Mission

The mission of ADA-Indiana is to serve as a statewide resource for promoting the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in Indiana.

Purpose

ADA-Indiana consists of an identified group of regularly-attending members who meet monthly. Their charge is to:

1. Oversee implementation of the Steering Committee's goals and objectives.
2. Authorize allocations of grant monies.
3. Review ADA implementation in Indiana.

Members

Participating members of ADA-Indiana include representation from the following organizations:

• Breaking New Ground at Purdue University
• City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources
• Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities
• Indiana University Human Resources
• Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University
• Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services
• Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Key Consumer Organization
• Purdue University Affirmative Action Office
• Southern Indiana Center for Independent Living
• Yoder Construction Services

Meetings

Monthly meetings of ADA-Indiana generally occur on the second Thursday of the month. Our meeting time is 12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Eastern (Indianapolis Time).

The usual location for the meetings is at the Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities Conference Room in the ISTA Building, Suite 628 (6th floor), 150 West Market Street, Indianapolis. If you plan to attend a meeting, please contact us just in case the meeting location and time have changed.

History

ADA-Indiana was instituted in 1991, when the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research funded ten regional centers to provide technical assistance to businesses and governmental agencies around the implementation of the ADA. Indiana became part of the six-state Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center coordinated by the University of Illinois at Chicago.