Author: Melissa Sylvester

ACDD 2027-2031 Five-Year State Plan Development Listening Session

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ACDD 2027-2031 Five-Year State Plan Development Listening Session
The Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities (ACDD) is developing its 2027-2031 Five-Year State Plan and we need input about the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in our state. There will be a virtual listening session for the general public on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 2:30 PM (CT). Click on the flyer link below for more details. If you have any questions, then please send an email to darryle.powell@mh.alabama.gov or melissa.sylvester@mh.alabama.gov or call (334) 242-0246 or (334) 242-3976. Please join us and/or share and invite members of your support network.

ACDD Public Forum Flyer_November 2025 Session

make your voice heard

Help ACDD Build Its Next Five-Year State Plan for 2027-2031

Posted on by Melissa Sylvester

ACDD 2027-2031 Five-Year State Plan Input Survey

The Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities (ACDD) is developing its 2027-2031 Five-Year State Plan and we need input about the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in our state. Please answer the following questions to provide input. Alternate formats are available upon request. If you have any questions, then please send an email to darryle.powell@mh.alabama.gov or melissa.sylvester@mh.alabama.gov or call (334) 242-0246 or (334) 242-3976.

We need your voice. Visit our website at acdd.org

English:

ACDD State Plan Input Survey in English

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/acdd2731stateplan

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Necesitamos su voz Visite nuestro sitio web en acdd.org

Spanish:

ACDD State Plan Input Survey in Spanish

https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/spanishacdd2731stateplan

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Thanks to ACL Campaign

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Thanks to ACL

Did you know that the Administration for Community Living (ACL) has supported millions of Americans with disabilities and older Americans to live, work, worship, play, and age in place? #ThanksToACL, our communities are richer when everyone is included. Check out the facts below to learn more.

each year, 682,000 people with disabilities are able to live at home thanks to ACL                                Thanks to ACL, safer, more equitable working conditions for people with disabilities

 

                        700,000 public and private places become more accessible every year thanks to ACL.                                   every year, nearly 1 million people with disabilities learn how to advocate for themselves and fight discrimination with help from ACL.

 

ACL supports people with disabilities and their families through education, support, and advocacy training                                        Over 1 million students with disabilities are safer in schools every year thanks to ACL.

 

Thanks ACL!