Family NET Works: Maryland’s most comprehensive online resource for disability-related information and supports

Are you a parent of a child with disabilities who has been asked to consider and decide at an early grade level whether your child should be on a diploma or certificate track? If so, please share your experience (age and grade level suggestion was made). Please email bristowhart@verizon.net

The Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council is collecting Consumer Satisfaction Surveys to determine satisfaction from the perspective of people with developmental disabilities, family members, and others who are directly involved in Council projects and activities. If you are involved with Council activities, please click here and take a few minutes to complete this survey! Thanks!

Maryland's Transit Administration must reduce it's budget. Some MARC train and Commuter Bus Services are proposed for elimination. To see the proposal or to see a list of hearing locations
click here

Department of Defense (DOD)
Special Needs Tool Kit
Designed to help military families and others with special needs children navigate the maze of medical and special education services, community support, and benefits and entitlements. The toolkit is divided into six modules that can be downloaded and printed!
CLICK HERE!

Partners In Policymaking has developed a Public Policy Action Center to help you search the internet for Disability Policy Information.

National Center for Learning Disabilities Parent Center offers a great IDEA Parent Guide! Check it out!

Welcome to Maryland’s most comprehensive online resource for disability-related information and supports
Are you a parent of a child with disabilities who has been asked to consider and decide at an early grade level whether your child should be on a diploma or certificate track? If so, please share your experience (age and grade level suggestion was made). Please email bristowhart@verizon.net The Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council is collecting Consumer Satisfaction Surveys to determine satisfaction from the perspective of people with developmental disabilities, family members, and others who are directly involved in Council projects and activities. If you are involved with Council activities, please click here and take a few minutes to complete this survey! Thanks! Maryland's Transit Administration must reduce it's budget. Some MARC train and Commuter Bus Services are proposed for elimination. To see the proposal or to see a list of hearing locations click here Department of Defense (DOD) Special Needs Tool Kit Designed to help military families and others with special needs children navigate the maze of medical and special education services, community support, and benefits and entitlements. The toolkit is divided into six modules that can be downloaded and printed! CLICK HERE! Partners In Policymaking has developed a Public Policy Action Center to help you search the internet for Disability Policy Information. National Center for Learning Disabilities Parent Center offers a great IDEA Parent Guide! Check it out!		ACTION ALERT! Waiting List Campaign: End the Wait Now! Contact Governor O'Malley About DDA Funding! NOW is the time to contact Governor O’Malley about the critical need for funding for people with developmental disabilities. The Governor is working now on his next budget for the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), which begins a year from now. If you are on the DDA Waiting List or already receiving services, know someone who is, or simply care about this critically important issue – the time to act is now. The Governor will only make this a priority if he hears from many, many people urging his support. You Can Help! EMAIL or WRITE Governor O’Malley with this message (or write your own personal story): click here to open the message, simply copy and paste it and send it.... By Email: http://www.governor.maryland.gov/mail (Choose Topic: "Health Care Issues") By Mail: The Honorable Martin O'Malley, Governor 100 State Circle Annapolis, MD 21401-1925 To learn more about the Waiting List Campaign go to www.endthewaitnow.com Submit a Spotlight Idea \| Past Spotlights
Last Updated: 14 September 2008 Family NET Works is a project of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council under a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities. The information contained in this site is for education and referral only and does not imply endorsement.