The GCDE will solicit proposals from active ACACs for projects to improve disability awareness and access for persons with disabilities, and will select projects for funding.
About the website
The Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues and Employment (GCDE) was given the task to develop the Accessible Community Advisory Committee (ACAC) website to provide the following information: guidance, technical assistance, reference materials, and resource identification for local governments, accessible community advisory committees and public accommodations; examples of best practices for local initiatives and activities to promote greater awareness of disability issues and access for persons with disabilities within the community; and a searchable listing of local public accommodations that have taken steps to be more disability friendly, including information on the specific access features provided.
About the GCDE
We promote equality, opportunity, independence and full participation in life for people with disabilities. Our members represent a wide range of constituent groups, geographical perspectives, ethnic origins and cultural heritage.
Together, we: