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IPUL's E-News for March 17, 2023

Here are the highlights of our upcoming events and recent activity online. Not everything is included due to timeliness.

If an advertised event already took place, we've left it off.

Remembering Julie Beckett #WomensHistoryMonth

Julie Beckett memoriam

"Champion of Children with Disabilities"


"There comes a moment in parenting, where you discover strength you didn’t know you had — all because your child needs you.” - Julie Beckett (2017)


#WomensHistoryMonth


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/julie-beckett-dead.html

Spring Break! IPUL is Out of Office

Out of Office!


IPUL will be out of office from March 20,2023 to March 24, 2023 - resuming normal operations on Monday, March 27, 2023.


Messages left with us may not be responded to until Monday, March 27, 2023.


There will not be an e-news the week of the 20th-24th.

Join IPUL's Board of Directors!

IPUL bridges professionals by working with other organizations and creating relationships and working together to provide services to more diverse groups. - Amanda


IPUL leads families in the community by employing staff who are parents of children with disabilities and have experience navigating school and community based systems.- Allison H. 


IPUL engages families by ensuring the arts are accessible to all. - Cait


IPUL educates families through trainings and webinars about things and stuff. - Renae


IPUL leads families and professionals by being the only parent led organization in the state with the expertise in all educational health and community based systems. -Allison W. 


IPUL bridges all abilities through artistic inclusion.- Allison W. 

Idaho Parents Unlimited - Now Accepting Applications for the Board of Directors 


Board Members:

- Establish and maintain written policies

- Adopt an annual budget and review financial reports

- Approve or ratify the expenditures of IPUL

- Spread knowledge of who IPUL is and what we do

- Maintain, update and monitor mission statement, principles of operation, procedures and goals and objectives of IPUL

- Secure adequate funds; participate in fund-raising activities, including making an annual personal gift

- The majority of members are parents of children with a disability

- Annually review the performance of IPUL’s Executive Director



One two-day face-to-face annual meeting and three quarterly board meetings (virtual).

Term: 3 years


IPUL Mission: Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc., supports, empowers, educates and advocates to enhance the quality of life for Idahoans with disabilities and their families.


IPUL Vision: Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc. envisions inclusive and accessible communities, services, education, and opportunities for children and youth with disabilities and/or unique and special healthcare needs.


Online application here: https://ipulidaho.org/board-application

Happy St. Patrick's Day

a garland of shamrocks

This Month's Events

What is IPUL doing?

March 2023


03/01/2023 - Power of a Personal Story - FB Live 

03/09/2023 - Southwest Regional & Minnidoka County Transition Fair

03/11/2023 - Family Caregiver Conference

03/14/2023 - YES & Children's Mental Health

03/14/2023 - Kimberly Transition Fair

03/16/2023 - Family Caregiver Conference (Spanish)

03/19/2023 - 03/25/23 - Spring Break! IPUL is Closed for the Holiday.

03/24/2023 - IPUL at The Sensory Playce


Notes: 

MW - Monthly Webinar

New Event Added! IPUL at The Sensory Playce Friday, March 24, 2023

Despite being otherwise closed for spring break, Idaho Parents Unlimited will be at The Sensory Playce with with some resources and will also be available to chat with parents.


Friday March 24, 2023

11 am - 3 pm


1471 S Vinnell Way

Boise, ID 83709


Admission required for play.

April 2023's Workshop

Getting and Keeping a Job

event flyer for aprils monthly training showing a resume in black to the left

Idaho Parents Unlimited

Engage + Educate + Bridge + Lead


Monthly Workshop


Getting and Keeping a Job


This workshop is designed to help families understand the realities of employment for youth with disabilities.


- Accommodations

- How and when to disclose a disability

- Interviewing

- Employers perspective


April 11, 2023 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM MST via Zoom


Registration required: https://www.ipulidaho.org/rsvp-workshop


Contact us:

Facebook and Instagram: /IdahoParentsUnlimited

Twitter: /IPULIdaho

ipulidaho.org

parents@ipulidaho.org

208.342.5884

Contact Idaho Parents Unlimited!

The best method to reach us for assistance is through our website:  
https://ipulidaho.org/connect-with-us#contact-us-here . You can also shoot us a question using the abbreviated version of that form at the bottom of every page on our website, although we may need to get more information from you.

We monitor our intake phone line (208-342-5884) during the workday, and will try to respond to any request there within 24 hours. We use an automated intake phone system, so you will be leaving a message. (Please be sure the number you are leaving us can accept text or voice messages.)

For questions that are not about something in our scope of work, you can still leave a phone message as above, send the question to the form on our website, or shoot us an email at parents@ipulidaho.org.

We keep our website updated with new news and events, and maintain a presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
IPUL's programs are funded in part through grants and contracts with the following:
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Programs and services offered by Idaho Parents Unlimited are supported in part by the U.S. Department of Education (H328M200033) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) Affordable Care Act Family to Family Health Information Center (H84MC12896), opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions of either department, endorsement is not assumed