DSHS State Contract with Kittitas County 2020-2021

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DSHS Central Contract Services Page 2 6024PF Contract Amendment (1-26-2018) This Contract between the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and the Contractor is hereby amended as follows: 1. The Total Maximum Contract Amount is hereby increased in the amount of $683,011 for a new Contract Amount of $1,411,043. This amount is for services provided during the added fiscal year. 2. The Program Agreement end date is extended to June 30, 2021. 3. Section 1. Definition Specific to Program Agreement Item c.(3) (c) will be replaced with the following language: a. (3) (c) “Partnership Project”. Collaborative partnerships with school districts, employment providers, DVR, families, employers and other community collaborators needed to provide the employment supports and services young adults with developmental disabilities require to become employed during the school year they turn twenty-one (21). Supports provided should complement and not replace what the student(s) receive through the Individualized Education Program (IEP). 4. Section 1. Definition specific to Program Agreement will include the following definitions: v. Competitive Integrated Employment - work performed by an individual on a part-time or full-time basis, within an integrated setting within the community that meets HCBS settings requirements. The individual must be compensated at minimum wage or higher, using the higher of the Federal, State, or local rate, and at a rate comparable to the wage paid to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks, including receiving the same benefits and opportunities for advancement. w. Employment Outcome Payment – A document derived from employment readiness activities performed by transition students who are between ages 19 through 20 that identifies actionable next step for employment. The employment service providers developing the Job Foundation report will be supporting transition students with employment activities for an average of 35 hours until student moves to Job Development phase of employment activities. x. Job Foundation document – A document derived from employment readiness activities performed by transition students that identifies actionable next step for employment. 5. Section 6. Statement of Work is revised to include the following: q. Partnership Project. (1) A Job Foundation document will be completed per guidelines for eligible students. Eligible students are DDA clients who were born between 9/1/00 through 8/31/01, currently attending school and have completed an application to participate in this Value Based Payment project. The VBP project application will include the following minimum criteria identified in the sample application found at: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/DDA/dda/documents/Job%20Foundation%20Applica tion_040720%20%28002%29.docx (2) Qualified providers will collaborate with School District staff to complete the Job Foundation document and then provide a copy to the County. To be a qualified provider for the Partnership Project the Counties must require the provider to have a current contract with the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; a contract in good standing with the County and cannot be in provisional status; a minimum of two years’ experience providing Individual Employment with