The Disability Services Division (DSD) sends announcements via email to two subscriber lists:

You may subscribe to one or both of the eLists using your email address. There is no fee to sign up. DSD will not use your email address for any other purpose. If you unsubscribe, DSD will delete your email address from the eList.

Announcements only

Each eList is for announcements only. Do not reply to emails you receive from either eList. DSD will not read or forward your response.

If you want to contact someone about information in the announcement, use the contact information provided.

All content DSD sends to both eLists follows these guidelines:

The lead agency eList is a resource for counties, tribes and managed care organizations. DSD uses this eList to notify lead agencies of:

DSD encourages all lead agency staff to subscribe to this eList.

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The stakeholder eList is a resource for anyone who is interested in DSD’s services and programs. DSD sends most announcements that go to the lead agency eList to the stakeholder eList, as well.

We may not share an announcement with the stakeholder eList if it’s specifically for lead agency staff (e.g., DHS system outages).

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DSD archives announcements sent in the last two years on:

Terminology

The terminology used to describe people with developmental disabilities has changed over time. While DHS supports the use of “people first” language within its documents, you might find certain outdated terms within historical and official documents, such as statutes, reports and third-party material.

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