ADD-IM-01-2

Issued 5/10/01
State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Five Year State Plan Format (No. 0980-0162) Has Been Revised

TO:
Chairs, State Councils on Developmental Disabilities

SUBJECT:
State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Five Year State
Plan Format (No. 0980-0162) Has Been Revised

LEGAL AND RELATED REFERENCES:
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of
2000 (42 U.S.C. 15001, est seq.) P.L. 106-42 Final Rule, 45 CFR
Part 1386

DISCUSSION:
The Five-Year State Plan format has been revised (see attached format). This revised format will now be the format required for submission by State Councils on Developmental Disabilities. This revised State Plan format is currently in the Office on Management and Budget (OMB) clearance process, and is expected to be approved. Each State Council on Developmental Disabilities should be prepared to use revised format in conjunction with electric data submission (EDS). Please be aware that while the data collected under EDS will be the same as in this Five-Year State Plan format may not be precisely the same. Additional information on electronic submission of the Five-Year State Plan will be sent to out under separate cover.

INQUIRIES TO:
Raymond Sanchez
Division of Program Operations
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Room 300F
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Aerospace Building
Washington, D.C. 20447
Telephone: (202) 690-5962

/signature/

Sue Swenson
Commissioner
Administration on Developmental Disabilities

(For a copy of State Councils on Developmental Disabilities, Five Year State
Plan Form (OMB No. 0980-0162), please contact Mary Beth Greene at (202) 690-6028.)