Coordination and Collaboration

The Advisory Council will continue to meet biannually in connection with the AT Council. These councils include representatives from every entity with whom UATP collaborates. In addition, the director of the UATP also serves as the assistant director for policy development at the CPD, the lead/implementing agency. In this role, he meets regularly with the statewide Coordinating Council for People with Disabilities (CCPD) comprised of directors of all state agencies that work with people with disabilities. AT Council and UATP updates are an annual agenda item. It is in this venue that statewide policies and procedures are discussed and needed agency policy changes addressed. If the AT Council and state Advisory Council request that state policies and procedures be amended to improve access to assistive technology, the CCPD is the state-mandated entity to receive and address the proposed revisions. This group was, for example, instrumental in developing funding requests to the state legislature in order to establish the CIL AT network, the UCAT central service center, and the Utah Assistive Technology Foundation. Each of these entities is responsible for device loan, device demonstration and alternative financing, respectively. UATP’s continued involvement as the administrator of the Utah AT Council and regular meetings with the CCPD will ensure that the initiatives undertaken in this state plan are coordinated with the larger AT network in Utah with the ultimate goal of increasing consumer access to assistive technology devices and services in Utah.

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