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Eligibility Determinatiolls - Conditions* <br />0lrl lot|l{[ {,1}S. t..d !r.r <br />Another Neurologlcal or <br />OtherCondition <br />Autism <br />CerebralPalsy <br />Developmental Delay <br />Epilepsy <br />lntetlectual Dtsabllity <br />Medically lntenslve <br />Chlldren's Program** <br />Two or more dlsabilities <br />20r9 <br />2.5% <br />6.2Uo <br />1.9% <br />79.6% <br />0.5% <br />7.0Vo <br />0.1% <br />2.28o <br />2020 <br />2.lfio <br />6.6q6 <br />1.896 <br />80.0% <br />0.6% <br />6.2% <br />0.0% <br />2.6% <br />2021 <br />2.0s6 <br />6.5s6 <br />1.2q6 <br />82.096 <br />0.596 <br />5.9% <br />0.0% <br />2.1% <br />2022 <br />1.9% <br />7.3Vo <br />1.596 <br />79.8% <br />O.6Vo <br />6.396 <br />0.0% <br />2.6Vo <br />2023 <br />3.49t0 <br />5.296 <br />1.0% <br />71.8% <br />0.396 <br />4.4% <br />0.096 <br />2.496 <br />5 YR.AVG. <br />2.4% <br />6.4% <br />r.595 <br />78.6% <br />0.596 <br />6.096 <br />0.0% <br />2.4% <br />'Ihr!€pe(cenlages are of clientsdelermined €ligible nor total€tigibility determinat:onr. <br />"Ar of Augusl 13. 2018, clinical eligibiiity to! rhe Medically lnlenrive (hildren's Progrlm is no longe r a reparate eligibility {ar€gory. <br />EMPLOYMENT & INCOME <br />ln Kittitas County, 43% of peopte with disabitities are emptoyed compared to 59% of peopte without <br />disabilities.e The unemployment rate of peopte with disabitities is 11% compared to 6% for peopte <br />without disabitities.l0 The rates of employment for peopte with disabitities is higher in Washington <br />State compared to the United States as a whole.11 ln Washington State, the employment rates of <br />peopte with cognitive disabitities is significantty [ower than peopte with hearing or vision disabilities <br />(29.6% compared to 55.9% and 46.9yo respectivety.)12 <br />People with disabitities are more likety to work in the education service, manufacturing, retail trade, <br />and office/administrative support industries and less tikety to work in health care/social assistance and <br />sales industries. Disabitity-related barriers to emptoyment identified by customers of the Washington <br />State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) were work tolerance, communication, interpersonal <br />skitls, setf-care, setf-direction, work skitls, and mobitity. Other barriers inctuded education/training, <br />job skitls, avaitable jobs, job-seeking skitts, and emptoyer attitudes. Most customers work 20 hours a <br />week or less and earn between 514.49-518.99 per hour. The most hetpfut DVR services for employment <br />are assessment, job search assistance, and counseling and guidance. 13 <br />The median earnings of peopte with disabitities in Kittitas County was S29,320 compared to $3g,639 for <br />people without disabilities.14 This is a gap of 59,319 which is higher than the Washington State gap of <br />8 (washington State Developmentat Disabitities Administration zo23)e-(American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates 2022) <br />10 (American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates 2022) <br />11 (Washington State Divsion of Vocationat Rehabititation 2022) <br />12 (Washington State Divsion of Vocationat Rehabilitation2OZ2) <br />13 (Washington State Divsion of Vocationat Rehabititation2022) <br />1a (American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates 2022) <br />10