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Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council

Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council

The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council operates under the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, also known as the "DD Act," and Michigan Executive Order 2016-20.
 
Among the council's tasks and activities are:
  • To act as an advocate for people with developmental disabilities, as a strong voice working on behalf of those citizens; and to increase access to appropriate treatment, services and habilitation for such disabilities. Objectives of this advocacy include supporting and encouraging people to take control of their lives through community-wide, results-oriented action.
  • To channel federal funds, in the form of grants, where they can do the most good and carry out the Five-Year Strategic State Plan. The grants are awarded to state and local agencies and organizations (grantees) in Michigan. These state and local groups create programs and services that support people with developmental disabilities and the objectives of the DD Council. Programs and services that receive council grants are monitored for their productivity and results. These programs lead to independence, community inclusion and productivity for Michigan citizens with developmental disabilities.
  • To maintain and financially support a very effective system of local networking groups across the state known as "regional inclusive community coalitions," or RICCs. Each RICC -- there are 31 of them -- offers lines of communication and information to local agencies that support people with developmental disabilities. Members of the RICCs come from these local groups, thus solidifying objectives and ensuring results.  
  • To work together with other human service agencies to assist persons with developmental disabilities and to help carry out Council responsibilities set forth in the Developmental Disabilities Act.
  • Click here to access the Developmental Disabilities Council homepage and meeting information
Statute
Contact Information
Vendella Collins
201 Townsend Street, Suite 120
Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: (517) 335-3158
Fax: (517) 335-2751
TDD: (517) 335-3171
 

Current Members:

Bonnie Gonzalez, Muskegon - Chair
Represents individuals with a developmental disability
Term ends 9/30/22

Lonnie D. Barnett, Lansing
Represents an individual from the state agency that administers funds provided under Title V of the Social Security Act
Term ends 9/30/22

Steven Johnson, West Olive
Represents a parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities
Term ends 9/30/22
 
Scott Wamsley, DeWitt
Represents an individual from the state agency that administers funds provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965
Term ends 9/30/22
 
Price Pullins, Kalamazoo
Represents an individual from the state agency that administers funds provided under Title XIX of the Social Security Act
Term ends 9/30/22

Jeanne Anderson Tippett, Holt
Represents an individual from the state agency that administers funds provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Term expires 9/30/23
 
Kelly Rockwell, West Bloomfield
Represents a local, non-governmental agency concerned with services for individuals with developmental disabilities with sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation
Term ends 9/30/23
 
Ericka Fletcher, Detroit
Represent individuals with a developmental disability
Term ends 9/30/23
 
Brad Rivard, Rockford
Represents a parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities
Term ends 9/30/23

Beth A. Kohler, Monroe
Represents a parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities
term expires 9/30/24

Dennis Gerard-Michael Matthews, St. Clair Shores
Represents a parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities
term expires 09/30/24

Blake Perry, Detroit
Represents an individual with a developmental disability elected to the board of Self-Advocates of Michigan to represent self-advocates
term expires 09/30/24

Sheryl A. Stumbaugh, Farmington Hills
Represents an individual with a developmental disability
term expires 09/30/24

Marisa Van Zile, Watersmeet
Represents a parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities
term expires 09/30/24

Jeremy Murphy, Mt. Pleasant-  Chair
Represents a parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities
Term ends 9/30/25

Melissa Potter, DeWitt
Represents an individual from the state agency that administers funds provided under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Term ends 9/30/25
 
Mark McWilliams, Lansing
Represents an individual representing the protection and advocacy system with sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation
Term ends 9/30/25
 
Sharon Milberger, Farmington Hills
Represents an individual representing a university center for excellence in developmental disabilities education, research, and service
Term ends 9/30/25
 
Jamie Junior, Detroit 
Represent individuals with a developmental disability
Term ends 9/30/25
 
Sarah Winslow, Okemos
Represents a parent or guardian of a child with developmental disabilities
Term ends 9/30/25

Suzanne Camille Proctor, Beverly Hills
Represents an individual from local and non-governmental agencies and private nonprofit groups concerned with services for individuals with developmental disabilities in this state with sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf of the agency or group
term expires 09/30/25