{"id":2496,"date":"2024-01-29T09:39:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:14:06","slug":"bos-approves-adoption-of-disability-access-strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/bos-approves-adoption-of-disability-access-strategic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Supervisors approve adoption of Disability Access Strategic Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2496\" class=\"elementor elementor-2496\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-636dcd4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"636dcd4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56b7a5e0\" data-id=\"56b7a5e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f43607b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f43607b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VENTURA, Calif. \u2013 Through unanimous vote during the regular meeting on Tuesday, January 23, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors approved the adoption of a 2024-2027 County Disability Access Strategic Plan. The plan outlines key goals that advocate for increased transportation options, ensuring digital accessibility, enhancing physical access to facilities, prioritizing community relationships, education, and emergency preparedness. The plan is the first of its kind for the County of Ventura and represents a comprehensive and forward-thinking approach to fostering a more inclusive and accessible community.<\/p><p>\u201cThis strategic plan will provide a strong foundation for the County\u2019s work in disability access,\u201d stated Supervisor Kelly Long, Chair of the Board of Supervisors. \u201cI appreciate the internal and external focus on expanding disability access within our local community and finding new and innovative ways to partner with the community.\u201d<\/p><p>The Disability Access Strategic Plan outlines the following four key areas of focus:<\/p><ul><li>Accessible, Mobile, and Reliable Foundation<\/li><li>Environment Focused on Disability Community Incorporation<\/li><li>Employment Strategies Supporting Model Employer Excellence and Economic Vitality<\/li><li>Youth Leadership and Independence Stimulus<\/li><\/ul><p>\u201cThe strategic plan will provide strong areas of focus that will set the tone as the County expands efforts to engage proactively with the disability community,\u201d said Dr. Sevet Johnson, County Executive Officer. \u201cThe County looks forward to creating strong partnerships and significant change to generate exciting opportunities for wider disability access.\u201d<\/p><p>The County\u2019s Disability Strategic Plan is an investment in a more inclusive, accessible, and vibrant future for county residents which focuses on initiatives that support the creation of opportunities for residents in the community to thrive.<\/p><p>\u201cThe Disability Access Strategic Plan is critical to the County\u2019s ability to move forward in the crucial areas outlined,\u201d said Disability Access Manager Dani Anderson. &#8220;Access encompasses many components and the County\u2019s focus on the priorities outlined in the plan will ensure new and positive growth in this space. It is an extraordinary opportunity for me to work from a place of dedication and lived experience to benefit our disability community.\u201d<\/p><p>To learn more about the County Disability Strategic Plan, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/county-executive-office\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/county-executive-office\/publications\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VENTURA, Calif. \u2013 Through unanimous vote during the regular meeting on Tuesday, January 23, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors approved the adoption of a 2024-2027 County Disability Access Strategic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.venturacounty.gov\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}