The INDEX Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School addressed service gaps in mental health care for people with developmental disabilities (DD) in Texas. The project created an online resource for mental health information and a framework to direct future research into mental health care services for people with DD. 

TCDD has supported grant projects across Texas to better understand and address the needs of youth and adults with DD and mental health conditions. The complexities of having both DD and mental illness create barriers to finding support, prevention, intervention, and treatment services. While people can experience mental health trauma regardless of whether they also have a disability, people with DD experience this trauma more frequently. Too often, their needs go unrecognized and untreated until a crisis happens.