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				 jumbotron-content-bottom-left" data-height="500px" style="overflow-x: hidden; background-image: url(/images/MIECHVbanner1.jpg); min-height: 500px;"> <div class="jumbotron-content xl h-bold text-white"> <div class="container "> <h1 class="h-bold text-white">Featured: Cache County Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program</h1> <div>Find out more <a xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/projects/miechv/">on their website</a>.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container py-4"> <div class="row py-3"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-12"> <p>The Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice is Utah鈥檚 federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). IDRPP was established in 1972 by Dr. Marvin Fifield, and was the first UCEDD program in the nation to focus on the educational and social needs of children with disabilities. Over our 50-year history, the Institute has grown into one of the largest UCEDD programs in the nation and is recognized as a pioneer in research, training, technical assistance, and services for children and adults with disabilities, families, and the professionals who serve them.</p> <p>聽</p> <h2>Our Mission</h2> <p>We are working together to create communities where everyone can belong and contribue. We improve the lives of children and adults with disabilities and their families through sustainable innovation, collaborative research, responsive service, and interdisciplinary training and education.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-12"> <p> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AfHOcz-_dMo?rel=0&enablejsapi=1" allow="accelerometer; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div> </p> <p>You can also view the <a title="IDRPP overview video with audio-descriptions" href="https://youtu.be/Rt4nAGvxCsU">audio-described version</a> of this video.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-12"> <h2>Our Values</h2> <ul> <li><strong>We Innovate</strong>: We lead by developing dynamic, sustainable, forward-thinking programs and services.</li> <li><strong>We Include</strong>: We demonstrate how to effectively build welcoming communities in our planning, programs, and services. We celebrate all people.聽</li> <li><strong>We Collaborate</strong>: We forge partnerships. Working together makes us more effective and responsive to the current needs of our clients and communities.</li> <li><strong>We Care</strong>: We do what we do because we care. We are making the world a better place for people with disabilities and their families.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>聽</p> </div> <div class="bg-light"> <div class="container py-4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <h2 id="blog">IDRPP Blog</h2> </div> <div class="col-lg-8"> <p> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://templateresources.usu.edu/_resources/css/cp/embed-feed.css" type="text/css"> <div class="embed-feed "> <div class="card-deck"> <div class="col-md-4 mb-5"> <div class="card border-0 h-100 mx-0 card-white"> <article> <div class="image-overlay-container overlay-border"><a href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/thanks-disability-advocacy-day-participants.php" style="background-image: url(/images/joss-lauren.jpg);"><img data-src="/images/joss-lauren.jpg" alt="Add your image here by clicking and replacing with an image from your site." class="card-img-top img-fluid img-lazy img-lazy-bg"></a><div class="overlay-container"> <div class="text-overlay"><a href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/thanks-disability-advocacy-day-participants.php"> <div class="inner-overlay"><i class="fa-solid fa-book-open-reader"></i><br> Read Story </div></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="card-body"> <header> <p class="text-gray-darker mb-1"><small><time>February 6, 2025</time></small></p> <h2 class="h5 xl mb-2"><a class="text-blue noline" href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/thanks-disability-advocacy-day-participants.php" target="_self" rel="">Thanks, Disability Advocacy Day 2025 Participants!</a></h2> </header> <p class="description">The Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice thanks the 150 people who attended this year鈥檚 Disability Advocacy Day! Participants were also invited to attend the Legislative Coalition for People with Disabilities reception that evening and put...</p> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mb-5"> <div class="card border-0 h-100 mx-0 card-white"> <article> <div class="image-overlay-container overlay-border"><a href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/IDRPP-welcomes-visual-interpretation-service-to-usu-Logan-campus.php" style="background-image: url(/images/20200707_Buildings_P1022170.jpg);"><img data-src="/images/20200707_Buildings_P1022170.jpg" alt="Old Main building on Logan campus" class="card-img-top img-fluid img-lazy img-lazy-bg"></a><div class="overlay-container"> <div class="text-overlay"><a href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/IDRPP-welcomes-visual-interpretation-service-to-usu-Logan-campus.php"> <div class="inner-overlay"><i class="fa-solid fa-book-open-reader"></i><br> Read Story </div></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="card-body"> <header> <p class="text-gray-darker mb-1"><small><time>February 5, 2025</time></small></p> <h2 class="h5 xl mb-2"><a class="text-blue noline" href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/IDRPP-welcomes-visual-interpretation-service-to-usu-Logan-campus.php" target="_self" rel="">IDRPP Welcomes Visual Interpretation Service to the USU Logan Campus</a></h2> </header> <p class="description">Thanks to a pilot program funded by IDRPP, anyone on the Utah State University campus can open the Aira app on their phone and connect, free of charge, with a professional visual interpreter. </p> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mb-5"> <div class="card border-0 h-100 mx-0 card-white"> <article> <div class="image-overlay-container overlay-border"><a href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/guest-post-start-small-but-get-involved.php" style="background-image: url(/images/dad-2024.jpg);"><img data-src="/images/dad-2024.jpg" alt="disability advocates crowd the rotunda" class="card-img-top img-fluid img-lazy img-lazy-bg"></a><div class="overlay-container"> <div class="text-overlay"><a href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/guest-post-start-small-but-get-involved.php"> <div class="inner-overlay"><i class="fa-solid fa-book-open-reader"></i><br> Read Story </div></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="card-body"> <header> <p class="text-gray-darker mb-1"><small><time>January 28, 2025</time></small></p> <h2 class="h5 xl mb-2"><a class="text-blue noline" href="https://idrpp.usu.edu/blog/2025/guest-post-start-small-but-get-involved.php" target="_self" rel="">Guest Post: Start Small, But Get Involved</a></h2> </header> <p class="description">According to U.S. Census Bureau data from 2021, nearly 45 million people in America have a disability. 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