Resolution to Approve the Kittitas County Developmental Disabilities 2021-2023 Biennial Plan

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SERVICES The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Devetopmentat Disabitities Administration (DDA) provides funding to counties for employment and other support services for people with devetopmental disabitities. Etigibitity for seryices is determined by DDA and is based on Washington State residency, evidence of a quatifying devetopmental disabititys that began before age 18, and evidence of substantial limitations. DDA's casetoad has increased by an average of 3% per year over the past few years and their budget has grown an average of 1 5.3% each biennium for the past decade (from 51.91 bittion in 2011-2013 to 53.76 bittion in2O19-2021.) (Washington State Developmentat Disabitities Administration, 2020) ln 2020, Washington State had more than 14,000 peopte with devetopmental disabitities who qualified for services but didn't receive them due to lack of state funding (no-paid services casetoad). That's about 29% of a[[ people on the DDA casetoad. (Washington State Developmental Disabitities Administration, 2020) There are 33 chitdren and 174 adults in Kittitas County currently enrolled in DDA. Fifty-four individuals are on the no-paid caseload, or 26%. ln 2019, Kittitas County served 70 individuats in employment services (2 in group supported employment and 36 in individual employment) and community inctusion services (35).6 (Washington State Devetopmental Disabitities Administration, 2020) The average number of days per week that Washington State individuals in supported living programs accessed community-based activities dropped from nearty 5 days per week in 2017 -2019 to around 3- 3.5 days perweek in 2020 (Washington State Developmental DisabititiesAdministration,202l), tikety because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 5TheRevisedCodeof Washington71A.10.020(5) definesadevetopmentatdisabitityas: "adisabilityattributabteto intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or another neurological or other condition of an individuat found by the secretary to be closety related to an intetlectuat disabitity or to require treatment similar to that required for individuats with intetlectuat disabitities, which originates before the individual attains age eighteen, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitety, and which constitutes a substantial timitation to the individual. " 6 See next section "Kittitas County Developmentat Disabilities Program" for definitions and descriptions of each service/program. Pages 12-1 3. 12