DD Councils,

Annually, DD Councils must submit amendments and/or updates to their 5-Year State Plan. An amendment is a major change of a 5-year goal that alters the intent of the original goal (formerly referred to as a “substantive change”).  Amendments are due August 15th of each year for the following federal fiscal year and require a 45-day public comment period.  State plan updates are minor grammatical changes to 5-year goals and other components of the plan such as objectives, activities, expected outcomes, evaluation, etc. (formerly referred to as “non-substantive changes), and are due January 1 of each year for the current federal fiscal year.

I have heard from three Councils that want to amend their plan at this time.  If your Council is also intending to amend (see above criteria), but you have not reached out, please send me an email this week so I can have your report unlocked for edits.

Thank you!
Sara