Hands and Voices

Outreach services to parents and professionals who have d/hh children and/or serve children. Outreach services include educational workshops,1 to 1 support, state chapter trainings, parent leadership conferences, support to new families at the time of identification through the Guide By Your Side Program (GBYS 6,753 families served).Advocacy through the ASTra program (391 families served 1200 advocates trained in 25 states). Support through the O.U.R Project reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect for this population. Served over 23000 parents/professionals. 220 attendees attended The Hands & Voices Leadership Conference in 2022. Latino Support Council with increased leadership and materials on website.

H&V Representation on national/international Boards and committees. Continued Latino Support Council with increased leadership and materials on website. H&V D/HH Infusion Project ensures meaningful involvement of adults who are D/HH; Increased number of Chapter Boards with D/HH representation. Partnering/representing families with Research/National Projects: The CU Boulder ODDACE Project; CDC hosted projects from the EHDI Parent to Parent Committee; NCHAM Parent Advisory; AAP EHDI Committee; NTID Family App project, Oberkotter Family Engagement projects, DHAA Alliance; AUCD/LEND Program; AMCHP.

Information dissemination, website ,presentations, webinars, virtual classes, resource guides, training modules, a "Virtual Waiting room", surveys, the Hands & Voices Communicator distributed to over 5,800 4 times a year., www.handsandvoices.org, www.ndepnow.org, Book of Choice(780 copies}, Advocacy Guide Books (500 copies) ,We Are Hands & Voices( 200 copies), Fostering Joy Journal (960). An APP for families with children newly identified with hearing loss downloaded by over 431 individuals. Developed the H&V Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Guidelines document.