The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), the DDS Board, and its providers are dedicated to the pursuit of the following goals:

• Advocating for adequate funding, staffing, and services to address the needs of persons with developmental disabilities.
  
  
• Encouraging an interdisciplinary service system to be utilized in the delivery of appropriate individualized and quality services.
  
  
• Protecting the constitutional rights of individuals with disabilities and their rights to personal dignity, respect and freedom from harm.
  
  
• Assuring that individuals with developmental disabilities who receive services from DDS are provided uninterrupted essential services until such time a person no longer needs to depend on these services.
  
  
• Encouraging family, parent/guardian, individual, and public/community involvement in program development, delivery, and evaluation.
  
  
• Engaging in statewide planning that ensures optimal and innovative growth of the Arkansas service system to meet the needs of persons with developmental disabilities and to assist such persons to achieve independence, productivity, and integration into the community.