Not started or approaching school exit
Start North Dakota DD services
Refer the person to the Regional DD Office that serves the person's county.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Find the correct North Dakota Regional DD OfficeBefore you start
- Name, date of birth, address, telephone number, county, disability information, current supports, communication needs, representative information, and available diagnostic, school, medical, and functional records.
Who to contact
Use the correct Regional DD Office, Medicaid, DD program manager, provider, notice-specific appeal route, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.
Find the North Dakota Regional DD Office serving the person's county
Step by step
- Use the county service areas to identify the correct Regional DD Office.
- Contact that office and provide the referral information it requests.
- Save the date, office, contact, material supplied, and stated next event.
Expected next
Referral acknowledgment, request for records, appointment, eligibility activity, or named next step.
Save this proof
Referral details, records sent, contact log, confirmation, requests, and next-event date.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Ask the Regional DD Office to confirm receipt, the assigned owner, missing information, and the next written event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Start North Dakota DD services 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 Start North Dakota developmental-disability services, Find the correct North Dakota Regional DD Office, Review North Dakota Developmental Disabilities Services
Official resources
Limits
A referral or autism diagnosis does not establish North Dakota DD eligibility, Medicaid, ICF/IID level of care, Traditional I/DD Waiver enrollment, 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.