Family Support ECHO: Enabling Community Providers to Support Families of People With Disabilities

Little funding is allocated to helping families provide lifelong support for their family members with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). The North Carolina (NC) Family Support ECHO™ program was created to help family support specialists (n = 50) meet the needs of this population. This evaluation used a mixed-methods approach and revealed that, on average, participants agreed that they were satisfied with the NC Family Support ECHO program and improved their self-efficacy from pre- to post-assessment. This evaluation demonstrates the positive impact that NC Family Support ECHO has had on providers who support this population. Future research should aim to understand how the NC Family Support ECHO program improves outcomes for people with IDD and their families.