Keep the Promise of Community

February 11, 2011

Include DDS and MassHealth as Ways and Means Budget Priorities

The Needs

Community services touch the lives of more than 38,000 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Individuals and families primarily rely on the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) and MassHealth long-term services. Other agencies provide services for those with I/DD, including the Department of Public Health (DPH), whose services include Early Intervention; the Mass. Rehabilitation Commission (MRC); and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), which provides services via a circuit breaker account.

Click Here to read more.