Funded State Programs
State-based disability and health programs share their impactful success stories. Learn more here
.Specifically, the programs support:
- Efforts to eliminate barriers to health care and improve access to routine preventive services for underserved populations with disabilities.
- Health promotion interventions aimed at improving health and well-being. One such intervention, Living Well with a Disability, has seen not only health benefits, but also a savings of up to $1,000 per person in health care costs.
- Data collection on the prevalence of disabilities and secondary conditions, and the health status of people with disabilities.
- Leadership for the development and implementation of policies and practices that can increase the accessibility of public health and clinical care.
- Livable communities to improve physical and social accessibility.
- Training for professionals and paraprofessionals on the care and health promotion of people with disabilities.
- Partnering with state and local disaster preparedness and emergency response programs to address disability issues.
CDC-funded programs are located in state health departments and academic centers in Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, and Virginia. Following are examples of activities in some of the funded states.
Arkansas
Program activities include:- Implementing Living Well with a Disability at Independent Living Centers around the state.
- Promoting breast cancer awareness and encouraging recommended screening among women 40 years of age or older who have a disability, (the Right to Know campaign) with partners, including Arkansas BreastCare.
- Working at the county level to improve emergency preparedness and planning for people with disabilities that will serve as a model for the state, and training first responders on effective inclusive response for people with disabilities.
The Arkansas Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Partners for Inclusive Communities (Arkansas’
University Center on Disabilities) at the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences.
California
Program activities include:- Improving health-related surveillance activities in California by ensuring that survey respondents with disabilities are identified as such and that survey procedures enable participation of people with all types of disabilities as respondents.
- Using, adapting, and further expanding the curriculum Inclusion and Infusion of Disability Content in Nursing Education (developed by the University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing) in at least four nursing education programs in California.
- Developing an oral health module for training nursing students to increase their knowledge and skills in recognizing oral diseases and providing oral health counseling for people with disabilities.
The California Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Office on Disability and Health at the California Department of Public Health.
Delaware
Program activities include:- Creating systems-level change through active participation on statewide councils, committees, and workgroups that are addressing health and disability issues and implementation of goals and objectives of the Plan for Action, A Strategic Plan for Delaware to Promote Health and Prevent Secondary Health Conditions in Individuals with Disabilities.
- Providing technical assistance for health care, fitness, and recreation providers and facilities to improve accessibility and inclusion of individuals with disabilities in health examinations, exercise programs, and recreation activities.
- Providing education, awareness raising, and resources sharing through the program’s interactive website www.gohdwd.org
The Delaware Disability and Health Program, Healthy Delawareans with Disabilities
, is housed in the Center for Disabilities Studies at the University of Delaware.
Florida
Program activities include:- Promoting breast cancer awareness and encouraging recommended screening among women 40 years of age or older who have a disability (the Right to Know Campaign) with partners such as the Florida Centers for Independent Living and the Florida Area Health Education Centers.
- Increasing the capacity of health care providers in Florida to provide quality health care to people with disabilities by training medical students, as well as medical and allied health professionals.
- Increasing the quantity and quality of disability- and health-related data in Florida and providing the epidemiologic capacity to analyze these data.
The Florida Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Office of Disability and Health at the University of Florida.
Illinois
Program activities include:- Monitoring the health status and health-related behaviors of people with disabilities and sustaining and expanding the statewide infrastructure to prevent secondary conditions and promote the health of people with disabilities in Illinois.
- Increasing evidence-based health promotion and prevention opportunities and resources available for people with disabilities to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce the risk of chronic disease and secondary conditions.
- Assisting health professionals to gain the knowledge and tools necessary to work effectively with people with a disability to increase the availability and accessibility of health promotion and prevention services, interventions, and resources.
The Illinois Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Iowa
Program activities include:- Developing a statewide network of community providers that offer the Living Well with a Disability intervention program.
- Identifying evidence-based strategies to increase awareness among and education opportunities for health professionals.
- Promoting accessible health care and support services to increase independence among people with disabilities.
The Iowa Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Iowa Department of Public Health.
Kansas
Program activities include:- Collaborating with Kansas’ Cardiovascular, Cancer, and Diabetes Programs to recruit Kansans with disabilities to participate as members of state-level health promotion advisory councils. As members, individuals with disabilities will help to suggest, shape and “do the work” of addressing health disparities among Kansans with disabilities.
- Working with community-based partner organizations, Living Well with a Disability has been delivered to Kansans with disabilities in rural and urban communities, including during workshops on a federal Indian reservation. The course also has been provided to disability youth organizations, seniors in assisted living, and people with disabilities who receive services from community homeless shelters.
- Kansas is developing a strategic plan to extend training and education on emergency management for people with disabilities at the county level. Kansas counties also are receiving information related to known best practices in the areas of disability and disaster management.
The Kansas Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Massachusetts
Program activities include:- Designing and implementing training and technical assistance for health care providers and public health programs on the Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure inclusion of people with disabilities in state funded programs, services, and activities.
- Providing the knowledge-base needed to design programs related to healthy aging, health and disability, and secondary health conditions.
