Build the organization your community needs
A six-month program for the leaders launching, building, improving, and growing IDD organizations. The Blueprint takes you from where you are today to a fully documented, fully functioning operational foundation. Eleven domains. One coherent organization. Built alongside a small cohort of peers and a team of consultants who have done this work in the seat, not from the outside.
Whether you are launching from scratch, improving what you have, or preparing to grow, the Blueprint provides the structure your organization and team needs to align and support the disability population successfully.
nO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE GOING, THE BLUEPRINT HELPS GET THERE
LAUNCH
IMPROVE
LAUNCH
For family groups, founders, and emerging leaders preparing to start an IDD organization. You bring the vision and commitment. The Blueprint gives you the framework, the templates, and a cohort of peers walking the same road.
BUILD
IMPROVE
LAUNCH
For young organizations in their first few years, putting the structural pieces in place. Codify what is already working, fill in what is missing, and turn early effort into durable systems.
IMPROVE
IMPROVE
IMPROVE
For established organizations ready to professionalize, modernize, or recover. This is where good organizations become great ones, with strong documentation, better practices, and renewed clarity.
GROW
IMPROVE
IMPROVE
For organizations preparing for the next phase: a new program, a replicated model, higher enrollment, or a new community. The Blueprint lays the strategic and operational groundwork to grow without breaking.
What is included?
- 11 Operational Domains
- 24 weeks of programming
- 100+ contact hours
- 6-8 peer organizations
- 1 Capstone event in North Carolina
- A fully built roadmap for your organization to move forward
Running an IDD organization means holding vision, governance, programs, funding, billing, staffing, culture, intake, fundraising, facilities, and growth all at once, usually under-resourced and often navigating systems that were not built with your community in mind. Most capacity-building stops at theory. The Blueprint does not.
Over six months, you build or refine every system a high-quality IDD organization needs. You leave with the documents, policies, and frameworks in hand, ready to use. Whether your organization is years into its work and ready to professionalize, growing into a new phase, or still a vision held in the hearts of a family group, the Blueprint meets you where you are.
