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Link
to 2006 Annual Report
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Who
We Are
The Hawaii State Council on Developmental
Disabilities is a body comprised of individuals appointed
by the governor. 60% of the Council is made up of persons with disabilities
and family members of persons with disabilities. The remaining members
represent state and private agencies, and the community at-large.
The Hawaii DD Council was established in state law by Act 198, Session
Laws of Hawaii, 1975. The Council (according to Hawaii Revised Statutes,
Section 333E) develops, prepares, and adopts the state plan which
"shall guide the development and delivery of all services to individuals
with developmental disabilities." The state plan shall include "establishment
of goals and priorities of the State in meeting the needs of individuals
with developmental disabilities, including the recommendation of
priorities for the distribution of public funds for comprehensive
services to individuals with developmental disabilities within the
State and other matters deemed necessary to achieve independence,
productivity, integration, inclusion, and self-determination of
individuals with developmental disabilities."
The federal
Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (P.L. 106–402)
defines the purpose of State Councils on Developmental Disabilities
as engaging 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."
