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The Council – Overview of the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities

About the Council – Details on the Council's mission, mandate and members

Annual Reports: 
2025   2024   2023   2022   2021   2020   2019   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2013   2012   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002

Business Results:
FFY 2025:  PDF   Text
FFY 2024:  PDF   Text
FFY 2023:  PDF   Text
FFY 2022:  PDF   Text
FFY 2021:  PDF   Text
FFY 2020:  PDF   Text
FFY 2019:  PDF   Text
FFY 2018:  PDF  Text
FFY 2017:  PDF   Text
FFY 2016:  PDF   Text
FFY 2015:  PDF   Text
FFY 2014:  PDF   Text
FFY 2013:  PDF   Text
FFY 2012:  PDF   Text
FFY 2011:  PDF   Text
FFY 2010:  PDF   Text
FFY 2009:  PDF   Text
FFY 2008:  PDF   Text
FFY 2007:  PDF   Text
FFY 2006:  PDF   Text
FFY 2006:  PDF   Text
FFY 2005:  PDF   Text
FFY 2004:  PDF   Text

• Business/Organization Requirements and Record Keeping
• Council-Sponsored Grant Activities
• Data Practices (Dept. of Administration)
• The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act)
• Documents Index – Council-specific documents, notices, annual reports, etc.
• Government Records
• Linking Policy
• Meeting Schedule
• Meeting Minutes
• Application Process – How to become a council member
  Open Appointments (Secretary of State's Office) – Vacancies and Application Form
• Minnesota Quality Award
• Mission
• Privacy Policy
  
• RFPs and Grants
• 2022-2026 FFY Five Year Plan (PDF)
• 2017-2021 FFY Five Year Plan  PDF
• 2012-2016 FFY Five Year Plan PDF
• State Plan 2006-2011 Executive Summary
• Contact Form – Contact Information for the Council

Customer Research

• 2018 Minnesota Racial & Ethnic Populations Survey of Attitudes and Outlook Regarding Healthcare Services and Costs (August 2018) (PDF)   (Text)
• 2017 Minnesota General Population Survey of Attitudes (April 2017) (PDF) (Text)
• Survey of Individuals for Five-Year State Plan (December 2015) (PDF) (Text)
• Survey of Providers for Five-Year State Plan (December 2015) (PDF) (Text)
• Minnesota Special Education Experience Study 2014   PDF
• K-12 Education Study for Students with Developmental Disabilities (April 2013) (PDF) Text
  
• 1962/2012 Minnesota Survey of Attitudes Regarding Developmental Disabilities (March 2012) PDF Text
• Meta Analysis of the Customer Research Studies Conducted over the Past Ten Years (October 2010) PDF Text
• Survey of Individuals for Five-Year State Plan (December 2010) (PDF) Text
• Survey of Providers for Five-Year State Plan (December 2010) (PDF) Text
• MN Business ADA Study (April 2010)(PDF) (Text)
• Information Technology Customer Research Study (April 2009) (PDF) (Text)
• Innovative Employers in Minnesota Presentation (October 2008) (PDF) (Text)
• Information Technology Insights Focus Groups (July 2008)
• 1962/2007 Minnesota Survey of Attitudes Regarding Developmental Disabilities (February 2007) (PDF) Text
• 5 Year Plan Input (January 2006)
  Individual Survey (Text)
  Provider Survey (Text)
  Qualitative Statements (Text)
• Employer Focus Research Survey (May 2005) (Text)
• Minnesota Health Care Opinion Poll (January 2004) (Text)
• Electronic Government Services Survey (September 2003) (Text)
• Consumer Directed Community Supports Survey (April 2002)
• Quality of Life Survey (January 2001) (Text)

