DIVISION FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (DDD) - is the State office that provides leadership for the direction, funding, and operation of services to persons with developmental disabilities within Colorado. DDD services are administered under the Office of Adult, Disability and Rehabilitation Services (OADRS) of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). State leadership and oversight includes: policy, planning, program development, budget development, program operation guidelines and technical assistance, training, determination of funding needs, setting priorities, contracting and allocation of resources, review of services and funding utilization, program quality, monitoring, and evaluation, and management information. These functions are performed in concert with service providers, advocacy groups, and consumers and their families.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission for Colorado's Division for Developmental Disabilities is to join with others to offer the necessary supports with which all people with developmental disabilities have their rightful chance to:

• Be included in Colorado community life.
  
• Make increasingly responsible choices.
  
• Exert greater control over their life circumstances.
  
• Establish and maintain relationships and a sense of belonging.
  
• Develop and exercise their competencies and talents.
  
• Experience personal security and self-respect.

VISION STATEMENT

By 2008, every Coloradan with a developmental disability will:

• Be provided assurances for his/her health and safety;
  
• Receive needed resources that represent a blend of private and public dollars;
  
• Receive effective and efficient services and supports;
  
• Have a service system that is easy to access and understand;
  
• Have a service system that values and realizes meaningful collaboration;
  
• Be provided the opportunity to be gainfully employed,
  
• Have access to a system that exemplifies inclusive practices; and
• Be provided the opportunity to make informed choices about his/her life.
  

Division for Developmental Disabilities Website

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