Core Businesses

In answer to the basic question, “What does PDD do?”, we believe it is important to be very clear about what we do to serve individuals. Currently, our core businesses are:

• To fund and administer supports and services to individuals.
• To provide assurance relative to the PDD mandate.
• To co-ordinate and partner with community and other boards, authorities and jurisdictions to support inclusion and promote citizenship.
• To provide direct service.

Regional Objectives

We are, first and foremost, in the people business and our regional focus is on people and helping them to live the lives they want. This list of regional objectives forms the over-arching ‘to do’ list for PDD Edmonton and our activities work towards the attainment of these objectives.

• Fund and administer personal supports that help individuals to live the lives they want.
• Commit to best practices in individualized support and inclusion that builds on an individual’s abilities, interests and relationships.
• Influence other systems to remove barriers so that individuals can live the lives they want.
• Support learning in our community sector that promotes person-centered approaches, community inclusion and leadership development.
• Support advocacy by individuals, their families, friends and other allies.
• Identify and promote best practices in the planning and design of supports and services to individuals.
• Use the practical framework from the National Quality Institute’s “Canadian Criteria for the Public Sector” to support the organization to achieve excellence.