Five Year Strategic Plan
The Five-Year Strategic Plan determines how the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCCD) will allocate funding to create systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities (DD) and family members through advocacy and capacity building activities.
This plan is the foundation of how the Council does its work across the state. GCDD gathers input from individuals with DD, family members, caregivers, siblings and the community-at-large to set the course of what the Council works on during the five years.
All GCDD efforts aim to ensure that people with DD are independent, have greater economic self-sufficiency, integrated and included in their respective communities, and leading self-determined lives.
Comment on GCDD's 2027-2031 State Plan Goals and Objectives
Comment period is from May 5, 2026 through June 19, 2026.
The mission of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is to bring about social and policy changes that promote opportunities for the wide spectrum of diverse Georgians with developmental disabilities and their families to live, learn, lead, work, play and worship in their communities.
Every five years, we are required to complete a new strategic plan. We welcome your comments and feedback on the Goals and Objectives that have been prepared for our upcoming Five-Year State Plan. Deadline for comments is Friday, June 19, 2026.
There are three broad goals with objectives for each goal. The goals represent GCDD's vision of what we would like to see for the lives of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. The objectives represent the areas of work GCDD will focus on to achieve the goal.
We would like to know what you think about each of them. Are these items a good fit for GCDD and Georgia as we move forward? Please take a few minutes to share your opinions.
All responses to the survey are anonymous.
En español
La misión del Consejo de Georgia sobre Discapacidades del Desarrollo (GCDD, por sus siglas en inglés) es generar cambios sociales y de políticas que promuevan oportunidades para el amplio espectro de habitantes diversos de Georgia con discapacidades del desarrollo y sus familias, para que puedan vivir, aprender, liderar, trabajar, recrearse y practicar su fe en sus comunidades.
Cada cinco años, debemos elaborar un nuevo plan estratégico. Agradecemos sus comentarios y sugerencias sobre las Metas y los Objetivos que se han preparado para nuestro próximo Plan Estatal Quinquenal. La fecha límite para enviar comentarios es el viernes 19 de junio de 2026.
Se han establecido tres metas generales, cada una con sus respectivos objetivos. Las metas representan la visión del GCDD sobre lo que nos gustaría ver en la vida de las personas con discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo (I/DD) y sus familias. Los objetivos representan las áreas de trabajo en las que el GCDD se centrará para alcanzar dichas metas.
Nos gustaría saber qué opina sobre cada uno de ellos. ¿Considera que estos puntos son adecuados para el GCDD y para Georgia a medida que avanzamos hacia el futuro? Por favor, dedique unos minutos a compartir sus opiniones.
Todas las respuestas a la encuesta son anónimas.
2022-2026 Five-Year Strategic Plan
Goal 1: Systems Change
With support from allies, advocates, stakeholders and communities, people with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families, will have increased access to and benefit from equitable quality supports and services that increase self-determination and meet their needs and preferences.
Objective 1.1
By 2024, GCDD will conduct four assessments of different ecosystems comprising housing, employment, transportation, and healthcare in urban, suburban, and rural Georgia and produce reports with recommendations for plans with outcomes that reflect equitable access to services and healthy communities. ("Ecosystem" refers to groups of people, organizations, government, geography, and systems that either live in a specific area or work together around a specific issue.)
Objective 1.2
By 2027, GCDD will increase the number of rural and historically marginalized communities that bring people with and without disabilities together to address housing, employment, transportation, and healthcare.
Objective 1.3
Annually, GCDD will strengthen capacity by investing resources in housing, employment, transportation and healthcare projects that are sustainable and can be replicated.
Objective 1.4
By 2027 GCDD will increase the numbers of new state and local advocates to at least 2,000 who feel equipped and who practice advocacy for legislative, regulatory, policy, procedure and/or practice changes around housing, employment, transportation and healthcare.
Goal 2: Self-Advocacy
GCDD will provide more opportunities for the voices of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities to be heard by strengthening capacity among Georgia self-advocacy organizations and initiatives, supporting cross disability coalitions and leadership development programs for and by people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Objective 2.1
GCDD will strengthen a statewide self-advocacy organization led by people with intellectual/developmental disabilities, with a focus on supporting the growth and sustainability of Georgia's self-advocacy network.
Objective 2.2
By 2027 GCDD will increase the number of advocates with intellectual/developmental disabilities who either conduct and/or participate in leadership trainings on issues that impact their lives for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities, cross disability entities and non-disability specific.
Goal 3: Targeted Disparity
The Council’s activities and those done in collaboration will be conducted with a focus on equity that increases the access of marginalized communities with particular emphasis on racial and ethnic minorities and those in rural areas.
Objective 3.1
By 2027, GCDD will partner with the DD Network, civil rights, and other organizations throughout Georgia to increase by 4 the number of school districts that develop and implement activities that dismantles the School to Prison Pipeline.
Objective 3.2
By 2027, GCDD will engage in activities that increase access to technology in order to decrease barriers to education, employment, housing, transportation and healthcare for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities in rural and underserved areas.
Objective 3.3
By 2027, in partnership with state and local civic engagement organizations, GCDD will increase access for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities in rural and/or historically marginalized communities to be civically engaged and vote.