Letter from Leadership: What Happens Next?

There is a bridge my daughter crawled across as a baby. It is a playground bridge. Back then, I wanted her to play like a big kid. So I would help her crawl across. Now as I am writing this, she is walking across it in a few steps. She is a tween enjoying the summer days. This year I especially need these sweet, warm evenings. They bring me peace. No matter how you feel about this presidential administration, there is no denying that they are moving fast to change American society. Here at the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), much of our attention this year has been on the federal budget. We especially watch Medicaid. At the same time we’re working on our new strategic plan. We are preparing for new members to serve on our Council. We are moving forward with our public policy, projects, and communications. So - where are we now? And what happens next?The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Strategic Plan goals to improve services and supports for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DD). The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities to build a more interdependent, self-sufficient, and integrated and included disability community across Georgia.This project was supported, in part by grant number 2001GASCDD-03, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.