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Louisiana Commission for the Deaf adopts strategic plan aimed at expanding access and leadership
Summary
The Louisiana Commission for the Deaf unanimously approved a strategic vision and five priorities to increase outreach, strengthen governance, improve service delivery, address aging and disability care, and expand early-intervention and education supports; the board directed staff to finalize internal approvals and begin quarterly reporting.
The Louisiana Commission for the Deaf voted to adopt a new strategic plan that sets a vision "where deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing people thrive and contribute fully" and establishes five priorities to guide the agency’s work. The board accepted the plan after a presentation of the vision, mission, purpose statements and values developed with community input.
Consultant Davin, who led the strategic planning process, summarized community engagement and data collection efforts and walked commissioners through the plan’s proposed goals and measures. “I am thrilled to go over the final proposal and priorities for LCD,” Davin said during the presentation, describing work with focus groups, surveys and an ad hoc strategic committee.
The plan’s five strategic priorities are: 1) community communication and reach (an 80% reach target was discussed for staff to define), 2) community leadership and governance, 3) inclusive service delivery, 4) older-adult and disability care standards, and 5) early intervention and educational excellence. The presentation tied each priority to the commission’s statutory mandate and said staff will propose measurement approaches and implementation sequencing.
Commissioner Dr. Megan Wimberly asked about timelines for implementation; the consultant and acting director said the plan focuses on what the commission will do and that the executive director will develop sequencing and resource-based timelines. "We left that up to the executive director," the presenter said, adding the ad hoc committee’s implementation ideas will help prioritize early steps.
Commissioner Wimberly moved to accept the strategic plan and Commissioner Cammy Gaspar seconded. After a roll call count, Chairperson Sheri Crosby announced, “We have a count of 13. So, the motion carries.” The board directed staff to complete internal approvals and begin quarterly progress reports to the commission.
Next steps outlined at the meeting include submitting the finalized materials for internal review, the acting director’s implementation planning, and quarterly progress reports to the board. The commission did not specify exact dates for particular priority milestones; staff said the executive director will propose a timeline during implementation planning.
