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The Link Center is offering its first series of Shared Learning Groups! Shared Learning Groups are an opportunity to…
In a new podcast titled IDD Health Matters with Craig Escudé, MD, host and president of IntellectAbility, Dr. Craig…
The Gary Smith Scholarship for Public Managers was established by the NASDDDS Board of Directors in honor of Gary Smith, an…
Family caregiving has been evolving as the foundation of Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) in the U.S. for many…
The Hawaii Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Division (DDD), implemented a series of initiatives starting in 2016 to modernize…
Steering Committee Members Named From our Partners: The Link Center: Bridging I/DD and Mental Health Systems, is pleased to…
The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) and Public Consulting Group (PCG) are pleased to…
The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) regularly honors professionals in both the public and…
Take a moment out of your day to reflect on the past several years with this letter to Kentucky…
NASDDDS Director of Cross-Systems Strategies, Stacy Nonnemacher, PhD, was recently invited to present at the 21st Annual One Voice Conference…
NASDDDS is proud to announce the association was selected to receive a grant from Arnold Ventures for Medicare-Medicaid systems…
The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities entered a $5 million agreement with the State University…
In June of 2020, in a Statement on Racial Inequities, NASDDDS made a public Pledge to Action. That action…
The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) is proud to announce the association was selected…
Even though HCBS waiting lists are an imperfect measure of unmet need, they remain the most widely used measure…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS/OMH) has released updated Coverage to Care (C2C)…
NASDDDS is pleased to announce ACL has awarded the association and our partners a cooperative agreement totaling an estimated…
Maryland Department of Health’s (MDH) Developmental Disabilities Administration recently hosted a kickoff event highlighting Governor Larry Hogan’s August 15,…
In a new series of short videos, community members from the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems…
The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) has issued an official position calling for the…
The Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) is now available to help people with disabilities get vaccinated. Call 888-677-1199…
The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) condemns the murder of George Floyd and the…
Today, CMS issued an electronic toolkit regarding telehealth and telemedicine…
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Benefits of Membership
The association’s primary role and mission is to assist member state agencies in building person-centered systems of support for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. NASDDDS achieves this mission in a variety of ways including formal technical assistance; one on one support; educational opportunities; and networking events.
