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Our Mission

The Developmental Disabilities Alliance of Western New York (DDAWNY) is a collaborative group of member voluntary agencies that provide services to people with developmental disabilities. While honoring individual agency missions, it is the intent of the Alliance to assist agencies to develop relationships, promote unified strategies and share risks for the mutual gain with and for the benefit of people with developmental disabilities.

Contacting DDAWNY

Send us an email using the CONTACT US button in the upper left corner, or call us at (716) 877-7007. The DDAWNY Offices are located at 7 Community Drive, Cheektowaga, NY 14225.

Helpful Documents

Voluntary Agencies and Providers- having trouble finding who to contact at OWPDD Central Office? Here is a helpful information sheet that tells who to contact for various issues and questions: OPWDD Contact Information.

Click here for a copy of the MSC School Protocol, updated April 2008

For these and other useful documents, visit our Document Library .

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Human Resources

The focus has been to educate and orient our committee members in areas of human resource management such as legal issues and changes in employment regulations. The Committee has developed an informal alliance to effectuate purchase of services and goods for our agencies regarding criminal background checks, self funding of workers compensation and in other areas of mutual interest.

Click here for Committee Meeting Minutes from December 2009

Updates for the salary survey are about to begin! DDAWNY Member Agencies are invited to participate in the survey. If you would like to participate and are not part of the HR Task Group or have questions, please contact the committee chair.

Visit our Events Calendar Committee Page HERE to find out dates for upcoming meetings!

Committee Co- Chairs

Mindy Cervoni, Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, 883-8888 x170

Kate Alterio, People Inc. 817-7406

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Recommended Websites

Change the "R" Word!! This site campaigns to eliminate the negative word "retard" from our vocabulary and change it to RESPECT. The "R" Word Campaign

RRCEP II Visit The Region II Rehabilitation Continuing Education Website at http://www.rcep2.buffalo.edu

Disabled Fables, Aesop’s fables re-told and illustrated by artists with developmental disabilities, has been published by Star Bright Books. Visit InsideOut Productions to learn more.

American Worker: For a satirical look at the plight of Direct Care Workers, visit this website, developed by United Cerebral Palsy and ANCOR, WhoWillCare.Net. The site pits "Flip the Fry Guy" against "Carrie Caregiver" as the two contestants sing their hearts out for a raise and to become the next American Worker.