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Special Terms and Conditions 8. Billing and Payment: a Program Agreement Budget: DSHS shall pay the County all allowable costs, which are defined by DDA as cost incurred by the program for: (1) Administration: Costs of the County Human Services Department or similar county office, responsible for administration of the Developmental Disabilities Program. Allowable costs include personnel and overhead costs directly related to the administration and coordination of the program, including such activities as program planning, budgeting, contracting, monitoring, and evaluation. Also included are departmental and county indirect and/or direct administrative costs, to the extent that such costs are appropriately allocated to the program using an established methodology consistent with grants management guidelines. For a County whose designated coordinator manages multiple programs, the County must be able to provide evidence of the time the coordinator spent working on the Developmental Disabilities program. (2) Additional Consumer Services: (a) Training: i. Staff Training: Costs incurred by the program for planned, structured activities for the purpose of providing, or improving, or enhancing job -related knowledge and skills of staff, providers, volunteers, or interning students in the provision of developmental disabilities services. ii. Board Training: Costs incurred by the program for planned, structured activities designed to provide, improve, or enhance program -related skills of board and advisory committee members. (b) Community Information and Education: to inform and/or educate the general public about developmental disabilities and related services. These may include information and referral services; activities aimed at promoting public awareness and involvement; and community consultation, capacity building and organization activities. (c) Other Activities. i. Infrastructure projects: Projects in support of Clients (services not easily tracked back to a specific working age Client) or that directly benefit a Client(s) but the Client is not of working age. Examples include planning services like generic job development e.g. "Project Search." ii. Start-up projects: Projects that support an agency or directly benefit the agency. Examples include equipment purchases and agency administrative support. iii. Partnership project: Collaborative partnerships with school districts, employment providers, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (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) (3) Consumer Support. (a) Adult Day Care services are available to Clients who were served between December 1996 DSHS Central Contract Services Page 14 1769CS County Agreement 05-16-2023