Missouri Revised Statutes Title XL. Additional Executive Departments § 633.010. Responsibilities, powers, functions and duties of division

(1) Provision of funds for the planning and implementation of accessible programs to serve persons affected by intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities;

(2) Review of developmental disabilities plans submitted to receive state and federal funds allocated by the department;

(3) Provision of technical assistance and training to community-based programs to assist in the planning and implementation of quality services;

(4) Assurance of program quality in compliance with such appropriate standards as may be established by the department;

(5) Sponsorship and encouragement of research into the causes, effects, prevention, habilitation and rehabilitation of intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities;

(6) Provision of public information relating to developmental disabilities and their habilitation;

(7) Cooperation with nonstate governmental agencies and the private sector in establishing, conducting, integrating and coordinating developmental disabilities programs and projects;

(8) Cooperation with other state agencies to encourage appropriate health facilities to serve, without discrimination, persons with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability who require medical care and to provide them with adequate and appropriate services;

(9) Participation in developing and implementing a statewide plan to alleviate problems relating to developmental disabilities and to overcome the barriers to their solutions;

(10) Encouragement of coordination of division services with other divisions of the department and other state agencies;

(11) Encouragement of the utilization, support, assistance and dedication of volunteers to assist persons affected by intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities to be accepted and integrated into normal community activities;

(12) Evaluation, or the requirement of the evaluation, including the collection of appropriate necessary information, of developmental disabilities programs to determine their cost-and-benefit effectiveness;

(13) Participation in developing standards for residential facilities, day programs and specialized services operated, funded or licensed by the department for persons affected by developmental disabilities.