North Carolina; and Friendship House, an intentional and transitional community for individuals with cognitive disabilities in partnership with Highland Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina. These initiatives change lives for the better. 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm Break 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Looking Forward at the Year Ahead Madison Ballroom Lincoln Burr – CEO; Disability Service Provider Network 2019 is a year to be strategic. From the hot topics in DC, new state legislatures, new people in the Governors’ mansions, and a vastly changed Congress, we have an opportunity to educate and inform like never before. This session, led by ACCSES State Association Chair Lincoln Burr and Kate McSweeny, will cover a range of hot button issues. We want to hear from you. What are your biggest concerns as we look to 2019?

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS MONDAY, JANUARY 21 TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 8:30 am – 9:30 am Summit Registration 8:00 am – 9:00 am Networking Opportunity and Continental Breakfast Madison Foyer Cumberland Room 8:30 am – 9:30 am Continental Breakfast 9:00 am – 11:15 am Facing and Embracing the Future 3.0 Cumberland Room Madison Ballroom Marie Campanoli – Vice President, Communications & Government Affairs; Skookum 9:30 am – 9:35 am Welcome and Introduction to What the Summit Has in Store Marie Campanoli, from Skookum in Washington State, will lead our session on Madison Ballroom Shaping Robert Hutt – Chair; ACCSES Board of Directors Our Future: Innovation, Opportunity, and the Change We Make. This will not be your 9:35 am – 9:45 am State of the State parents’ panel discussion. Rather, think rapid-fire, guided brainstorming session with Madison Ballroom the best brains in the disabilities field: Yours. Come prepared to share and hear ideas, Terry Farmer – CEO; ACCSES successes, and — yes, we’ll say it — strokes of genius. If you have a moment, please Learn how far ACCSES has come and how we are continuing to grow to achieve our do a little prep in advance. Before heading to Savannah, give some thought to your members’ needs. organization — where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re growing, walk around and look at things with fresh eyes. Then bring your imagination — and ideas for

9:45 am – 11:00 am Federal Update shaping our future. Madison Ballroom Kate McSweeny – VP of Government Affairs & General Counsel; ACCSES 11:15 am – 11:30 am Break Review the successes of 2018, and the work yet to be done. This session will focus 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Expanding Opportunities through Apprenticeships on where we are and where we plan to go in 2019 with the Administration, Congress, Madison Ballroom Pat Dowse – Vice President of Business Development; New York Alliance for government agencies, committees, and with our members. Inclusion & Innovation 11:00 am – 11:15 am Break The focus of the federal government increasingly is on apprenticeships. Pat Dowse 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Our New Reality: What to Expect in the 116th Congress of New York Alliance will join us to talk about the leadership role New York Alliance Madison Ballroom Hon. Steve Southerland – Senior Vice President; Capitol Hill Consulting Group is taking in increasing apprenticeship opportunities for people with disabilities in New Kate McSweeny – VP of Government Affairs & General Counsel; ACCSES York and lead a discussion of how CRPs can do the same in their States. More than 100 new Members of Congress! New leadership in ACCSES House 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch committees! New and newly introduced legislation! There is a lot to tackle in 2019 — Cumberland Room and it will take all of us working together. Join Steve and Kate in a conversation about 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm How Assistive Technology Helps People Today and What it Means for Tomorrow Congress. We bet you will continue the discussion straight into lunch. Madison Ballroom Carolyn P. Phillips – Program Director and Principal Investigator; Tools for Life & 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Networking Lunch Interim Director of AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center; Georgia Tech Cumberland Room Sam Peters – Program Specialist; Tools for Life; Georgia Tech 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Keynote Address Madison Ballroom The leaders of Tools for Life, Georgia’s Assistive Technology Act Program at Georgia Claudia Horn – Member; President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities Tech are set to take us on a tour through assistive technology today and tomorrow — ACCSES is delighted that Claudia Horn, the former Senior Director administering with a very interesting side trip to emergency management planning for people with Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability Determination Services, Services for the Deaf and disabilities. The current schedule will touch on numerous topics, including: Hard of Hearing, and Services for the Blind in North Carolina and current Member • What state assistive technology (AT) programs offer and how to contact your of the President’s Committee for People with Disabilities, will share her thoughts on local AT Program; employment issues for people with disabilities. • Assistive technology 101/quick & easy solutions you can put together yourself 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break (low tech); • New AT highlights (high tech); 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Pre-Employment Transition Services, Section 511, and Best Practices to Connect • Emerging trends and tech to be on the lookout for; and Madison Ballroom Today’s Students to Quality Experiences and Long-Term Opportunities that Best • Emergency management and disaster relief efforts for people with disabilities. Meet Their Individual Goals: Lessons from the Field Tools for Life, through the work with the National Pass It On Center, works closely with Michael Maybee – President/CEO; Watauga Opportunities FEMA as well as other disability organizations on emergency management and disaster Participate in a discussion of Pre-Employment Transition Services and the innovative relief. Presenters will not only share their stories on the national approach to making pilot programs being run in North Carolina through the MARC agencies. These pilot sure the response and supplies are there when they are needed, but also what more programs, using a broad spectrum of approaches, are developing the building blocks we can do on a local level to see that the needs of people with the most significant for a service that promises to be a vibrant career development tool for youth and disabilities are considered when creating emergency management plans. young adults with disabilities. Learn what is being accomplished, how it is being done, This session will be the start of what we hope will be a continuing conversation with and how similar programs might be developed in your State. Tools for Life, AMAC, and Georgia Tech. We are excited to include Director Phillips and 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Reception Specialist Peters in the Summit! Harborview Room Join ACCSES for a networking reception, thank our 2018 ACCSES Champions, and 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break 15TH Floor learn how you can become a 2019 ACCSES Champion. Light hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be provided.