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Organizations we have looked at ourselves. We met their leaders, read their policies in full, and would stand by a referral. How verification works.
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Data & Verification
How we build and verify the directory
ConnectIDD built this directory so families, case managers and school counselors can find disability services in minutes, not weeks. It is free, needs no account, and has no paid placements.
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The three labels
Every listing carries one of three labels. They are not quality ratings. They tell you how we know what we know, so you can decide what to do next.
| Label | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| ConnectIDD Verified | An organization we have looked at ourselves. We met its leaders, read its policies in full, and would stand by a referral. Most carry a Platinum, Gold or Silver level. | Call with confidence. Check the level and date. |
| Researched profile | Checked against the organization's own website or a government source, and described in its own words. | A reliable start. Confirm openings yourself. |
| Registry listing | Licensed at this address, according to a federal or state provider registry. Services are inferred from the license type. | Call before you rely on it. Some have closed. |
Researched profiles show by default. To add registry listings, go to the List tab and tick “Also show licensed providers.” They are large files and unconfirmed, but they include many of the Medicaid waiver providers families choose from.
ConnectIDD Verified
Our top label is the only one based on working with the organization directly. An organization earns it when all five of these are true:
- Direct engagement
- Leadership met
- Quality vetted
- Policies read in full
- A referral we stand by
$500First review, nonrefundable
$300 a yearRenewal, every 12 months
12 monthsHow long a verification lasts
Each badge shows its level and the month it was earned. Platinum, Gold and Silver show how strong the review was. Organizations below Silver are listed as ConnectIDD Verified with no level. A verified listing carries a border in its level color.
- Platinum
- Gold
- Silver
- ConnectIDD Verified
A badge can be withdrawn at any time. If ConnectIDD has consulted for an organization, its listing says so. If we reviewed only some programs, the listing says which.
What the badge is not. It is not a license, an accreditation, or a guarantee of results. Always confirm current licensing and fit.
Reading a listing
- Open and operating
- A live website or government registry confirmed it in September 2026.
- Not confirmed
- No sign it closed, and no current proof it is open. Call first.
- Closed, merged or renamed
- Kept on purpose, because people still search for old names.
- Blank fields
- No source gave the answer. Blank means unknown, not no. Tell us if you know.
- Language access
- Listed only when the organization says it offers it.
Paying for services
Payment labels work the same in every state. Medicaid Waiver (state IDD/DD waiver) means the organization accepts its state's home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver. Each listing's notes name the program.
Each state below links to its official Medicaid waiver or developmental disability program page, with eligibility rules, applications and waiting lists.
Payment details show what an organization says it accepts. They do not guarantee eligibility or an open spot, and waiting lists are long almost everywhere.
Map view
Map view plots your results so you can see how close a service really is. It follows your filters. Pick a state to see its counties, then pick a county to zoom in.
Each dot is the center of a ZIP code, not a street address. Organizations in the same ZIP code share a dot, and bigger dots mean more organizations. Call to confirm where services are delivered.
How it is built
For each state, we map the public disability system first, from government sources: the developmental disabilities agency, vocational rehabilitation, early intervention (Part C), protection and advocacy, the university center, and the centers for independent living. Then we search for providers county by county, across every ZIP code.
Sources we check each listing against
- The organization's own website
- IRS nonprofit records
- The CMS provider registry
- State licensing and provider lists
- Census ZIP code data
- State facility closure lists
The build log, region by region
Texas, the original file
Started with eleven source lists and a 2025 field survey of disability services across North Texas.
The southern expansion
Twenty counties, from Dallas-Fort Worth down the I-45 corridor to Houston and the Gulf coast. Harris County alone added more listings than the original nine-county file.
The northern backfill
An audit against the federal registry found the first sweep had missed providers in the two largest counties. Dallas held 33 percent of the registry's organizations and Tarrant 42 percent, against 81 percent in Fort Bend and 95 percent in Collin. We added 1,671 organizations and corrected 76 older listings.
Texas statewide
The other 214 counties were added in one pass, covering all 254. All 39 local IDD authorities are mapped, and together they cover every county with no gaps or overlaps.
Delaware, the first state outside Texas
All three counties at once. Delaware publishes a live table of every approved waiver provider and the counties it covers. That table is the backbone of its profiles.
The national build
Every other state followed in alphabetical order: public systems first, then a registry sweep of every county, then researched profiles in the metro and regional hub counties. See national coverage.
National coverage
The directory covers all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all 3,143 counties. Every state has its public disability system mapped from government sources, plus researched profiles focused on its metro and regional hub counties.
Where a state publishes its own provider file, we use the whole thing. That includes Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. Four states publish nothing usable: California, Arizona, Colorado and Idaho.
Registry listings in every state. All 51 jurisdictions now carry registry listings, 810,599 licensed providers in all.
No states are profile-thin. In these states the researched pass is still to come: .
No two state systems are alike. California runs an entitlement through 21 regional centers. Arizona uses statewide managed care. Arkansas assigns families to one of four provider-led entities. Florida calls its waiting list "pre-enrollment" and had 14,536 people on it in September 2026. Hawaii has no waiting list and no state institution since 1999. Illinois has 17,912 people on its PUNS list. Indiana has 11,868 waiting for its Family Supports waiver. Iowa has 30,531 people across seven waiver waiting lists.
What the data shows
Thin results are usually a real finding, not a research gap. We never pad a county to make it look better served than it is.
Every state system is different
California runs an entitlement under the Lanterman Act, so it has no waiver waiting list. Colorado redrew its case management map in 2024. Connecticut still runs Southbury Training School.
Independent living has the biggest gaps
Four centers cover 37 of Alabama's 67 counties, and three cover 25 of Arkansas's 75.
Some services are rare everywhere
Sibling support, disability food programs and nonprofit guardianship are close to absent in almost every state.
Distance is the finding
Fifteen Texas counties have no organization based in them. From Marfa or Van Horn, the nearest day program or ABA clinic is three to five hours away.
Families cross state lines
New Castle County, Delaware, uses Philadelphia. Western Sussex uses Salisbury, Maryland. This directory lists in-state providers only.
Registries mirror how clinicians register
Delaware clinicians often register a practice as an organization, so behavioral health makes up more of Delaware's registry listings than Texas's.
Who pays for it
Searching is free and always will be. No account, no paywall, no limits. Two things fund the work: sponsorships and ConnectIDD Verified reviews.
National sponsorship. Up to three organizations fund the directory as a whole. Their logos, linking back to their websites, lead every search and every spreadsheet downloaded, in every state.
State sponsorship. A company or foundation funds the research for one state. Its logo follows the National Sponsors at the top of every search and spreadsheet downloaded for that state. Meet our sponsors or see sponsorship options.
What sponsors cannot buy. A place in the directory, a higher ranking, a different label, or a removal. Nobody can pay to be listed or to be taken out.
ConnectIDD Verified. $500 for the first review and $300 a year to renew. The fee pays for the review, not the result. How verification works.
Corrections and additions
The people who know an organization best are the people who run it and the families who use it. If a listing is wrong or missing, tell us. The form fills in what we already have, so you only change what is wrong.
A person at ConnectIDD reviews every submission, usually within a week. Updates are always free. Questions: Search@connectidd.com.
Built and maintained by ConnectIDD. Last full pass September 2026. Data checked 21 September 2026. Search now.