Not started or approaching school exit
Start the Vermont DD application
Contact the regional Designated Agency and request a developmental-services application and assessment.
Official sources checked 2026-08-01
Start here
Find Vermont Designated and Specialized Service AgenciesBefore you start
- Identity, Vermont residence, diagnoses, onset and adaptive-function records, current needs and risks, supports, representative information, and accommodation needs.
Who to contact
Use the regional Designated Agency, DDSD, Medicaid, case-management organization, provider, Supportive ISO, complete-notice appeal route, crisis service, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Find the Designated Agency 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 Designated Agency to confirm receipt, completeness, owner, emergency screening, and expected written event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Start the Vermont 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 Start with Vermont Developmental Disabilities Services, Find Vermont Designated and Specialized Service Agencies, Review Vermont's final Developmental Disabilities rule
Official resources
Limits
Application, contact, or an autism diagnosis does not establish Vermont developmental-disability eligibility, a System of Care funding priority, Medicaid, authorized funding, 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.