A Huge Thanks to Our 2025 Conference Sponsors
Ford Foundation
Special thank you to the Ford Foundation for providing funding for Youth Conference attendees under age 30 and scholarships for LEAD ON Program participants.
Ford Foundation believes in the inherent dignity of all people. But around the world, too many people are excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives.
Across eight decades, their mission has sought to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
They cannot effectively challenge inequality—or advance ther social justice mission—unless they address the needs, concerns, and priorities of the one billion people around the world who live with disabilities. While they have always complied with relevant laws regarding disability access and accommodation, in recent years they have sought to go beyond legal standards, and toward greater inclusivity.
Guided by the disability movement’s mantra, “Nothing about us without us,” they have been working to confront ableism and expand participation and inclusion on both the institutional and individual levels. These efforts—which are tied to their broader commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion—are ongoing, and they are learning more every step of the way.
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Video introduction to the ADA National Network Click Here
The ADA National Network provides information, guidance and training on how to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in order to support the mission of the ADA to “assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.”
Funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), the network consists of 10 Regional ADA Centers located throughout the United States and an ADA Knowledge Translation Center (ADAKTC).
Each Regional ADA Center focuses on its region’s unique needs. This regional focus is critical to ensuring that ADA National Network services meet the needs of a diversity of populations and stakeholders throughout the country.
Visit the ADA National Network website to see the Regional ADA Center that serves your area. You can also call our nationwide toll-free hotline at 1-800-949-4232.
ADA National Network Website: http://www.adata.org
Resources: Fact Sheets/Publications of the ADA National Network Click Here
Centene Corporation
Centene is committed to helping people live healthier lives. They provide access to high-quality healthcare, innovative programs and a wide range of health solutions that help families and individuals get well, stay well and be well.
Since its founding as a single local healthcare plan in 1984, Centene's heart and soul has been linked to the health of the communities they serve. From that day until now, Centene has worked tirelessly to fulfill needs in healthcare and help more individuals.
As they go about their work today, this long-held commitment to the lives of children, families, seniors, people with disabilities and many more is encapsulated in their purpose: Transforming the health of the community, one person at a time.
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Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living (EOCIL)
DISCOVER EOCIL'S PREMIER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
EOCIL offers support programs designed to enhance independence for individuals with disabilities.Our services focus on empowerment, advocacy, and education tailored to meet diverse needs.Our programs include:
Independent Living: We empower people with disabilities to lead self-directed lives through information and referral, skills training, peer support, advocacy, and transitional services.
Health-Related Social Needs: We offer support for housing, food access, transportation, and community connections to remove systemic barriers to health.
LGBTQ2SIA+ Services: We offer safe and affirming programs that advance equity, inclusion, and leadership for LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals across rural communities.
PHEM (Public Health & Emergency Management): We offer community-driven initiatives including food pantries, tree planting, Beekeeping, food distribution, cancer screenings, youth tobacco use prevention, well water testing, immunizations, and public health education.
Housing Services: We offer supported and transition housing services. We cultivate partnership with individuals and families to secure safe, stable housing with advocacy, resources, and long-term support.
Harm Reduction: We offer safer use supplies, overdose prevention tools, and supportive resources that reduce risks, promote safety, and connect people to care and treatment options if and when they choose.
Mental Health & Wellness: We offer inclusive and compassionate support that promotes resilience, dignity, and choice for people navigating mental health and substance use.
HIV Community Services: We offer peer-based Ryan White Case Management Services provide and comprehensive support for people living with HIV. Services consist of resource navigation, health insurance coordination, housing, transportation, food security, mental health services, and vocational support.
HIV Outreach and Public Health: We offer free testing so individuals know their status, reengages those out of care, and connects newly HIV diagnosed individuals to services and supports. We partner with providers and communities to deliver prevention tools, sexual health education, and the powerful message that Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U), advancing End HIV Oregon and building healthier futures together.
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Click Here to Download a PDF Document on EOCIL Services
Ability360
Ability360 continues a 40-year tradition of offering and promoting programs to empower people with all disabilities to take personal responsibility so that they may achieve or continue independent lifestyles within the community.
Ability360 is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation. Through its comprehensive programs, Ability360 touches the lives of individuals with disabilities and addresses the disability concerns of their family members, co-workers and employers.
Ability360 began in 1977 as the Arizona Congress for Action (ACA), a group of people with diverse physical disabilities who launched a grassroots effort to educate the community about disability-related issues in Central Arizona. In 1978, Congress enacted Independent Living Center legislation as part of the amended Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In 1981, Ability360 received funding and began services.
With more than 130 staff members and volunteers, more than 1,500 personal care attendants and hundreds of volunteers, Ability360 has offices in Phoenix, Gilbert/Mesa, Glendale, Tucson, along with Coolidge, and provides services throughout Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Gila Counties.
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Special Thank you to the Following Individual Sponsors:
Kim Gibson, APRIL Board President
Kyle Kleist, APRIL Board Member
Hank Bostic, APRIL Board Member