2025 Virtual Winter Family Leadership Institute (FLI) Applications for Families 

Join us to enhance your advocacy and leadership skills! PEAL's Family Leadership Institute (FLI) will help parents and caregivers of children and young people with disabilities and special healthcare needs to develop an understanding of healthcare, education, and disability policies. Tools will be used to increase the impact of your voice to promote change beneficial to children, young people, and families across Southwestern Pennsylvania. Participants will focus on a specific area of interest to effect change. 

By applying, you are committing to attending all virtual sessions held on Zoom. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 5:30-8:30 PM on January 15th, 22nd, 29th, and February 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th. 

Make sure to complete the application and submit by January 6th, 2025. If you need assistance completing your application, we are happy to help, please reach out to Anya Fredrickson at afredrickson@pealcenter.org. We will review all applications and inform you of your acceptance by January 10th. 

PEAL promotes inclusion and access to education and healthcare, and empowers families and young adults across Pennsylvania with support of funding from federal and state partners, nonprofit organizations and donors. To learn more about our funders and donors, please visit the first page of our website: www.pealcenter.org 

The following information is collected only for grant reporting purposes, they have no bearing on consideration for the FLI, and are strictly confidential:
Your Child(ren)
Please tell us more about your children with special healthcare needs or disabilities:
Virtual sessions will be held Wednesdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM. 

The dates are as follows:
January 15th, 22nd, 29th
February 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th 

Participants MUST COMMIT to attending all sessions, in addition to completing the "Learning On Your Own" (LOYO) assignments in between sessions. We know that people get sick and experience emergencies! In planning to participate, we want to be sure you are well prepared to join us for all seven sessions:
Please email training@pealcenter.org if need accommodations (i.e. large print, interpretation or translated materials) to participate. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. 

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