ND HHS drafts 5-year plan on developmental disabilities

The North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities has proposed its next five-year plan, and is asking people across the state to share their thoughts on what can be done to help people ...
Yahoo

Developmental Disability budget cuts delayed for now, but still loom for next year

Deputy Secretary Marlana Hutchinson listens to advocates testify Thursday on proposed cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration budget. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown). State officials said ...
USA Today

'Safeguards in place': Protecting those who receive developmental disability services

There were six cases last year in North Central Ohio where a person receiving developmental disability services was exploited. Of those, four were in Richland County, one in Marion County and one in ...
Concord Monitor

‘We were given no heads up’: How a developmental disability facility in Bow became fodder for discontentment over local control

House in Bow on Stack Drive that now offers intensive treatment services for people with development disabilities Credit: SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN / Monitor Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning ...
VTDigger

Home is best: creating affordable and accessible housing for Vermonters with disabilities

Facing Vermont’s housing shortage, partners across the state are advancing community-integrated homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Upper Valley Services’ projects ...

Missouri families worry proposed $80.7 million cut will hobble disability care programs

A proposed $80.7 million funding reduction of Missouri’s services for people with developmental disabilities would eliminate the “community specialist” option.