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SERVICES The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) provides funding to counties for employment and other support services for people with developmental disabitities. Eligibility for services 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 caseload has increased by an average of 3% per year over the past few years and their budget has grown an average of 15.3% each biennium for the past decade (from 51.91 bittion in 2011-2013 to 53.76 bittion in20'19-2021.) (Washington State Devetopmentat Disabitities Administration, 2020) \n2020, Washington State had more than 14,000 peopte with developmental disabitities who quatified for services but didn't receive them due to lack of state funding (no-paid services caseload). That's about 29% of all people on the DDA casetoad. (Washington State Developmental Disabitities Administration, 2020) There are 33 chitdren and 174 adutts in Kittitas County currently enrotled in DDA. Fifty-four individuats are on the no-paid casetoad, or 26%. ln 2019, Kittitas County served 70 individuals in employment services (2 in group supported emptoyment and 36 in individuat emptoyment) and community inctusion services (35).6 (Washington State Developmental Disabitities Administration, 2020) The average number of days per week that Washington State individuats in supported living programs accessed community-based activities dropped from nearty 5 days per week in 2017 -2019 to around 3- 3.5 days per week in 2020 (Washington State Developmental Disabitities Administration, 2021), tikety because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 5 The Revised Code of Washington 71A.10.020(5) defines a developmental disability as: "a disability attributabte to intellectual disabitity, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or another neurological or other condition of an individuat found by the secretary to be closely retated to an intellectuat disabitity or to require treatment similar to that required for individuals with intettectuat disabilities, which originates before the individual attains age eighteen, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitety, and which constitutes a substantiat timitation to the individual." 6 See next section "Kittitas County Devetopmental Disabitities Program" for definitions and descriptions of each service/program. Pages 12-13. 12