Virginia To Exit Federal Oversight Of Developmental Disability System

Virginia will exit federal oversight of its developmental disability system (DD). On January 15, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia concluded the state’s 12-year settlement agreement for its DD system by approving a permanent injunction jointly proposed by the Commonwealth and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The Permanent Injunction makes the goals now established “permanent” and enforceable.

Virginia entered into a settlement agreement with the DOJ in 2012 after an investigation alleged that the state failed to provide services to individuals with DD in . . .