The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities

OPWDD provide services directly and through a network of approximately 650 non-profit service providing agencies, with about 80 percent of services provided by the private non-profits and 20 percent provided by state-run services.The Setroc Group is working closely with OPWDD stakeholders–To identify Front Door materials for review and OPWDD staff to engage with Community-Based Organizations(CBOs) and lead the review, revision, recommendation process.Develop a process to identify and subcontract with CBOs and/or Multicultural agencies.

Assess the linguistic and cultural competence of OPWDD Front Door materials and evaluate front line staff needs to serve Spanish speaking and Chinese-American individual.Revise or develop training/videos/and other informational materials for Spanish speakers and the Chinese-American community and front-line staff.