Features – Features Index

• ADA Legacy Project
• Ann Turnbull Interview
• Bengt Nirje on Normalization
• Bill of Rights Training
• The Convergence of Disability Law and Policy: Rud Turnbull
• "Creating the Possible" (Video Excerpt)
• Customer Evaluation of Electronic Government Services
• The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act)
• Allan Bergman Interview
• Developmental Disabilities and Equal Justice Under the Law, (U.S. Judge Donovan W. Frank)
• Digital Document Imaging
• The Disability Justice Resource Center
• Document Imaging Training Modules
• Dr. Burton Blatt: 1984 Lecture Video
• Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger: A History of Human Services, Universal Lessons, and Future Implications
• Ed Roberts, Activist
  Ed Roberts Q & A
  Effective Strategies for Social Change (Video 1987)
  A Day in the Life of Ed Roberts: Ed's son, Lee Roberts, talks about his father
  An interview with Lee Roberts and Ed's colleague, Dr. William Bronston
• Ethical Issues, End of Life Conversations and Developmental Disabilities: Honoring Choices
• The Evolution of Disability Rights Litigation: David Ferleger
• The Evolution of the Quality of Care in Developmental Disabilities: Jim Conroy
• The Disability Justice Resource Center
• Forty-Five Years of History 1971-2016
• Independence To Inclusion – TPT Documentary
• Institutions to Independence – TPT Documentary
  Know Your Rights (Video)
  Judge Donovan Frank Interview
  Judge Donovan Frank and Karen Loven
• The Jensen/METO Lawsuit and Settlement Agreement
• Kathie Snow Interview
• The Learning Center – 10,000 pages of publications from 1976-1997
• An Interview with Lou Brown (with Ed Skarnulis)
• Marc Gold: "Try Another Way"
• Parallels In Time – a history of disability through time
  Prologue
  Community Living - A Place to Call Home
  Definitions and Perspectives
  Education - A Place to Learn
  Employment - Real Work
  Epilogue
  Document Index
  Video Index
  Slide Index
  Poster Archive
• Positive Behavioral Supports
  The History and Evolution of Behavioral Approaches and Positive Behavioral Interventions: Derrick Dufresne
  Interview with Mike Mayer
• Professor John McKnight: Capacity Building Beyond Community Services
  Community Building
• Quality and the Baldrige Framework

• Public Media Forum
• The Top Questions Asked About Inclusive Education: Patrick Schwarz
• Welsch v. Likins Class Action Lawsuit 45th Anniversary
• Willowbrook:
  Dr. Bill Bronston and Friends on Willowbrook (2005)
  Dr. William Bronston’s Willowbrook Memorial Lecture, presented on April 30, 2019 (Unabridged)
  Dr. William Bronston’s Willowbrook Memorial Lecture, presented on April 30, 2019 (Abridged)
  Willowbrook Photo Essay
  Willowbrook-related Milestones
• With an Eye to the Future – Documents Key Moments in GCDD's History Chronologically
  Document Index
  Historical Photographs
  Olmstead Chronology
  Jensen Settlement Docket
  Video Clips
• With an Eye to the Past – The History of Deinstitutionalization in Minnesota
  Document Index
  Video Index
  Legislative Summaries
  Access Press History Notes
  The Honorable Elmer L. Andersen February 7, 2001 Remarks
  The Honorable Roger Moe February 7, 2001 Remarks

News – Index/Links to News Items

• News Archive

Partners in Policymaking®

• "Making Your Case" – e-Learning Course
• "Partners in Employment" – e-Learning Course
• "Partners in Education" – e-Learning Course
• "Partners in Time" – e-Learning Course
• "Partners in Living" – e-Learning Course
• Coordinator Resources

Publications – order form, download links

• Ambassadors for Respect Anti-Bullying Handbook
• Partners in Policymaking®: Changing Lives. Changing Policies.
• It's My Choice
• Making Your Case (Updated Edition)
• Minnesota Workbook:
  "Feeling Safe, Being Safe" (MN Personal Safety Materials)
  "Feeling Safe, Being Safe" Magnet
• A New Way of Thinking: More Than Twenty Years Later
• A New Way of Thinking
• Stories of Leadership
• Friends
• It's Never Too Early, It's Never Too Late
• Minnesotans Speak Out!
• Making Futures Happen
• Shifting Patterns

Resources

• Links:
  Assistive Technology
  Children, Youth and Families
  Disability Advocacy
  Disability Law
  Education/Special Education
  Government
  Health
  Independent Living
  Information Quality of Life
  Social Awareness
  Studies, Research and Training
• MNDDC Linking Policy for this Site

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