Advocacy & Policy Alerts

Public Policy for the People weekly phone calls are led by GCDD’s Legislative Advocacy Director, Charlie Miller. The calls take place every Friday at 10:00AM on Zoom during this 2024 Georgia Legislative Session. Register for the calls at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctdeyhpz4jHd3R4...

On Thursday, December 9th, the Department of Community Health (DCH) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) released a joint statement indicating that they officially rescinded their proposals to place daily maximum caps on skilled nursing services and addit...

The Care Coordination and Severe Behavior Teams at Marcus Autism Center are hosting a vaccine clinic on October 9th and 30th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will vaccinate patients 12 and up with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine that now has full Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approv...

21FEDCOVID-2: Vaccine Access for Individuals with Disabilities Through this Notice of Funds Available, the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) seeks to support local and statewide efforts that result in increased access to COVID-19 vaccines for people with disabilities. Grant pr...

  The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities will host a Family Advocacy Lunch and Learn on Tuesday, August 17 at 12:00pm-12:45pm via Zoom.  This Lunch and Learn is geared toward family members of individuals with disabilities, professionals who work in the disability field, an...

The Georgia Developmental Disabilities Network (GDDN) wants to share stories of individuals who received the COVID-19 vaccination to raise awareness of the vaccine and how it protects your loved ones and community from the spread of the Coronavirus. The Georgia DD Network invites you to partici...

GCDD is seeking a dynamic individual to join GCDD as its 2021-2022 Public Policy and Advocacy Fellow! This paid, six-month opportunity is a great opportunity for an individual to promote and support public policy efforts that aim to create an integrated community life for people with develop...

WEBINAR SERIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: Understanding Zoom Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 10-11 AM or Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 10-11 AM Introduction to Advocacy Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 9-10:30 AM or Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 10-11:30 AM Elevator Speeches Tuesday, March 6, 20...

21PR6:  Accessibility Grant - Universal Design for Learning and Plain Language The purpose of this Notice of Funds Available (NoFA) is to solicit proposals to GCDD for the creation of organizational standards around universally accessible, plain language materials. Grant amount is $10...

22ADM1:  Human Resources Consultant The purpose of this Notice of Funds Available (NoFA) is to solicit proposals to GCDD from Human Resource firms and professionals to provide support to the organization members and staff as it relates to human resource services. This will be a one yea...