- Working with state agencies and
community partners to identify, implement, and evaluate
evidence-based health promotion programs among older adults and
people with disabilities (for example, the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
The Massachusetts Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Michigan
Program activities include:- Implementing the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
- Analyzing surveillance data on disability using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), including health status and chronic disease prevalence among people with disabilities, and the health effects of caregiving.
- Promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in existing public health programs.
Michigan’s Health Promotion for People with Disabilities Program
, is housed in the Michigan Department of Community Health.
Montana
Program activities include:- Recruiting, training, and supporting disability advisors to participate in Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services advisory groups and integrate disability and health into public health planning and evaluation processes.
- Recruiting, training, and supporting state disability leaders to assess and improve the accessibility of community health and fitness programs.
- Conducting Living Well with a Disability, an 8-week peer-facilitated, health promotion workshop with Montana’s four Centers for Independent Living.
The Montana Disability and Health Program
is a collaboration between the Montana Department of Public Health and
Human Services and the University of Montana Rural Institute, a Center
for Excellence in Disability Education, Research, and Service.
New York
Program activities include:- Implementing the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Center for Community Health Inclusion Policy, which requires all Center for Community Health programs to ensure accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities throughout all funding opportunities. The proposed activities to implement inclusive local and statewide public health programs must also include an evaluation of the effect and reach of the policy.
- Educating and training NYSDOH program managers, primary program implementation staff, NYSDOH contractors and partners about the health disparities experienced by people with disabilities and providing strategies, resources, and potential partners that will enable the integration of people with disabilities in their program areas.
- Supporting an advisory body comprising individuals with disabilities, other state agencies, community-based organizations, and providers to inform program activities, as well as representing multiple external agency advisory committees to direct consideration of health care and health promotion needs of people with disabilities.
The New York Disability and Health Program
is housed in the New York State Department of Health.
North Carolina
Program activities include:- Supporting the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on people with an intellectual or developmental disability, or both, to better assess the health status of North Carolina adults.
- Promoting accessible environments to support full community participation and engaging people with disabilities by developing accessibility checklists for health care practices and by providing training on adaptive and inclusive fitness and how to remove barriers to fitness facilities.
- Increasing access to domestic violence and sexual assault services for people with disabilities with the implementation of adaptive equipment and enhanced disability awareness among domestic violence and sexual assault agencies.
The North Carolina Disability and Health Program
is housed in the North Carolina Office on Disability and Health, and is
a collaboration between the Division of Public Health of the North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Frank Porter
Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
North Dakota
Program activities include:- Forming a consumer-driven advisory council that reviews the progress of the program activities, reviews data related to the health of people with disabilities, assists with development of a strategic plan, and provides recommendations for addressing issues related to the health and wellness of North Dakota citizens with disabilities.
- Reducing health disparities between people with and those without disabilities, specifically targeting the areas of obesity, diabetes, and tobacco use.
- Ensuring people have accurate information on disability and health issues and promoting communication, planning, and implementation of health- and disability-related services across service systems.
,
called the Disability Health Project, is a collaboration between the
North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities at Minot State
University; the Center for Rural Health at the University of North
Dakota; and the North Dakota State Health Department, Division of
Chronic Disease, Office for the Elimination of Health Disparities.
Oregon
Program activities include:- Conducting Healthy Lifestyles workshops for people with disabilities (in English and Spanish) to improve quality of life in partnership with the Centers for Independent Living and other disability organizations.
- Implementing the Right to Know campaign and breast health education events, providing mammography technologist training, and assessing Oregon’s mammography clinics to improve breast cancer awareness and screening among women with disabilities.
- Providing individualized emergency preparedness training for Oregonians with disabilities as well as working with key community and state partners to ensure that emergency preparedness planning and training efforts include topics relevant to the health and safety of people with disabilities.
The Oregon Disability and Health Program
is housed in the Oregon Office on Disability and Health at Oregon Health and Science University.
South Carolina
Program activities include:- Increasing the knowledge of professionals and paraprofessionals in South Carolina to meet the preventive, primary, and secondary health needs of people with disabilities.
- Conducting ongoing surveillance with Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and administrative datasets as secondary sources via the South Carolina Disability Cube Project.
- Working to achieve more livable communities for people with disabilities by facilitating access to primary care physician offices, increasing access to fitness and recreation facilities, and working with community planning agencies to improve outdoor space using principals of universal design.
The South Carolina Disability and Health Program
is housed in the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
Virginia
Program activities include:- Promoting the health of people with disabilities as a public health priority through collaboration with the Virginia Department of Health, the Virginia task force, and disability and health community partners.
- Improving the accessibility of public health programs and services for people with disabilities through outreach to mammography sites, dissemination of survey accessibility results, and provision of technical assistance and training resources.
- Raising awareness of health promotion needs of people with disabilities through a website expansion, dissemination of media resources, training activities and community outreach.
The Virginia Health Promotion for People with Disabilities Project
is located in the Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia
Commonwealth University. The partnership is Virginia's University
Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.
Other Disability and Health Programs
Visit other state disability program websites. For additional information about our funded state programs, and resources on disability and health, visit the National Organization, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
and American Association on Health and Disability. 
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