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Dallas Center for the Developmentally Disabled
In 1961, two years after its founding, the Dallas Center for the Developmentally Disabled –then known as Angels, Inc.-- was officially chartered by the State of Texas as a private, not-for-profit, nondenominational school for the mentally retarded. Operating initially out of a farmhouse on Peavy Road, Angels, Inc. served children with mental retardation ages six to thirteen.
As its enrollment grew, Angels, Inc. moved in and out of several temporary facilities. A permanent facility became a reality in 1976 with a donation of a tract of land. The next year marked the expansion of services to meet the needs of infants and young children. The addition of adult programs soon followed.
Since 1980, Dallas Center has experienced significant growth in both the early childhood and adult programs. During the same period, the agency broadened its commitment to serve all of the greater Dallas Metroplex area.
Today, Dallas Center works in compliance with: Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Human Services, Texas Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention (ECI), Texas Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation, Texas Rehabilitation Commission, and U.S. Department of Labor.
To learn more about this organization, you can contact them at:
Dallas Center for the Developmentally Disabled
8550 Cadenza Lane
Dallas, TX 75228-4999
[214] 328-4309 voice
[214] 328-7486 fax
Web site: www.dallascenterfordd.org
email: DallasCenter@DallasCenterDD.org
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