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<br />2 <br />Kittitas County Developmental Disabilities Program <br /> <br /> <br />Section 1 – Introduction to Funding <br /> <br />Kittitas County contracts with the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Administration <br />(DDA), a division of the Department of Social and Health Services, to provide services to <br />individuals with developmental disabilities in the County. A portion of that contract is <br />dedicated to indirect client services referred to as “Additional Consumer Services” in the <br />County DDA contract or as “Information and Education funds” and includes the following <br />service types. <br /> <br />1. “Community Information and Education”: Activities to inform and/or educate the <br />general public about developmental disabilities and related services. These may include <br />information and referral services; activities aimed at promoting public awareness and <br />involvement; and community consultation, capacity building and organization activities. <br /> <br />2. “Training”: To increase the job-related skills and knowledge of staff, providers, <br />volunteers, or interning students in the provision of se rvices to people with <br />developmental disabilities. Also to enhance program related skills of the board or <br />advisory committee members. <br />a. Staff training: Costs incurred by the program for planned, structured activities for <br />the purpose of providing, or improvin g, or enhancing job-related knowledge and <br />skills of staff, providers, volunteers, or interning students in the provision of <br />developmental disabilities services. <br />b. Board Training: Costs incurred by the program for planned, structured activities <br />designed to provide, improve, or enhance program-related skills of the board <br />and advisory committee members. <br /> <br />3. “Other Activities” reserved for special projects and demonstrations categorized into the <br />following types: <br />a. Infrastructure projects: Projects in support of Clients (services not easily tracked <br />back to a specific working age Client) or that directly benefit a Client(s) but the <br />Client is not of working age. Examples include planning services like benefits <br />planning and generic job development e.g. “Project Search.” <br />b. Start-up projects: Projects that support an agency or directly benefit the agency. <br />Examples include equipment purchases and agency administrative support. <br />c. Partnership Project: Collaborative partnerships with school districts, <br />employment providers, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), families, <br />employers and other community collaborators needed to provide the <br />employment supports and services young adults with developmental disabilities <br />require to become employed during the school year they turn twenty-one (21).