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.

Inviting all families and caregivers who need or use language access services.

Survey about language access services: Share about challenges you have experienced while trying to use health services for your children or yourself as a family who does not use English as your preferred language.

Family survey in English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FamEnglish

Invitando a todas las familias y cuidadores que necesitan o usan servicios de acceso lingüístico.

Encuesta sobre servicios de acceso al idioma.

Comparta los retos que ha experimentado al tratar de usar los servicios de salud para sus hijos o para usted mismo cuando no habla inglés o no es su idioma preferido. 

Enlace en español: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FamEspanol

We're Excited!

We are thrilled to be a recipient of an Arts Education grant for 2024. 

Thanks to the Idaho Commission on the Arts, Idaho Parents Unlimited has provided high quality arts education to students with disabilities in Idaho for more than 20 years!

Parent Voice Summit

See IPUL's Event page for this:

https://sites.google.com/ipulidaho.org/idahopvs/

The Parent Voice Summit is a two-day event aimed providing a platform for parents to come together, share their experiences, and learn valuable information and skills related to their role as advocates and supporters of their children.

The event will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, workshops, and interactive sessions designed to foster dialogue and conversation, provide resources, and encourage collaboration among parents, educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders.

Pre-Summit

On September 29, the focus is on the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities or special health care needs.

This session aims to help parents navigate the challenges and opportunities that arise during this critical phase. The session is limited to a maximum of 50 participants, ensuring a more intimate and interactive environment.

On September 30, the session shifts its focus to advocacy, participation in decision-making groups, and parent networking. This day-long event offers parents the opportunity to develop their advocacy skills, learn about relevant policies and legislation, and explore avenues for actively participating in decision-making processes that affect their children's lives. Additionally, parent networking allows for valuable connections, shared experiences, and the formation of supportive communities. This session can accommodate up to 100 participants, fostering a larger gathering for knowledge sharing and collaboration.

The Parent Voice Summit aims to empower parents, equip them with essential information and skills, and create a supportive network where they can learn from one another and collectively advocate for the needs and rights of their children.

Bring Your Why?

Parent Voice Summit

September 29, 2023 | 1-5 PM 

This session is focused on transition to adulthood for parents of youth with disabilities or special health care needs. Maximum of 50 Participants

September 30, 2023 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

This session is focused on advocacy, participating in or on decision making groups, and parent networking. Maximum of 100 participants. 

Register now!

Location:

Galaxy Event Center 

1385 S Blue Marlin Ln. 

Meridian, ID. 83642

Interested in being a sponsor of the Parent Voice Summit?

Parent Voice Summit

Sponsorship Information

September 2023

Microphone- $250 

• Display informational materials
• Recognition in program materials
• Included on sponsorship Banner

Megaphone- $500 

• Display informational materials
• Recognition in program materials
• Additional signage at event entrance
• Included on sponsorship Banner

Bullhorn- $750 

• Display informational materials
• Recognition in program materials
• Additional signage at event entrance
• Included on sponsorship Banner
• Information displayed at each table 

Amplifier- $1000

• Personal table to display informational materials
• Recognition in program materials
• Additional signage at event entrance
• Included on the sponsorship banner
• Information displayed at each table
• Full individual banner displayed throughout the event
• Opportunity to speak on the mic for five minutes

Become a sponsor by clicking here

Parent Voice Summit

Thank you to our amplifier sponsors!

September 2023

• DisAbility Rights Idaho
• Idaho Children's Trust Fund
• Idaho Voices For Children
• Special Education State of Idaho
• Idaho Parents Unlimited
• Department of Education - State of Idaho

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.

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