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Arizona Developmental Disabilities Network The Arizona Center for
Disability Law, Developmental
Disabilities Planning Council,
Institute for Human Development, and the Sonoran UCEDD are partner organizations that form the
Arizona Developmental Disabilities Network. We are authorized under the
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (Public Law
106-402) and receive funding from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities. We are “One Community Working
Together.” The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Network creates newsletters
highlighting the network’s activities and news. You
can view the newsletters as an eNewsletter by going
to the following website: http://sonoranucedd.fcm.arizona.edu/DDNN Arizona Center for Disability Law
Developmental Disabilities Planning
Council The Developmental
Disabilities Planning Council is a 23-member council comprised of
individuals with developmental disabilities, family members of individuals
with disabilities and representatives of state agencies that provide services
to individuals with developmental disabilities. Every five years, the Council
develops and implements a state plan that addresses specific priorities. The Council's
current plan includes objectives in the areas of education, employment,
formal and informal community supports and quality assurance. The Council
implements the goals and objectives of the five-year state plan through
systemic change, capacity building and advocacy
activities. Northern Arizona
University The Institute provides the bridge between
the rich resources that an academic institution has to the developmental
disability service delivery system. The mission of the Institute is to enhance
the capacity of a statewide system of support of persons with disabilities
and their families. The Institute implements its mission through
interdisciplinary training, promotion of exemplary community service
programs, provision of technical assistance at all
levels and research and evaluation that is disseminated to targeted groups in
the field. Sonoran
UCEDD Center of Excellence The Sonoran UCEDD is based on the vision of a
community benefiting from the full participation of all members, with
recognition of the strengths brought by diversity in abilities, culture, age,
and life-experience. The Sonoran UCEDD supports full participation by people with
developmental disabilities in all aspects of community life. It focuses on
developing best practices, dissemination and training, and public policy to
support effective transitions through adulthood for people with developmental
disabilities and their families, and improved services to Hispanic/Latino
individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, and to rural
and border populations. The Center is located within the Department of Family
and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona. |
