The Board serves as the Virginia Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, addressing the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as established under the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) and the state Virginians with Disabilities Act. Since 1992, the Board has been an executive branch state agency located within the Secretariat of Health and Human Resources.

As pursuant to the DD Act the Council is administered by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities within the Administration for Children & Families in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

To learn more about Developmental Disabilities Councils, see below links.

• http://www.vaboard.org/vapolicy.htm#benchmarks
• http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/aidd
• http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/aidd/resource/dd-act