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The Washington State Devetopmentat Disabitities <br />Administration requires devetopmentat disabitity <br />boards to exist as part of the county contracts that <br />provide funding for employment and other support <br />services for peopte with devetopmentaI disabitities. <br />Kittitas County's Developmentat Disabitities Advisory <br />Committee (DDAC) is responsibte for devetoping the <br />biennial ptan and making recommendations to the <br />county about devetopmentaI disabitities services and <br />funding. lt consists of nine community members who <br />serve three-year terms (except for the County <br />Commissioner Chair who is ad-hoc) who are <br />committed to supporting opportunities for each <br />Kittitas County citizen with developmentaI <br />disabitities to realize his/her personal goals as futt <br />participants in the community. Committee members <br />are peopte with developmentaI disabitities, or <br />parents of; poticymakers; and invested community <br />members who aim to bring the voices of peopte with <br />developmentat disabitities (DD) to the community. <br />Brett Wachsmith, Chair <br />"l serye on DDAC as a lia'ison to the Board of Commissioners. I'm proud of what has <br />been accomptished and I am eager to see this committee tackte the upcoming <br />goals. " <br />Barbara Gregory <br />"l have a loved one who is an enthusiastic member of an ever growing popuLation of <br />peopte in Kittitas county who live with developmental cha[enges. My goat as part <br />of DDAC is to advocate for funding and services for 1) improvements in sidewal.ks & <br />roads to provide safe mobitity and 2) adaptive programs to support a[[ of our <br />citizens, including att with disabilities. lt is an honor to assist in any way I can." <br />4 <br />Revised Code of Washington (RCW) <br />The RCW provides authority to county <br />governing authorities to establish a <br />"developmentat disabitity board to plan <br />services for persons with devetopmental <br />disabitities, to provide directty or indirectly a <br />continuum of care and services to persons <br />with devetopmental disabitities within the <br />county or counties served by the community <br />board. ... Members appointed to the board <br />shall inctude but not be limited to <br />representatives of public, private, or <br />voluntary agencies, representatives of local <br />governmental units, and citizens <br />knowtedgeabte about devetopmental <br />disabitities or interested in services to <br />persons with developmental disabitities in the <br />community. "