NDCPD’s 3rd Annual “Collaboration for Change” Webinar Series in 2026. Includes the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities (NDCPD) logo and the tagline: “bringing partners together to spark ideas and create meaningful impact. Join us for our amazing speakers for a five-week series of engaging informational events focused on disability topics! As part of our series, we’re very excited to have special guest speaker Zach Anner!
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NDCPD Five Year Plan
NDCPD is a federally funded University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) which is part of a national network. The US Department of Health & Human Services provides funding for UCEDDs which are based on 5-year cycles.
At the beginning of each cycle, NDCPD leadership and staff identify goals and activities intended to improve the lives of people with disabilities in ND. In 2021, NDCPD staff began work on identifying the NDCPD goals for their 7th funding cycle, fiscal years 2023-2027. Staff conducted a needs assessment with individuals, constituents and agencies across North Dakota regarding the needs of individuals with disabilities. Four goals were identified from that needs assessment which are listed below:
GOAL 1:
Growing up to be an Empowered Adult
Specifically, ND citizens with I/DD will have access to qualified professionals and services in their early years to ensure that they grow up to be empowered adults.
GOAL 2:
Being empowered to live an adult world
ND citizens with I/DD will use skills learned in their education programs to be fully self-determined and competent to live successfully in an adult world.
GOAL 3:
Succeeding in the work force
ND citizens with I/DD will have access to professionals who have information, skills, and experiences to support employees with I/DD to be successful in integrated community work settings through customized employment (CE).
GOAL 4:
Aging with Dignity
ND citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities will have appropriate health care, qualified staff and living options so they can appropriately age with dignity.
NDCPD Workplace Culture Statement:
At NDCPD , we strive for a culture where the environment is supportive, inclusive and flexible; where individuals feel respected, valued, truster and empowered while going meaningful and ethical work.
NDCPD Scholarship Opportunity
NDCPD has established the M. Bryce Fifield Scholarship to help students with disabilities attending MSU finance their college experience. Recipients will receive money toward their education. This is an annual opportunity and the deadline to apply is June 1st. To learn more about this scholarship, send an email to ndcpd@minotstateu.edu.
Join our TEAM!
NDCPD is an exciting place to work! We have lots of different projects with lots of different opportunities for career growth! If you are interested in working @ NDCPD, go to www.minotstateu.edu/hr/jobs and view our open positions. Or send an email to ndcpd@minotstateu.edu.
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MSU land Acknowledgement Statement
MSU gratefully acknowledges the Natives Peoples on whose ancestral lands we sit. We praise the Anishinaabe and Assiniboine Peoples, as well as the other sovereign nations of the northern plains whose land encompass North Dakota today: the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Spirit Lake Nation, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Sesseton-Wahpeton Oyate.