California State Council on Developmental Disabilities - North Coast

The mission of the area boards is to protect and advocate for the civil, legal, and service rights of individuals with developmental disabilities, and to ensure that their services and supports are of the highest possible quality and designed to increase the independence, inclusion, productivity and self-determination of each individual throughout their lifetime.;Area boards are federally funded affiliated offices of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities. Because of the vast size, complexity, and diversity of the State of California, the Legislature finds that the legal, civil, and service rights of persons with developmental disabilities will not be adequately guaranteed throughout the state unless monitoring responsibility is established on a regional basis through area boards on developmental disabilities.;Help connect people to needed services and supports;Strive to improve services and supports;Help people become part of their communities