NASDDDS

What NASDDDS does

NASDDDS (National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services) is a private non-profit membership association headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. It represents the public agencies — across the U.S. states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico — that administer services for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. The association does not sell commercial products; instead, it serves as the collective advocacy and policy-coordination body for its member agencies, working to ensure that federal and state policies reflect values of inclusion, empowerment, and self-determination, and promoting home- and community-based services over institutional models of care. Its core operational outputs are technical assistance, policy guidance, and thought-leadership content delivered to member state directors.

The association's business model is membership-driven and grant-supported rather than commercial: revenue mechanics, pricing, and dues schedules are not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market is not product-based but relational — NASDDDS leverages its chartered role to convene state directors, shape I/DD policy at the federal level (particularly around HCBS), and disseminate analysis on operational issues including staffing shortages, caseload growth, and the use of technology in service delivery. Its only directly owned digital assets are content properties (the nasddds.info website, a Blog, and a Profile page) plus organic social channels on Facebook and LinkedIn, with additional commentary cross-published on Medium under @nasdddsgroup.

Technology itself is referenced in NASDDDS's domain rather than as internal capability: the association's March 2026 blog content describes remote support systems, communication devices, scheduling apps, and safety sensors as tools member agencies are evaluating to mitigate staffing shortages and coverage gaps. There is no evidence in the input data of proprietary technology products, patents, APIs, integrations, or AI/ML assets developed or owned by NASDDDS; the organization is positioned as an advisor and evaluator of such tools rather than a builder.

Name

NASDDDS

Legal name

National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services

Website

https://nasddds.info

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NASDDDS is a U.S. non-profit membership association headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, representing state developmental disabilities agencies across the 50 states, DC, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico, and advocating for home- and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Services Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interagency Coordination & Case Management (VR, DD, Medicaid Waivers) (EDAKANAM)

Keywords

• Disability services advocacy
• Developmental disabilities policy
• Home community based services
• Intellectual disabilities support
• State agency association

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NASDDDS is a non-profit membership association that represents the state agencies, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico responsible for serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It delivers advocacy, policy coordination, and technical assistance to help member states build person-centered, home and community-based service systems that uphold the rights, dignity, and independence of people with disabilities.

Product overview

NASDDDS (National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services) is a membership organization that represents state agencies serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization does not offer a commercial product portfolio but rather provides advocacy, policy guidance, and technical assistance to member states. As a trade association and not a technology product company, no specific named products, modules, or service offerings were identified in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ANCOR: American Network of Community Options and Resources is the leading national trade association for private I/DD service providers; it is directly comparable as a membership body advancing community-based disability services policy and advocacy.
• The Arc of the United States: The Arc is a national disability advocacy organization with state and local chapters serving people with IDD and their families; comparable in mission of advancing community inclusion and person-centered supports.
• AAIDD: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a multidisciplinary professional association focused on IDD research, policy, and practice; comparable as a national IDD-focused association with overlapping membership and policy agenda.
• National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD): NACDD represents the federally funded state and territorial Developmental Disabilities Councils, making it a directly comparable membership/advocacy body operating in the same IDD public-system policy space as NASDDDS.
• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD): NASMHPD is the sister association representing state mental health agency directors; structurally analogous to NASDDDS as a membership body of state behavioral-health/disability directors and a useful structural peer.

Broad incumbents

• Administration for Community Living (ACL): ACL is the federal agency administering programs that overlap heavily with state DD systems, including HCBS and disability policy; comparable as the federal-level umbrella for the same population NASDDDS's members serve.

Regional players

• Case Management Society of America (CMSA): CMSA is a membership organization advancing case management practice across health and human services; comparable as a case-management-focused association serving similar professional constituencies in DD and HCBS programs.

Others

• National Association of Social Workers (NASW): NASW is the largest professional association of social workers in the US; comparable as a large national membership body in the broader health and human services ecosystem, though not specifically focused on IDD.

Emerging players

• Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL): CQL is a nonprofit focused on quality standards and accreditation for I/DD and behavioral health providers; comparable as a standards-setting organization closely tied to state DD systems and the same member base.
• National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP): NADSP is a national organization advancing the direct-support workforce in I/DD services; comparable as an IDD-services focused membership and standards body, though narrower in scope than NASDDDS.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NasdddsTA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nasddds

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