MN.GOV/MNDDC Site Map
Home – Includes News Headlines and Top Features
The Council – Overview of the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
About the Council – Details on the Council's mission, mandate and members
Annual Reports:
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Business Results:
FFY 2025: PDF Text
FFY 2024: PDF Text
FFY 2023: PDF Text
FFY 2022: PDF Text
FFY 2021: PDF Text
FFY 2020: PDF Text
FFY 2019: PDF Text
FFY 2018: PDF Text
FFY 2017: PDF Text
FFY 2016: PDF Text
FFY 2015: PDF Text
FFY 2014: PDF Text
FFY 2013: PDF Text
FFY 2012: PDF Text
FFY 2011: PDF Text
FFY 2010: PDF Text
FFY 2009: PDF Text
FFY 2008: PDF Text
FFY 2007: PDF Text
FFY 2006: PDF Text
FFY 2006: PDF Text
FFY 2005: PDF Text
FFY 2004: PDF Text
- Business/Organization Requirements and Record Keeping
- Council-Sponsored Grant Activities
- Data Practices (Dept. of Administration)
- The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act)
- Documents Index – Council-specific documents, notices, annual reports, etc.
- Government Records
- Linking Policy
- Meeting Schedule
- Meeting Minutes
- Application Process – How to become a council member
Open Appointments (Secretary of State's Office) – Vacancies and Application Form - Minnesota Quality Award
- Mission
- Privacy Policy
- RFPs and Grants
- 2022-2026 FFY Five Year Plan (PDF)
- 2017-2021 FFY Five Year Plan PDF
- 2012-2016 FFY Five Year Plan PDF
- State Plan 2006-2011 Executive Summary
- Contact Form – Contact Information for the Council
- Minnesota State Government Disability Employment Study (Octobe 2025) PDF Text HTML Plain Text Only
- Five-Year Plan Survey Results Released (May 2025) PDF Text HTML Plain Text Only
- Have the Developmental Disabilities Act Outcomes Changed in Over 20 Years of Studies? (February 2025) PDF Text
- Life Experiences of Young Minnesotans With Disabilities Qualitative Research Report (August 2024) PDF Text HTML Plain Text Only
- Life Experience of Young Minnesotans with Marginalized Identities Intersectionality Study III (August 2024) PDF Text HTML Plain Text Only
- The One Minnesota Baseline Quantitative Survey (November 2023) PDF Word PDF Text
- 2023 Minnesota Employment Opportunities Study (April 2023) PDF Text HTML Plain Text Only
- 2022 Minnesota General Population Survey of Attitudes Towards People with Developmental Disabilities (April 2022) PDF Text PDF Text Only
- Impact of the Intersection of Developmental Disabilities and Other Population Profiles on Experiences with Discrimination (August 2022) PDF Text PDF Text Only
- Perspectives on the 50th Anniversary by National Experts, Minnesota Council Members, and Partners in Policymaking Graduates (October 2021) PDF
- Surveys Completed for Five Year State Plan (FFYs 2022-2026) (November 2020)
- What Does ONE MINNESOTA Mean for People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families (April 2019) PDF Text Only
- Minnesota Racial & Ethnic Populations Survey of Attitudes and Outlook Regarding Healthcare Services and Costs (August 2018)PDF (Text)
- Minnesota General Population Survey of Attitudes (April 2017) PDF Text
- Survey of Individuals for Five-Year State Plan (December 2015) PDF Text
- Survey of Providers for Five-Year State Plan (December 2015) PDF Text
- Minnesota Special Education Experience Study 2014 PDF
- K-12 Education Study for Students with Developmental Disabilities (April 2013) (PDF) Text
- 1962/2012 Minnesota Survey of Attitudes Regarding Developmental Disabilities (March 2012) PDF Text
- Meta Analysis of the Customer Research Studies Conducted over the Past Ten Years (October 2010) PDF Text
- Survey of Individuals for Five-Year State Plan (December 2010) PDF Text
- Survey of Providers for Five-Year State Plan (December 2010) PDF Text
- MN Business ADA Study (April 2010) PDF Text
- Information Technology Customer Research Study (April 2009) PDF Text
- Innovative Employers in Minnesota Presentation (October 2008) PDF Text
- Information Technology Insights Focus Groups (July 2008)
- 1962/2007 Minnesota Survey of Attitudes Regarding Developmental Disabilities (February 2007) PDF Text
- 5 Year Plan Input (January 2006)
