Mission
To promote, support and enhance the independence, productivity, integration, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities and their families in the community. Guided by these values, the CNMI UCEDD services the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the region, and the nation.
History
The CNMI UCEDD is part of the Pacific Basin University Centers for Excellence (PBUCE) which consists of two sites: American Samoa (AS) and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Each site is charged with carrying out the four core functions identified by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD).
Purpose
The CNMI UCEDD Program is committed to the development of culturally complementary outcomes while promoting equal opportunity, independence, productivity, promoting self-determination, and supporting an improved quality of life for people with developmental disabilities in their villages, the Commonwealth, and the world around us.
Staff
Joy Malsol Maratita (left)
Administrative Manager
Carla Castro Sablan (right)
PBUCE/CNMI UCEDD Trainees
Cohort 1 (2020-2021)
Mary Antonitte Dues Deala
Eloise Rose Enrico Lopez
Victoria Matsunaga
Emman Paul A. Parian
Kaelani Mae San Nicolas
Cohort 2 (2021-2022)
Hannah ligisaiar
Heejung Sin
Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC)
View the full CAC Membership List (as of February 2022).
Projects
1. Emergency Preparedness Training for First Responders
2. Disable the Label: Disability Awareness Campaign
3. Self-Advocacy & Leadership
4. Project BEAM (SY 2021-2022 Homework support program)
5. Employment Training Series
6. COVID Fund Activities
Administrative Resources
Calendar of Events
Network Partners
CNMI Council on Developmental Disabilities (CDD)
Northern Marianas Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. (NMPASI)
Disability Network Partners
- CNMI Center for Living Independently (CLI)
- Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR)
- CNMI PSS Special Education Program (PSS-SPED)
- Division of Youth Services (DYS)
- Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority (COTA)
- CNMI, Maternal, Infant, Child and Adolescent Health (MICAH)
- VOICES of the CNMI (Saipan, Tinian and Rota Chapters)
Press Releases (2021)
- CNMI UCEDD’s Consumer Advisory Committee holds first meeting – February. 18, 2021
- NMC Rota, Tinian receive Public Entity Advocate of the Year awards – March 4, 2021
- Consumer Advisory Committee members’ advocacy efforts honored – March 29, 2021
- UCEDD trainees make public speaking debut at mini-workshop – April 2, 2021
- NMC-UCEDD welcomes new members to its advisory committee – August 25, 2021
- Office of Rep. Sheila Babauta hosts NMC and NMTI information session – August 17, 2021
