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Every five years, the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council writes a new State Plan. The Plan reflects the current needs of their family, friends, and neighbors impacted by a developmental disability in our state. The State Plan guides how the Council uses its resources -- including VTDDC’s annual allocation of federal funds -- to improve the lives of Vermonters with developmental disabilities.
The State Plan helps VTDDC to realize important goals and objectives, and measure how it has impacted Vermonters statewide. Its four goals focus on assisting underserved communities, supporting self-advocacy, filling service gaps, and advancing high quality supports for Vermonters with developmental disabilities.
Read 2021-2026 State Plan
VTDDS’s Five-Year State Plan is based on a comprehensive assessment of the needs of Vermonters with I/DD and their family members. VTDDC updates this assessment annually.
- VTDDC asked the public about the needs of Vermonters with I/DD and to review the drafted State Plan.
- The 2021-2026 5 Year State Plan Goals and Objectives was submit to VTDDC's federal funders at the Administration for Community Living in August 2021. The Plan has been revised several times.
The newest version of the State Plan has not been translated yet. An older version is available to read in French (Canadian), Somali, and Spanish (Mexican). - Read VTDDC's workplans for 2022 and 2023.
No time to read the work plan? Would you rather just listen? VTDDC created several videos to explain the goals and objectives from 2022 and 2023.
- The workplan has been broken into six short, accessible Youtube videos:
- Introduction
(19 Minutes, 17 Seconds) - Goal Area 1—Empowering People
(43 Minutes, 18 Seconds) - Goal Area 2, Gaps in Services
(17 minutes, 45 seconds) - Goal Area 3, Meeting the Needs of an Underserved Group
(21 minutes, 58 seconds) - Goal Area 4, Systems Change
(35 minutes, 57 seconds) - Conclusion
(8 Minutes, 58 Seconds)Total video viewing time = about 2 and ½ hours
- Introduction