What can DDRC do?
- Application assistance for DD Eligibility with the State of Alaska
- Assistance with the Registration and Review process, waitlist for IDD and ISW Medicaid Waiver services
- Education and Advocacy
- Short term service coordination
- Information and options for available services
- Apply for Alaska Mental Health Trust DD Mini-Grants
In order for a person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability to receive assistance through the State of Alaska, they must first be determined developmentally disabled as defined by state law. The State defines an Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (IDD) as a severe, chronic disability that:
- Is attributable to a mental and/or physical impairment.
- Is manifested before age 22 and is likely to continue indefinitely.
- Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:
- Self-Care
- Learning
- Mobility
- Self-direction
- Capacity for Independent Living (for individuals 16 and older)
- Economic Self sufficiency (for individuals 16 and older)
