OUR 2025/2026 IEP Empowerment Fellows Are Already Driving Change!
Funded by the Educating All Learners Alliance’s 2025 New Champion award, our Fellowship transforms 20 parents of students with disabilities from historically marginalized communities in Los Angeles County into IEP advocates, data champions and community leaders by reaching for the following goals . . . .
GOAL 1: Parent-led regional advocacy network
Fellows are poised to launch multi district campaigns to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.
GOAL 2: Parents as Community Centered Data Champions
Fellows survey other families of students with disabilities about their lived experiences navigating the IEP process and publish an annual report highlighting systemic issues in special education.
GOAL 3: Parents as IEP Experts & Mentors
Fellows develop a Family IEP Toolkit responsive to key knowledge gaps about the IEP process identified through the survey and partner with their districts to distribute the toolkit to their communities.