California State Council on Developmental Disabilities | North State

The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities | North State Area Board 2 is dedicated to advocating for the legal, civil and service rights of people with developmental disabilities and their families in order to promote genuine education, employment, relationships and community inclusion. Our program helps connect people to needed services and supports, provides information about available services and supports, informs people about their rights and how to be their own advocate, and advises people on their appeal rights if a service they need is denied. We strive to improve services and supports, review policies and practices of publicly funded agencies, identify the types of services and supports that are needed but not available, monitor legislation significant to individuals with developmental disabilities, help people become part of their communities, encourage and assist citizen advocacy organizations, and educate the public about disabilities and the importance of full inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the community.