The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)

NASDDDS represents the nation’s agencies in 50 states and the District of Columbia providing services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. NASDDDS promotes visionary leadership, systems innovation, and the development of national policies that support home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities and their families.

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Announcements The Link Center Shared Learning Group

The Link Center is offering its first series of Shared Learning Groups! Shared Learning Groups are an opportunity to…

Announcements Health Matters Podcast Featuring Mary Sowers

In a new podcast titled IDD Health Matters with Craig Escudé, MD, host and president of IntellectAbility, Dr. Craig…

Announcements Gary Smith Scholarship Recipients Named

The Gary Smith Scholarship for Public Managers was established by the NASDDDS Board of Directors in honor of Gary Smith, an…

Announcements The Caring Families: Paying Family Caregivers Topic Brief

Family caregiving has been evolving as the foundation of Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) in the U.S. for many…

State News Hawaii Releases Interim Report for the DD Division

The Hawaii Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Division (DDD), implemented a series of initiatives starting in 2016 to modernize…

Announcements The Link Center

Steering Committee Members Named From our Partners: The Link Center: Bridging I/DD and Mental Health Systems, is pleased to…

Announcements 2023 Cathy Anderson Award Announced

The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) and Public Consulting Group (PCG) are pleased to…

Announcements 2023 Censoni Awardee

The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) regularly honors professionals in both the public and…

Announcements Kentucky Reflects on the PHE End

Take a moment out of your day to reflect on the past several years with this letter to Kentucky…

Announcements NASDDDS Presents at AADMD

NASDDDS Director of Cross-Systems Strategies, Stacy Nonnemacher, PhD, was recently invited to present at the 21st Annual One Voice Conference…

Announcements NASDDDS Selected for Arnold Ventures Grant

NASDDDS is proud to announce the association was selected to receive a grant from Arnold Ventures for Medicare-Medicaid systems…

State News New York Enters Agreement to Expand DSP Credentialing

The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities entered a $5 million agreement with the State University…

Announcements NASDDDS Announces DEI Toolkit Release

In June of 2020, in a Statement on Racial Inequities, NASDDDS made a public Pledge to Action. That action…

Announcements NASDDDS Selected for Pursuing Equity Learning Network

The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) is proud to announce the association was selected…

HCBS KFF Brief: A Look at Waiting lists for Home and Community-Based Services from 2016 to 2021

Even though HCBS waiting lists are an imperfect measure of unmet need, they remain the most widely used measure…

Federal News CMS Releases Resources in Multiple Languages

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS/OMH) has released updated Coverage to Care (C2C)…

Announcements ACL Selects NASDDDS & Partners for DD TA Center

NASDDDS is pleased to announce ACL has awarded the association and our partners a cooperative agreement totaling an estimated…

State News Maryland Becomes Eighth Technology First State  

Maryland Department of Health’s (MDH) Developmental Disabilities Administration recently hosted a kickoff event highlighting Governor Larry Hogan’s August 15,…

Announcements NCAPPS Video Shorts: Culture and Person-Centered Practices

In a new series of short videos, community members from the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems…

Announcements NASDDDS Position on Equitable Wages for People with I/DD

The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) has issued an official position calling for the…

Federal News Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL)

The Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) is now available to help people with disabilities get vaccinated.  Call 888-677-1199…

Announcements NASDDDS Statement on Racial Inequities and Pledge to Action

The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) condemns the murder of George Floyd and the…

Federal News APSE Brief: State Medicaid Telehealth Policies Before and During COVID-19

Today, CMS issued an electronic toolkit regarding telehealth and telemedicine…

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Find State Agencies

Click here to find a particular state’s intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) agency address and phone number.

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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.

Forum for development of state and national policy initiatives
Networking and peer support opportunities
Leadership development and technical assistance
Analyses of federal statutory and regulatory policies