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The Governor’s Office on Disability (GOOD) was created by Executive Order Number 43 in 1999 (re-established with Governor Bentley’s Executive Order 15 in 2011). It was formed to serve as a statewide clearing house for information on disability and resources in Alabama. Its other major function...

The Office of Supported Employment plans and coordinates all initiatives that address expanding employment services to consumers served through the DD Division. This includes training and technical assistance. This office also writes and manages grants that fund employment pilots throughout the...

Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Alabama State Department of Education, Alabama Medicaid, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, and the Alabama Department of Post-Secondary Education continue to work towards Employment First...

Alabama received a Medicaid Money Follows the Person grant in October 2012. Alabama received $3.4 million in the first year and up to $28 million over the four-year project to support the successful transition of 625 individuals from an institutional setting to community living. The majority of...

A 5,000-member organization with chapters in over 31 states, this network was formed to improve and expand integrated employment opportunities, services, and outcomes for people with disabilities. The Alabama chapter works to enhance innovative, individualized...

The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) is a three-year federal grant-funded program that improves education, training, employment opportunities, and employment outcomes for people with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits. In...

The AL-APSE/ACDD Conference was intended to disseminate a wide variety of information to professionals as well as individuals with disabilities

The waiver provides day hab, personal care, prevocational, residential hab, respite, supported employment, adult companion, behavior therapy, community specialist services, crisis intervention, environmental accessibility adaptations, OT, PT, skilled nursing, specialized medical equipment,...

This waiver provides day hab, personal care, prevocational, respite, supported employment, behavior therapy, community specialist services, crisis intervention, environmental accessibility adaptations, OT, PT, residential hab other living arrangement, skilled nursing, specialized medical...

“State agencies are hereby directed to coordinate efforts to increase employment of Arkansans with disabilities. To that end, the Arkansas Department of Human Services shall convene an Employment First Task Force, which shall include representation of and input from agencies administering...