Engage + Educate + Bridge + Lead

Vision 
Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc. envisions inclusive and accessible communities, services, education, and opportunities for children and youth with disabilities and/or unique and special healthcare needs.  

Engage
We are the families we serve. We are allies who build relationships and assist parents to be involved in supporting the needs of their children and to be leaders who are a resource to other parents.

Educate
We support your journey and decision making as parents with credible information, training, and technical assistance, so you feel empowered to act on behalf of your children.

Bridge
We serve as a bridge between families, children, and youth and the partners who provide services to understand needs, access resources, and support mutually beneficial solutions. 

Lead
We are leaders in providing credible information and research-based data to support systemic change that removes barriers and creates equitable access to services, education, and opportunities. 
 

Our Ethical Standards

Idaho Parents Unlimited adheres to the Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals, as found on the National Organization for Human Services website.  
 

Our Guiding Principles

Parents, guardians, and other interested parties who seek IPUL’s assistance will receive, on a timely basis, accurate, culturally appropriate, understandable information and referral services on their children’s disabilities and their children’s rights under the laws that serve children/adults with disabilities. Additionally we will provide information on effective participation in team decision-making and finding service options/opportunities to meet their children and families’ needs. IPUL’s services must be accessible to all families in Idaho, regardless of language, disability, or cultural differences. 

IPUL believes in the full participation of people with disabilities and their families in all decision-making processes that affect the services their children receive. 

IPUL believes that people with disabilities and their families have the right and the responsibility to be actively involved in the local, state, and national decision-making that affect their lives. To that end, IPUL will seek to identify and facilitate the involvement of parents of children and youth with disabilities on policy-making committees and activities. 
Based on established priorities, IPUL will participate in systemic change efforts that promote the interests of individuals with disabilities and their families. 

IPUL believes parents should be informed of the options and opportunities that their children, upon adulthood, have to make their own life decisions, to the maximum extent possible. To facilitate this process IPUL provides the tools and resources families need to best advocate in the transition to adult service systems process. 

Idaho Parents unlimited Now Accepting Applications for the Board of Directors

One two-day face-to-face annual meeting and three quarterly board meetings (virtual) 
Term: three years

Board Members

• Establish and maintain written policies
• Adopt an annual budget and review financial reports
• Approve or ratify the expenditures of IPUL
• Spread knowledge of who IPUL is and what we do
• Maintain, update and monitor mission statement, principles of operation, procedures and goals and objectives of IPUL, Secure adequate funds; participate in fund-raising activities, including making an annual personal gift
• The majority of members are parents of children with a disability
• Annually review the performance of IPUL's Executive Directors

IPUL Mission: Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc., supports empowers, educates and advocates to enhance the quality of life for Idahoans with disabilities and their families.

IPUL Vision: Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc., envisions inclusive and accessible communities, services, education, and opportunities for children and youth with disabilities and/or unique and special healthcare needs.