The October 22, 2026 Survey Committee meeting (2:00-3:00 PM, Entrepreneur Sandbox, 643 Ilalo St Suite 1000, Honolulu, with a Zoom option) plans how the approved Community Needs Assessment Survey and Talk Story sessions will be carried out for the FY 2028–2031 State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL). The only document is the agenda.
Meeting Documents
- 10.22.26 SILC Survey Committee Agenda for Statewide Independent Living Council Survey Committee Meeting
Agenda for the October 22, 2026 Survey Committee meeting. The committee discusses how to distribute the approved Community Needs Assessment Survey, including online and paper options, Centers for Independent Living and community partners, alternative formats (large print, Braille, screen-reader accessible versions, ASL video, plain language, translations), and outreach to rural and neighbor island communities. It also covers the survey timeline from launch through reporting results to the full Council, and planning for Talk Story public forums, including locations, format, accommodations such as ASL interpreters and CART captioning, and promotion. The committee may act on its own meeting schedule through completion of SPIL development. Public testimony is taken on agenda items (three minutes per person per topic, with extensions available as a disability accommodation), followed by public comment on non-agenda items and adjournment. Accommodation requests go to Amanda Lowe at (808) 585-7452 or amanda@hawaiisilc.org.
