We Help People with Disabilities
VBPD creates change to help people with developmental disabilities. People with disabilities are in charge of their own lives. They choose how they live, learn, work and play.
Who We AreWhat We Do
- Make sure people with disabilities get support to live in the community.
- Improve access to health and safety services.
- Inspire schools and work places to include people with disabilities.
- Train people with disabilities and their families to stand up for themselves and others.
Information Access
For years, Virginians with disabilities and their families said that they have trouble finding useful service info. Our goal is to solve that problem.
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How We Do It
Policy Advocates
We support policies that help people with disabilities and their families.
Recommendations made to support community living
(10/1/22-9/30/23)
Grant Projects
We give grants to groups that improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Grant dollars spent to achieve the VBPD’s mission
(10/1/22-9/30/23)
Training
We provide training to adults, youth and families.
People educated or trained on key topics
(10/1/22-9/30/23)
News & Events
- VBPD Awards $339,680 to the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services
- 2024 Assessments Released: Inclusive Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery and Information Ecology of the Disability Services System
- Information Access Champions Brings Accessibility to the Front of Mind
Project Highlight
Training on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (TIDE) helps direct support workers. Through TIDE, workers explore bias and how a person’s sense of self impacts them. Sense of self includes thoughts about their disability, race, age and more. Building on that knowledge, workers learn to talk and empathize with people who are different from them.
The TIDE project is very important to me because it allows people with many ‘unique’ disabilities to collaborate, and advocate for change within the disability community. People with disabilities want to feel included in things like others, and the TIDE project made that happen.
– Taylor Thomas-Harris, TIDE Steering Committee ParticipantView More Grantee ProjectsHelpful Resources
An online tool that answers basic questions about services and supports.
“CILs” are places where people with disabilities learn how to take charge of their lives and make their own choices.
Connects Virginians with services that can help them.