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State DD Council outlines advocacy, small grants and request for added staff funded by federal appropriation
Summary
The North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities briefed the division on outreach, small grants and advocacy work funded by a minimal federal allotment; the council said it seeks additional staff to expand inclusion and public policy work, funded from its federal allocation.
Julianne Horntevet, Executive Director of the North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities, told the appropriation division the council is a federally funded entity that awards grants and contracts to test innovations and support self‑advocacy, inclusion and other goals in the council’s five‑year state plan.
Horntevet said the DD Council receives a federal “minimum allotment” that requires no state…
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