Division Boards & Committees

Division of Disability and Aging Services Boards & Committees

• Attendant Services Program Eligibility Committee
  The Eligibility Committee is a peer evaluation committee that will confirm eligibility for the Attendant Services Program. The Committee also establishes the award amount in hours per day for attendant service.
• Autism Supports
  Vermont Autism Task Force is to coordinate the efforts of interested parties who serve individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, and to promote the implementation of best practices throughout the state of Vermont.
  • Vermont Autism Task Force
  • Vermont Inter-Agency Autism Spectrum Disorders Planning Advisory Committee
• Developmental Disability Services
  Developmental Disability Services has supporting committees that provide input, make suggestions, and perform supervision for those that use our services or provide those services. These supporting committees are:
  • State Program Standing Committee
  • Local Program Standing Committee
  • Ethics Committee
  • Human Rights Committee
  • Vermont Communication Task Force
  • Social Skills & Sexuality Education & Research Network
  • Sex Offender Discussion Group
  • Public Safety Funding Committee
  • Equity Committee
• Green Mountain Self-Advocates (GMSA)
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  To promote State and local policies and practices that prevent traumatic brain injury (TBI) and support access to services for all Vermonters with brain injury to become full participants in all aspects of community living.
  • TBI Advisory Board
  • TBI Steering Committee

Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired

• State Rehabilitation Council for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SRC)
  The State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) for the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBVI) consists of statewide representation from business and industry, rehabilitation service providers, consumers of rehabilitation programs, parents of consumers, consumer membership organizations, the state education agency, and disability advocacy groups.

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

• State Rehabilitation Council (SRC)
  

  Vermont's State Rehabilitation Council advocates for consumer-directed and effective vocational services and for the creation of resources and services that will result in equal opportunities for Vermonters with Disabilities.

Other State Boards & Committees

• Governor's Commission on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
  The Commission’s mission is to identify key public policy issues related to ADRD, to educate the public and private sectors regarding these matters and to make policy recommendations in support of developing programs and services essential to providing accessible and appropriate services to people with dementia illnesses and to their families and other care partners.
  
  For Program and Services Information, Publications, Forms and more on the Dementia Respite Program, click here.
• Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disability (GCEPD)
  The Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (GCEPD) is Vermont's legally designated leadership and coordination group on issues related to employment of people with disabilities, and has a direct advisory relationship with the Governor. Here you will find information and resources of interest to job seekers and to employers seeking to hire or accommodate individuals with disabilities.
• Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
  The Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council is a state-wide Council that works to increase public awareness about critical issues affecting people with developmental disabilities and their families. In addition to state agency and non-profit representatives, 13 of its 21 members (62%) are self-advocates and family members.

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