by mmoral29 | Mar 19, 2019 | News
On March 14, 2019, Andy Imparato, Executive Director of AUCD, and Liz Weintraub, Senior Advocacy Specialist at AUCD, presented on Taking Disability Advocacy to the Next Level, a Chicagoland policy event in honor Jewish Disability Awareness Inclusion Month. They spoke...
by mmoral29 | Feb 9, 2019 | News
The FSRTC team is proud to announce a new article on Parents Taking Action was recently published online. The article by authors Kristina Lopez, Sandra Magaña, Miguel Morales and Emily Illand is entitled Parents Taking Action: Reducing disparities through a culturally...
by mmoral29 | Jan 28, 2019 | News
On January 16, Spectrum Magazine published an article entitled,”How to help low-income children with autism.” The article featured Grupo Salto, a Chicago support group for Latino parents of children with autism and Matie Ovalle, the co-founder of Grupo...
by mmoral29 | Jan 25, 2019 | News
On January 10, 2019, FSRTC held a special webinar hosted by Easter Seals on the Strategic Plan for Family Support Research which was released last year in November. Dr. Sandra Magaña of University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Brian Grossman of University of Illinois at...
by mmoral29 | Nov 21, 2018 | News
The Family Support Research and Training Center (FSRTC) has just released Research on Family Caregiving Support in the United States: A Strategic Research Plan. This report provides a roadmap for future research on family support for families of people with...
by rabdel9 | Nov 14, 2018 | News
Dr. Burke (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Easterseals and the Family Support Research and Training Center (FSRTC) at the University of Illinois-Chicago have a Request For Applications for community-based organizations interested in implementing the...
by mmoral29 | Sep 28, 2018 | News
Trends suggest an increasing share of family caregivers will be in the labor force, facing the dual demands of employment and caregiving responsibilities for relatives or close friends with a serious illness or disability. States are leading the way to enact...
by mmoral29 | Sep 28, 2018 | News
On September 24, FSRTC conducted a webinar hosted by The Arc on a strategic plan for family caregiving support research. With input from people with disabilities, family caregivers, health and service providers, the plan identifies research topics related to...
by mmoral29 | Sep 28, 2018 | News
The FSRTC and partners have published two new research briefs related to paid leave for caregivers of people with disabilities. These are based on data collected from the Family and Individual Needs for Disability Supports (FINDS) online survey conducted by the...
by mmoral29 | Sep 14, 2018 | News
Monday, September 24, 3PM ET (2PM CT) Please join the Family Support Research and Training Center (FSRTC) for a webinar to introduce their national strategic plan for family support research. With input from people with disabilities, family caregivers, health and...
