The Regional Family Support Planning Council (RFSPC) provides a venue for parents and family members of people with developmental disabilities to exchange knowledge and information about family support services. Members advocate for families and individuals with developmental disabilities at the local and state level on issues that directly impact their lives.

RFSPC have multiple committees including Family Advisory Council, Children’s System of Care Collaboration Subcommittee, Health and Safety Subcommittee, and Public Relations Strategies Subcommittee.

This School Bus Transportation Safety advocacy effort is to create high quality and safe transportation for children with special needs by improving training and enforcing accountability.

This Health & Safety White Paper is to ensure strict oversight of direct care support person training and qualifications that care for individuals with I/DD.

Statewide Meeting Resources was created by RFSPC to help individuals and families of all abilities to assist in developing a good life plan for those with I/DD and their family members.

New Jersey Legislative Disability Caucus serves as a bipartisan forum within the NJ Legislature to understand and improve public policies on service system affecting individuals with disabilities and their families.

NJCDD calls for a renewed commitment to New Jersey’s Employment First policy, to improve employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

A plan for when emergencies like floods, ice storms, hurricanes, fires, pandemics, and more occur. NJCDD outlines important information that people with developmental disabilities need to know to have a clear idea of what to do in such a situation.

The Council has created inclusive education resources for educators and parents of children with developmental disabilities, which address issues to ensure children with developmental disabilities are educated with the highest academic needs in the safest settings.

Is to bring awareness and preparation for a plan for emergency situations—fires, natural disasters, active shooters, terrorism, and even the unplanned release of chemicals, to address the complex, individualized needs of students with disabilities.

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On this page, you’ll find info regarding the different ways to get in touch with NJCDD regarding assistance for individuals, families, and professionals in the field of developmental disabilities.

This page highlights NJCDD community events related to developmental disabilities. You can use subscribe to receive notifications of upcoming events. The calendar will be updated on a weekly basis.

You can connect with us and other developmental disabilities networks on NJCDD’s Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube sites you already like to spend time on.

DISABILITY IN FOCUS BLOG follows important news, legislation, and current events that affect people with developmental disabilities and their families. We provide commentary on issues that matter and new trends in our communities. Guest contributors provide their unique perspectives in New Jersey’s DD community.

PUBLICATIONS provide vital up-to-date information for families and self-advocates; highlights organizations, programs, and individuals that make positive changes in the developmental disabilities community; and share noteworthy developmental disabilities stories from across the state and across the nation.

The topic areas in alphabetical order on the resource page include information related to Individuals with disabilities.