Services Provided and Provider of Services

Support to Targeted Populations

The DD Act requires the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) to ensure that people with developmental disabilities and their families receive the services and supports they need and participate in the planning and designing of those services. The DD Act established eight areas of emphasis for ADD programs; Employment, Education, Child Care, Health, Housing, Transportation, Recreation, and Quality Assurance. ADD meets the requirements of the DD Act through the work of its four programs:

1. State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD)
2. Protection and Advocacy Agencies (P&A)
3. University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
4. Projects of National Significance (PNS)

Eligibility Requirements and Age of Youth Covered

Services are for those who have a developmental disability which is defined as a severe, chronic disability of an individual that:

1. is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
2. is manifested before the individual attains age 22;
3. is likely to continue indefinitely;
4. results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:

reflects the individual's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic services, individualized supports, or other forms of assistance that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.

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