by RIDDCouncil | Mar 2, 2017 | Advocacy, Cross Disability Coalition, RIDDC
March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions people with developmental disabilities make to our society. The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), Association of...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 13, 2017 | Advocacy, Community Living, Cross Disability Coalition, Employment, Policy, RIDDC, Self Directed Supports, Supports Intensity Scale
The Department of BHDDH, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), will be holding two open community forums in February 2017. The first forum is specifically for individuals and families involved with self-directed supports and the second one for all other...
by RIDDCouncil | Nov 18, 2016 | Advocacy, Community Living, Policy, RIDDC
Medicaid officials are looking for ways to increase access to Home and Community- Based Services (HCBS) for people with disabilities and they’re asking the public to provide comments and feedback. In a notice published in the Federal Register this month, the Centers...
by RIDDCouncil | Oct 21, 2016 | Advocacy, Consent Decree, Policy, RIDDC
The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council’s (RIDDC) Annual Meeting took place on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the Radisson Hotel in Warwick from 8:30 am-4:00 pm. The focus for the day was a discussion on strategies for building a statewide Family Advocacy...