03 – Education & Resources

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Announcements I/DD Duals Innovation Cohort TA Opportunity

NASDDDS is pleased to announce that, through the generous support of Arnold Ventures, state I/DD agencies may apply for…
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Announcements The Link Center Selects States for State Policy Academy

The Link Center Launches State Policy Academy to Ensure Inclusive 988 Suicide & Crisis Response Lifeline for Children and…
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Announcements Joint Association Letter on Cyberattack

A joint association letter was authored urging CMS to act immediately to institute public health emergency-like flexibilities to ensure…
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Announcements NASDDDS Annual Impact Report

The past year has continued to take our state systems to new levels of history and action. All of…
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Announcements NCI®-IDD SOW 2022 Report

The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) and the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI), are…
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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…
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Announcements The Link Center

Steering Committee Members Named From our Partners: The Link Center: Bridging I/DD and Mental Health Systems, is pleased to…
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Medicaid End of Pandemic-Era Flexibilities in Medicaid HCBS

What Agency Leaders Need to Know This resource was jointly created by sister associations, NASDDDS, NAMD and ADvancing States,…
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    NASDDDS Statement on Racial Inequities and Pledge For Action

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

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    ARPA Workforce Topical Analysis

    Workforce capacity is clearly a key pre-requisite to expanding access to home and community-based services (HCBS). The HCBS workforce shortage

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    CMS ARPA Call Analysis

    Synopsis of Association Members’ Conversation with CMS regarding 9817 ARPA Enhanced Match CMS indicated that 25 states have been approved

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