State Plan Amendment/Update

• Annually, DD Councils must submit amendments and/or updates to their 5-Year State Plan. An amendment is a major change of a 5-year goal that alters the intent of the original goal (formerly referred to as a “substantive change”.  Amendments are due August 15th of each year for the following federal fiscal year.  State plan updates are minor grammatical changes to 5-year goals and other components of the plan such as objectives, activities, expected outcomes, evaluation, etc. (formerly referred to as “non-substantive changes), and are due January 1 of each year for the current federal fiscal year.

ITACC Resource

• Information for Completing a DD Council State Plan Update or Amendment (revised November 2019)

ITACC Webinar

• State Plan Update Overview PowerPoint 
• Webinar recording

Additional Amendment/Update Resources

• 2017 TA Institute – MAKING THE MOST OUT OF AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN 
• AIDD DD Council Performance Measures Guidance Document (updated 2019)

AIDD

• Detailed information from AIDD about simultaneously submitting the APPR, the budget and non-substantive amendments on January 1st of each year. (June 2013)  View Letter>
• Detailed information on how to submit State Plan Amendments. (December 2016) View Letter>