Notable FAQs – August 2022
Paying salaries and benefits, difference between supplanting and supplementing, annual work plan projects, Council members who apply for Council jobs, public comment periods. Click here to read the Notable FAQ’s…
Cultural and Linguistic Competence & Equity for Councils: General Resource
This resource provides a review of DD Act definitions, information about defining organizational culture, linguistic competence, equity in the developmental disabilities “space”, intersectionality, and an overview about reporting cultural diversity…
Demonstrating Impact/Messaging (2022 TAI)
Messaging the Importance of Council Work.
Demonstrating Leadership (2022 TAI)
Positioning your Council to be a Known Leader
Notable FAQs from the Field – May 2022
Obligation, Council funding allocation tables, state plan revisions and due date, examples of Stevens Amendment statements. Click here to read the May 2022 FAQs.
Notable FAQs from the Field – April 2022
Funding questions about advertising and gala tables, rural or urban poverty area focus of work, demonstration project information, members who spend time in another state and impact on residency, posting…
Notable FAQ’s from the Field – March 2022
Encumbering funds, travel policy for members and staff, Council members and death of a person they are representing, removal of Council members to allow for newer appointments to come into…
Notable FAQ’s from the Field, February 2022
Adding basic state grant award funds to the CDC Vaccine funding, do people with mental illness qualify for Council membership? Click here for February 2022 FAQs
Membership Guidance Aligned with DD Act Requirements
Guidance to Determine Membership in Alignment with DD Act Requirements This document will assist people responsible for appointing (or recommending) citizens to a State/Territory Council on Developmental Disabilities. The Developmental…
Council Member Leadership Training
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 Public Law 106-402 (commonly called the DD Act) Title I, Subtitle B talks about the functions of a Council.…