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Who we are... |
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The Federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities administers the CNMI Council
on Developmental Disabilities. It was created under a federal mandate and now an
amendment to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of
2000. The Governor appoints 24 qualified CNMI residents to serve on the Council.
Most are people with developmental disabilities and their family members. Others
are representatives of agencies and groups that provide services to people with
developmental disabilities.
We are men and women who are committed to improving the lives of hundreds of CNMI
residents with disability. We are passionate and are focused on issues related to
self-determination, education, employment, transportation, housing, recreation,
healthcare and overall quality of life of people with developmental disabilities
and their families.
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Council Mission |
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Engage in advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities
that – contribute to a coordinated, consumer-and family-centered, consumer- and
family-directed, comprehensive system that includes needed community services, individualized
supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination for individuals
with developmental disabilities and their families. |
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Type of service |
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Systems change (public policy), consumer empowerment,
leveraging resources, community inclusion, systems advocacy, ADA technical assistance,
information & referral, Straid, One-Stop Resource and Refferal Service Center
(Family Support 360 Project), and Trankilu Alternative Financing Program. |
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Purpose of the Program |
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To bring about necessary systematic change, enhance the
quality of life and oppurtunities for people with developmental disabilities in
the CNMI to become independent, productive, integrated and fully included in the
community; to ensure that service networks are providing people with developmental
disabilities the necessary programs that would enable them to reach their maximum
potential. |
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