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Home to ICC Community Integradoras, parents and self-advocates providing peer-to-peer support and advocacy to families navigating California’s systems of care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including Autism and Down Syndrome.

 ICC Weekly Community Cafecito

Our flagship program. Every Thursday, ICC hosts a virtual Community Cafecito—an open, culturally-rooted space where families, self-advocates, and invited guests come together to connect, learn, and support one another.

A United Community

ICC is a Latino-led, parent- and self-advocate-driven community basedorganization dedicated to empowering individuals with IDD and their families. Advocating for, equity, access, and equality. 

About Us

We are a community-based organization focused on helping make the world around us a better, happier place. Leading with the spirit and heart of Self-Advocates and Parents, on a quest to help impact our community at the grassroots level. Our work is designed to promote equity, equality and eradicate purchase-of-service disparities for Individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

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Integradoras

  • ICC Community Integradoras are parents and self-advocates who, through their own lived experience navigating the disability system and extensive training, provide peer-to-peer guidance and advocacy to other families seeking services and supports in California.
  • Rooted in community trust and cultural humility, ICC Integradoras offer grassroots, relationship-based outreach to help families understand and access the benefits and services available to them through the State’s developmental disability system.
  • ICC Integradoras play a vital role in identifying and addressing disparities, systemic barriers, and language or cultural gaps that often prevent underserved individuals and families—especially from monolingual or immigrant communities—from obtaining the services they are rightfully entitled to.
  • ICC Integradoras don’t just guide families through the system—they stand beside them, helping to build equity, dignity, and empowerment from the ground up.

Our Approach

  • At ICC, we believe advocacy begins with trust, connection, and shared experience. Our approach is rooted in organic, community-driven outreach that reflects the cultural, linguistic, and lived realities of the families we support.
  • We address the cultural and language barriers that too often prevent families—especially those from Latino, monolingual, and immigrant communities—from accessing equitable services. But we go beyond navigation. We build relationships first, forming the foundation for authentic, lasting engagement.
  • We walk alongside individuals and their families, guiding them through the often overwhelming systems of service and support. We don’t just give answers—we build capacity, confidence, and community, empowering families to become advocates in their own right.
  • Through every conversation, meeting, and milestone, we emphasize empathy, validation, trust, and mutual respect. We see every advocacy journey not as a solo effort, but as a shared path, traveled together as a united community.
  • Our advocacy leads to not just access—but to meaningful, transformative outcomes that honor each individual’s dignity, voice, and potential.

Programs

  • Our programs target the multi-generational IDD home and are designed to engage, uplift, inform, and empower family members—particularly those from Latino, monolingual, and historically underserved communities. Each program is rooted in peer-to-peer support, cultural humility, and a shared commitment to equity, inclusion, and self-determination.
  • ICC Community Cafecitos: Our Community Cafecitos are weekly virtual gatherings via ZOOM that bring together individuals with disabilities, family members, and Integradoras to share information, build community, and find solutions to real-life challenges. Our Cafecitos provide a safe space for learning, support, and collective action, offering regular access to updates, resources, and guest speakers across relevant systems of care.
  • ICC Self-Determination    Program (SDP): We provide comprehensive training and Independent Facilitator support around California’s Self-Determination Program, guiding families through the development of Person-Centered Plans (PCPs), Individual Budgets, and Spending Plans. ICC also offers a 3-day Independent Facilitator (IF) training for those seeking to guide others through this life-changing pathway to autonomy.
  • United & Ignited (U&I) Sibling Support Group: This group provides a safe, inclusive space for siblings of individuals with IDD to share their unique perspectives, build solidarity, and receive peer-based support as they navigate both advocacy and their own personal journeys.
  • Alianza de Hombres – Men’s Group: A culturally grounded space for fathers, brothers, and male stakeholders, Alianza de Hombres fosters connection, brotherhood, and empowerment through shared lived experience and meaningful dialogue.
  • LIDER (Leadership, Inclusion, Dignity, Equity, and Resilience): LIDER is our leadership development initiative for emerging family and community leaders, designed to build the skills and confidence needed to advocate effectively within local and statewide systems.
  • En Comunidad: A community outreach and education program that brings in-language, in-culture support to families across the state through workshops, special events, and partnerships with Regional Centers and community organizations.
  • ICC Micro-Enterprises: This initiative supports individuals with IDD and their families in developing small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, offering tools, mentorship, and community promotion through our platforms.
  • ICC Vision – YouTube Channel: Our multimedia storytelling and education platform features community voices, training videos, advocacy stories, and informational series that celebrate our culture, resilience, and progress.

United We Stand

“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”

~ Cesar Chavez

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Our Community Cafecitos are weekly virtual gatherings via ZOOM that bring together individuals with disabilities, family members, and Integradoras to share information, build community, and find solutions to real-life challenges. Our Cafecitos provide a safe space for learning, support, and collective action, offering regular access to updates, resources, and guest speakers across relevant systems of care.

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