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  Development & Planning

    Overview

    Disability Services
    Boards

        Culpeper

        Rappahannock-
        Rapidan

    Hazard Mitigation

    Housing

    Planning Workshops

        Living Lands

        Madison

        Sperryville

        Gordonsville

        Marshall

        Remington

        Warrenton

        Orange

    Regional Visioning

The Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission provides staff support to both the Culpeper County Disability Services Board and the Rappahannock-Rapidan Disability Services Board, which covers Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties.

For further information, please follow the links below.

Culpeper County Disability Services Board

Rappahannock-Rapidan Disability Services Board

Fauquier County provides staff support for the Fauquier County Disability Services Board. Click Here for information on the Fauquier DSB.

Origins of Virginia Disability Services Boards

In 1992, the General Assembly legislated the development of the Disability Services Boards (DSBs) to assist localities in identifying and addressing the needs of persons with physical and sensory disabilities in their communities. The Disability Services Boards and their grant program, the Rehabilitative Services Incentive Fund, originated in a 1992 report of the Disability Commission. Community involvement was a major theme of the report. In studying services for people with physical and sensory disabilities, the Commission found that planning for programs and services had traditionally been developed at the state level and implemented locally. In response to this finding the Commission created local Disability Services Boards as the infrastructure for locally based assessment and planning. The DSBs provide a bottom-up, cross-sectoral approach to service planning.

Although DSBs cannot provide direct services, they play a vital role in the development and expansion of services to improve access for Virginians with disabilities. Local governments appoint board members to fulfill this charge. Membership is comprised of local government representatives, business representatives, and individuals with physical or sensory disabilities or family members of people with physical or sensory disabilities. The Boards advise state and local government and agencies and, through incentive grants, leverage private and public dollars to improve service delivery and public awareness. Over 500 individuals serve on Virginia's 41 Disability Services Boards, which represent every political jurisdiction in the Commonwealth.

Board Meetings, Staff Support, Additional Information

Disability Services Board meetings are open to the public.  Meeting announcements are sent to local newspapers and posted on each DSB's webpage, which can be accessed through the above links.

For additional information about either DSB, contact Patrick Mauney at (540) 829-7450.

For general information about all Disability Services Boards in Virginia see http://www.vadrs.org/cbs/dsb.htm.