Not started or approaching school exit
Start the New Mexico DD application
Contact the DDSD Regional Office and request a developmental-services application and assessment.
Official sources checked 2026-08-01
Start here
Find New Mexico DDSD Regional OfficesBefore you start
- Identity, New Mexico residence, diagnoses, onset and adaptive-function records, current needs and risks, supports, representative information, and accommodation needs.
Who to contact
Use the DDSD Regional Office, DDSD, Medicaid, case-management organization, provider, Mi Via consultant and fiscal management agency, complete-notice appeal route, crisis service, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Find the DDSD Regional Office for the person's region.
- Request the application and help completing it.
- Submit the application and records; save receipt, missing-item requests, and next-event date.
Expected next
Application assistance, assessment activity, records request, written decision, or named next step.
Save this proof
Application, records index, submission proof, contacts, requests, and decision.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the DDSD Regional Office to confirm receipt, completeness, owner, emergency screening, and expected written event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Start the New Mexico DD application checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result
- Open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Apply for New Mexico DD Waiver eligibility, Find New Mexico DDSD Regional Offices, Review New Mexico DD Waiver eligibility requirements
Official resources
Limits
Application, contact, or an autism diagnosis does not establish New Mexico developmental-disability eligibility, a Central Registry allocation opportunity, Medicaid, waiver allocation and authorization, or service start.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.