The Nevada Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities (NGCDD) engages in advocacy, system's change and capacity building activities for people with developmental disabilities and their families in order to promote equal opportunity, self-determination, and community inclusion.
The mission of the Nevada State Rehabilitation Council (NSRC) is to help ensure that vocational rehabilitation programs (Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and Bureau of Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired) are consumer oriented, consumer driven, and that the programs' services and resources result in employment outcomes for Nevadans with disabilities.
The Nevada Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders was created to continue the work of the Nevada Autism Task Force. The commission supports all Nevadans living with Autism Spectrum Disorder will achieve optimal outcomes to reach their full potential.
The Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) works to strengthen state-level coordination and collaboration among the various sectors and settings of early childhood programs.
The Nevada Early Intervention Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) brings policy makers, service providers, and parents together. It serves to support and assist with the ongoing development and implementation of quality statewide early intervention services for young children with disabilities and their families.
Nevada Early Intervention Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC)
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the Lead Agency for Early Intervention Services (EIS). The Part C Office provides the oversight of Early Intervention Services of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Early Intervention Services (EIS)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that each State establish and maintain an advisory panel for the purpose of advising the State special education staff regarding the education of eligible children with disabilities. This includes advising the State on the education of students with disabilities who have been convicted as adults and are incarcerated in adult prisons, even if a State assigns general supervision responsibility for those children to a public agency other than a State Education Agency (SEA). Nevada's State Special Education Advisory Panel is called the Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC).
The Nevada Assistive Technology Collaborative (NATC) and Aging and Disability Services Division provide a variety of Assistive Technology (AT) services to support people to live more independently and within their communities.
The NCED serves as Nevada's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). UCEDDs work to accomplish a shared vision that foresees a nation in which all Americans, including Americans with disabilities, participate fully in their communities.
Centers for Independent Living (CIL) are community-based, cross-disability, non-profit organizations designed and operated by people with disabilities. CILs are unique in that they operate according to a strict philosophy of consumer control, wherein people with all types of disabilities directly govern and staff the organization.
Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living (Carson City, Churchill County, Douglas County, Elko County, Esmeralda County, Eureka County, Humboldt County, Lander County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Mineral County, Nye County, Pershing County, Storey County, Washoe County, White Pine County)
Southern Nevada Center for Independent Living (Clark County)
The Nevada SILC advocates for the development of a network of programs, services and options designed to empower Nevadans with disabilities to live independently in the community.
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Nevada supports adults and students with disabilities to prepare for, obtain, keep and advance in meaningful employment through a range of services based on their employment goals.