Providing opportunities for people with developmental
disabilities and their families to enhance independence, productivity, and
inclusion.
Resources and Grants
Grants
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grants, grant programs, eligibility, and applications
Featured Resources
The Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council provides links
to the web sites of these agencies and organizations as a public service.
The Council does not exercise control over the content of these web
sites. A link’s presence here is not an endorsement of their
contents by the Council.
Internet
Resources Concerning People with Disabilities and Emergencies
The Council maintains a list of websites that contain information that
may be helpful to people with disabilities. Please
click here for our links page.
Other Resources
To obtain a copy of the below publications, send a self-addressed 9"
x 12" envelope (stamped with the required postage) to the Council.
There is a limit of one copy of each publication per person. Publications
may be reproduced at your own expense.
Send the 9" x 12" self-addressed stamped envelope to:
ATTN: Harold Lieberman
Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council
1150 Hancock Street
Third Floor, Suite 300
Quincy, MA 02169
(617) 770-7676 ext. 115 (Voice)
(617) 770-9499 (TTY)
harold.lieberman@state.ma.us
(Email)
- Index of State Programs Serving People with Developmental Disabilities
in Massachusetts (Massachusetts Developmental Disabilites Council)
- $2.09 postage required
- People First: What Massachusetts Does for People with Disabilities:
Analysis of the State Budget (Massachusetts Human Services Coalition)
- $3.20 postage required
- The Council's 1999 Annual Program Performance Report (no postage
required) Download - (PDF) | (Word)
- The Council's 2001-2003 State Plan Summary (no postage required)
Download - (PDF) | (Word)
A Selection of Publications and Videos Available
in the Council Library
Council grant recipients have developed many products. Interested parties
may review these materials at the Council's office by contacting Harold
Lieberman at
harold.lieberman@state.ma.us
(Email), 617.770.7676 ext. 115 (Voice) or 617.770.9499 (TTY). Items which
are linked may be downloaded directly.
- Chapter
171 of the Acts of 2002-Flexible Support Law
- Reading Ahead: Literacy for Adults with Developmental Disabilities—Literacy
Tutor Manual (PDF - 17 MB) and Literacy
Resource Packet (PDF - 2
MB)
- Basic Health Care Advocacy (Disability Law Center)
- Employing Family Directed Support Workers: Taxation and Liability
Issues (Leonard Viscito, CPA, J.D.)
- Families Joining Together - Recruiting and Sharing Respite Providers:
A How-To Guide (Berkshire Family and Individual Resources, Inc. Family
Resource Program)
- Grief Packet for People with Developmental Disabilities - available
in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese (Grief Resources for Adult
and Child Enrichment, Bay Cove Human Services)
- How To Revitalize Your Day Program: A Clinical Perspective (Campbell,
Anastasio)
- Know Your Rights: Medicaid Managed Care in Massachusetts (Krantz,
Disability Law Center)
- Massachusetts Community Based Employment Providers Directory (Massachusetts
Rehabilitation Commission)
- Resource Guide for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Central
Middlesex Area (Fitzpatrick)
- Secondhand Scent: Accommodating People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
(video and information packet; Boston Self-Help Center)
- To Whom Do I Turn? An Assessment of Supports Available for Women
with Developmental Disabilities and Breast Cancer (Jeckel and Shean,
NWW Committee)
- Understanding More about Massachusetts' Managed Care System for
People with Developmental Disabilities: A Training Curriculum (in Spanish
or English; Medicaid Working Group, Boston University School of Public
Health)
- A Home of Your Own: Increasing Homeownership Among People with Developmental
Disabilities in Massachusetts, Citizens' Housing & Planning
Association, June, 1999.
- Estate Planning for Parents of People with Disabilities: Planning
for the Future, Edited by Patricia Freedman, Esq., A Publication of
the N. Neal Pike Institute on Law and Disability, Boston University
School of Law, June, 1999.
- Understanding More About Massachusetts Managed Care Systems for People
with Developmental Disabilities [Training Packet], Medicaid Working
Group, 1999. Available in English and Spanish.
- People First: What Massachusetts Does for People with Disabilities;
An Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2000 Massachusetts State Budget, Massachusetts
Human Services Coalition, 1999.
- The Power to Choose: A Study of Flexible Supports for Families Caring
for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Ruth I. Freeman, Ph.D.
and Nancy J. Capobianco, M.S.W., Boston University School of Social
Work, June, 1998.
- Index of State Programs Serving People with Developmental Disabilities
in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council,
March, 1998.
- Lesser-Known and Low Incidence Disabilities: A Guide to State and
National Resources for People Living in Massachusetts, Massachusetts
Developmental Disabilities Council, March, 1998.
- Families Joining Together - Recruiting and Sharing Respite Providers:
A How To Guide, Berkshire Family and Individual Resources, Inc., Family
Resources Program, 1998.
- Employing Family Directed Support Workers: Taxation and Liability
Issues, Leonard Viscito, CPA, J.D., 1999.
- The Managed Care Handbook: A Resource Guide for Consumers, Families
and Advocates, Shriver Center and Suffolk University, 1997. Available
in English, Spanish, Creole and Vietnamese.
The Council awards grants to produce publications, videos and other resources
of interest to the public. Copies of publications developed with Council
grant funds are available for review at the Council Resource Library, 1150
Hancock Street, Third Floor, Suite 300, Quincy, Massachusetts. Many of these
products are available in large print and on diskette. If you would like
to visit the Council Resource Library, contact Harold Lieberman at
harold.lieberman@state.ma.us
(Email), 617.770.7676 ext. 115 Voice, 617-770-1987 Fax, 617-770-9499, TTY
Copies of Council grant products are also distributed to the libraries below
and are available through inter-library loans. Residents may apply at their
local library for a loan of publications.
- State House Library (two copies)
- Microfilmed; retained at State House Library
- Boston Public Library at Copley Square
- Worcester Public Library
- Springfield Public Library
- University Library at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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