Community Meetings on Draft 1 of the Developmental Disabilities Reform Act (DDRA) January – July 2009 Between January 2009 and July 2009 the following meetings were held to discuss Draft 1 of the DDRA, or included presentations about Draft 1 of the DDRA. 1. DDRA Community Forum, Saturday, January 10, 2009 2. DC Coalition for Community Services presentation, Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3. Georgetown University-University Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Consumer Advisory Council presentation, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4. DC Superior Court “Brown Bag” on the DDRA, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5. DC Autism Society presentation, Saturday, January 24, 2009 6. DC Family Empowerment Center, Family Support Group presentation, Saturday, January 24, 2009 7. DC Superior Court “Brown Bag” on the DDRA, Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8. Project ACTION! meeting presentation, Saturday, February 21, 2009 9. Howard University School of Physical Therapy class presentation, Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10. Meeting with families of persons committed to DDA services, Sunday, March 01, 2009 11. Children’s Hospital, LEAP group meeting on the DDRA, Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12. Youth Empowerment Resource Center / Lifeline Partnership Self-Advocate Group meeting presentation, Saturday, March 14, 2009 13. DC Coalition for Community Services meeting on the DDRA, Tuesday, March 17, 2009 14. DDRA Family Forum Saturday, March 28, 2009 15. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 1, Thursday, April 23, 2009 16. DDRA Meeting with D.C. Superior Court, Family Court judges, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 17. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 2, Thursday, April 30, 2009 18. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 3, Thursday, May 7, 2009 19. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 4, Thursday, May 14, 2009 20. Project ACTION! meeting presentation, Saturday, May 16, 2009 21. The Arc of DC Family Support Group meeting on the DDRA, Saturday, May 16, 2009 22. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 5, Thursday, May 21, 2009 23. DC State Advisory Panel on Special Education presentation, Thursday, May 21, 2009 24. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 6, Thursday, May 28, 2009 25. DDRA Meeting with DC Health Regulatory and Licensing Administration, Friday, May 29, 2009 26. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 7, Saturday, May 30, 2009 27. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 8, Thursday, June 4, 2009 28. DDRA Mandatory Reporting Subcommittee Meeting, Monday, June 8, 2009 29. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 9, Thursday, June 11, 2009 30. DDRA Mandatory Reporting Subcommittee Meeting, Monday, June 22, 2009 31. DDDA Review and Revision Meeting 10, Thursday, June 25, 2009 32. DDRA Mandatory Reporting Subcommittee Meeting, Monday, July 13, 2009 33. DDRA Review and Revision Meeting 11, Thursday, July 23, 2009 34. DDRA Mandatory Reporting Subcommittee Meeting, Wednesday, July 29, 2009 For DDRA Draft 2 and related documents, visit http://dc-ddleg.blogspot.com. For more information contact the DDS MAC Legislative Committee c/o
[email protected] or (202) 636-2963.