Individual Survey PDF Text
Provider Survey PDF Text
Qualitative Statements PDF Text - Employer Focus Research Survey (May 2005) PDF Text
- Minnesota Health Care Opinion Poll (January 2004) PDF Text
- Electronic Government Services Survey (September 2003) PDF Text
- Consumer Directed Community Supports Survey (April 2002) PDF
- Quality of Life Survey (January 2001) PDF Text
Features – Features Index
- ADA Legacy Project
- Ann Turnbull Interview
- Bengt Nirje on Normalization
- Bill of Rights Training
- The Convergence of Disability Law and Policy: Rud Turnbull
- "Creating the Possible" (Video Excerpt)
- Customer Evaluation of Electronic Government Services
- The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act)
- Allan Bergman Interview
- Developmental Disabilities and Equal Justice Under the Law, (U.S. Judge Donovan W. Frank)
- Digital Document Imaging
- The Disability Justice Resource Center
- Document Imaging Training Modules
- Dr. Burton Blatt: 1984 Lecture Video
- Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger: A History of Human Services, Universal Lessons, and Future Implications
- Ed Roberts, Activist
- Ethical Issues, End of Life Conversations and Developmental Disabilities: Honoring Choices
- The Evolution of Disability Rights Litigation: David Ferleger
- The Evolution of the Quality of Care in Developmental Disabilities: Jim Conroy
- The Disability Justice Resource Center
- Forty-Five Years of History 1971-2016
- Hadamar (Documentary)
- Independence To Inclusion – TPT Documentary
- Institutions to Independence – TPT Documentary
Know Your Rights (Video)
Judge Donovan Frank Interview
Judge Donovan Frank and Karen Loven - The Jensen/METO Lawsuit and Settlement Agreement
- Kathie Snow Interview
- The Learning Center – 10,000 pages of publications from 1976-1997
- An Interview with Lou Brown (with Ed Skarnulis)
- Marc Gold: "Try Another Way"
- Parallels In Time – a history of disability
through time
Prologue
Community Living - A Place to Call Home
Definitions and Perspectives
Education - A Place to Learn
Employment - Real Work
Epilogue
Document Index
Video Index
Slide Index
Poster Archive - Positive Behavioral Supports
The History and Evolution of Behavioral Approaches and Positive Behavioral Interventions: Derrick Dufresne
Interview with Mike Mayer - Professor John McKnight: Capacity Building Beyond Community Services
Community Building - Quality and the Baldrige Framework
- Public Media Forum
- The Top Questions Asked About Inclusive Education: Patrick Schwarz
- Welsch v. Likins Class Action Lawsuit 45th Anniversary
- Willowbrook:
Dr. Bill Bronston and Friends on Willowbrook (2005)
Dr. William Bronston’s Willowbrook Memorial Lecture, presented on April 30, 2019 (Unabridged)
Dr. William Bronston’s Willowbrook Memorial Lecture, presented on April 30, 2019 (Abridged)
Willowbrook Photo Essay
Willowbrook-related Milestones - With an Eye to the Future – Documents Key Moments in GCDD's History Chronologically
Document Index
Historical Photographs
Olmstead Chronology
Jensen Settlement Docket
Video Clips - With an Eye to the Past – The History of Deinstitutionalization in Minnesota
Document Index
Video Index
Legislative Summaries
Access Press History Notes
The Honorable Elmer L. Andersen February 7, 2001 Remarks
The Honorable Roger Moe February 7, 2001 Remarks
News – Index/Links to News Items
- "Making Your Case" – e-Learning Course
- "Partners in Employment" – e-Learning Course
- "Partners in Education" – e-Learning Course
- "Partners in Time" – e-Learning Course
- "Partners in Living" – e-Learning Course
- Coordinator Resources
Publications – order form, download links
- Ambassadors for Respect Anti-Bullying Handbook
- Partners in Policymaking®: Changing Lives. Changing Policies.
- It's My Choice
- Making Your Case (Updated Edition)
- Minnesota Workbook:
"Feeling Safe, Being Safe" (MN Personal Safety Materials)
"Feeling Safe, Being Safe" Magnet - A New Way of Thinking: More Than Twenty Years Later
- A New Way of Thinking
- Stories of Leadership
- Friends
- It's Never Too Early, It's Never Too Late
- Minnesotans Speak Out!
- Making Futures Happen
- Shifting Patterns


