Thanks Dan!

Christine Pisani, M. Spec. Ed.

Executive Director

Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities

Phone: 208-334-2178

Toll Free: 1-800-544-2433

Website: icdd.idaho.gov

From: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Shannon, Dan (ADD)
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:38 PM
To: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com
Subject: DD Councils RE: New ACL Organization Structure Announced

I’ve attached the chart.

Daniel M. Shannon, Executive Director

MA Developmental Disabilities Council

100 Hancock St., Suite 201

Quincy, MA 02171

Phone - 617-770-7676 X108

Fax - 617-770-1987

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From: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Webb, Roger
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 3:36 PM
To: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com
Subject: DD Councils RE: New ACL Organization Structure Announced

Donna, did you resend this with Dan’s attachment? I don’t recall receiving.

From: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Donna Meltzer
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 4:59 PM
To: xxxxxx@nacdd.simplelists.com
Subject: DD Councils New ACL Organization Structure Announced

Dear NACDD Members – you may have received word from ACL about their re-organization. The message they sent out yesterday is below. To understand better what the re-organization will mean I have attached a great fact sheet put together by Dan Shannon at the Massachusetts DD Council. Your primary contacts with AIDD will all remain the same and a new addition will hopefully soon be on board at AIDD to help manage day-to-day work in oversight of the DD Act programs as Commissioner Aaron Bishop will now have a larger portfolio that includes not only the DD Act programs but broader disability as well. It will take us all awhile to get used to this new organization but I know you find DD Councils as well supported if not more so by AOD/AIDD as you currently do.

Thanks,

Donna

June 1, 2015

ACL Announces New Organization Structure

WIOA changes implemented

Since the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed last year, ACL has been working through the process of moving the National Institute for Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, and the independent living, and assistive technology programs from the Department of Education to ACL.

Today, we celebrate a key milestone -- the announcement of an updated organization structure that reflects and supports our combined mission. This morning, our new Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority was published in the Federal Register, which means we now can share the details with our networks.

Our new structure formally incorporates the WIOA programs and better aligns similar functions. We also have changed the names of some offices and centers to better fit what those groups do.