About Us
A-Team Delaware aims to unite those with diverse abilities and their family members to ADVOCATE in a grassroots effort, create AWARENESS in the community and ADVISE those who care for our citizens with special needs to ensure service choices and opportunities.
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A-Team Delaware is a non-partisan, grassroots group of people who are caring and advocating for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
Join us in advocating for:
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More flexible Medicaid funding to better support individualized care.
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A comprehensive, data-driven plan to address Delaware’s I/DD housing crisis.
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Greater access to affordable, I/DD-compatible residential options.
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Increased wages and benefits for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) — the backbone of inclusive living for adults with I/DD.
If you are concerned about where your loved one with I/DD will live or work or have respite care as they age and services in the State of Delaware change, then A-Team Delaware is the organization for you. Please join us as we strive to make our voices heard so that policymakers understand our challenges.
We volunteer our time and efforts to ensure that all voices are heard as we share our knowledge and experiences about our loved ones with I/DD so that options are available that will suit all different types of needs.
OUR VISION
Through family support, networking, social media, word of mouth, and with the power of our numbers, we will seek to advocate for and influence Federal and State policy for all persons with IDD.
OUR PURPOSE
To raise awareness about the service needs of Delawareans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) across their life span and to advocate for the availability of the following, as needed: family supports for those living at home; well-trained and well-paid Direct Support Professionals in all service settings; provision of day, employment, and residential supports at the frequency and intensity identified in person-centered plans; appropriate clinical services (such as behavioral or nursing consultation); and a full array of housing options for those in residential services.
A-Team DE Awarded the Alex Eldreth Advocate for Autism Award
A-Team DE was recently honored to receive the "Alex Eldreth Advocate for Autism Award" by Autism Delaware. It is our privilege to advocate for the needs of individuals with autism and I/DD.
We are grateful to volunteer alongside Autism DE and all those who strive to make a better life for the most vulnerable citizens of Delaware. Thank you, Autism DE for this award and for all YOU do for those who cannot advocate for themselves.
