Advocate Notebook:
Developmental Disabilities
Policy and Budget
Each year, The Arc of Washington State compiles a comprehensive notebook with information to support the budget and policy asks for services provided by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA). You will find sections of the notebook below in PDF file format. The information can be downloaded from each highlighted category. You will need to have a PDF reader on your computer in order to view the notebook pages. (Click her for Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free to download.)
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NOTE: Additional pages will be added prior to the 2021 legislative session, so check back regularly.
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2021 Legislative Notebook Cover and Introduction
- DON’T CUT OUR LIFELINE!
- Assessing the No Paid Services Clients
- Caseload Forecast All DD Services!
- Supported Living: Providing Services During COVID-19
- Protect Adult Family Homes
- Create a Katie Beckett Waiver
- No Budget Cuts!
- Nothing About Us Without Us
- Transitioning from Residential Habilitation Centers
- Increase Supports for Parents with I/DD
- Increase Community Supports
- Accessible Transportation
- Carpool Lanes for Paratransit
- End Sub-minimum Wage
- It’s Time to End Sub-Minimum Wages
- Transition Services for High School Grads
- No New Nursing Facility at Fircrest
- DD Ombuds Statute Change
- Prevent Inappropriate Hospitalization of Children and Adults with DD Link to Angie’s Video Added 12/9/2020
- Quality Community Supports and Services for Children and Adults with DD
- Improve Services for Youth with DD in Foster Care UPDATED 12/9/2020
- Identify and Close Gaps in Mental Health Services for People with DD
- Continue Performance Audits of Long-term Care Training Partnership
- Housing Trust Fund DD Set-aside
- Let Washington Kids Hear
- Budget Charts
- Eligibility
- Caseloads
- HCBS Waivers
- Employment and Day Supports
- Community Residential
- Residential Habilitation Centers (RHC) & State Operated Living Alternatives (SOLA)
- Hospitalizations
Fact Sheets for DDA Programs & Services
Reports to the Legislature:
- ESHB 1109* (2019) – Enhanced Respite Services for Children Ages 8-21
- ESHB 1109* (2019) – Rethinking Intellectual and Developmental Disability Policy to Empower Clients, Develop Providers, and Improve Services
- ESSB 6419 (2021) Implementing the December 2019 Report Regarding Residential Habilitation Centers ADDED 1/28/2021
- ESHB 1109* (2019) – Washington Autism Alliance and Advocacy
- ESHB 1109* (2019) – Long-term Care Workforce Development Interim Report
- SSHB 1394 Section 10 – Continuum of care for youth and adults with developmental disabilities (DOH)
- SSHB 1394 Section 13 – Continuum of care for youth and adults with developmental disabilities (DDA)
- EHB 2750 – Assisted Living Facility Quality Measures
- 2SSB 5672 – Adult Family Home Training Network
- 2SSB 5672 – Report Back to Stakeholders
- SB 6032 (2018) – Transition Collaborative Summative Report ADDED 2/9/2021
- ESSB 6052 – Community Respite Services for Adults
- ESSB 6168 – Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) and Katie Beckett waivers (HCA)
- ESSB 6199 (2018) – Individual Provider Overtime Annual Expenditures
- DDA Caseload & Cost Report
- DD Ombuds Annual Report
- Office of the Education Ombuds Annual Report
- DDA Community Residential Service Providers with Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
- DSHS Facilities Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
* Refers to budget proviso
2021 Virtual Advocacy Days UPDATED 1/5/2021
DD 101 – Educate your legislators! UPDATED 12/15/2020
2021 Legislators & State Officials
Legislative Priorities of Community Organizations:
- Community Employment Alliance (CEA) UPDATED 12/9/2020
- Community Homes UPDATED 12/9/2020
- Community Residential Services Association (CRSA)
- League of Education Voters (LEV)
- Let Washington Kids Hear
- Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds
- Open Doors for Multi-cultural Families NEW 12/9/2020
- People First of Washington (PFOW) NEW 12/9/2020
- Self Advocates in Leadership (SAIL)
- Statewide Parent Coalitions
- The Arc of Washington State
- Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC)
- Wee Care Coalition
Resources (Spanish available for some documents):
- Acronyms in the Developmental Disabilities World
- Developmental Disabilities Budget Crisis Advocacy Toolkit
- Hot Tips – English Spanish
- Speak Up: A Guide to Self Advocacy (English only)
- The History of State and National Activities, Events and Policies Impacting People with Developmental Disabilities booklet – English Spanish
- Proposed Disability Community Northstar Omnibus Package NEW 12/9/2020
- Navigating the 2021 Legislative Session NEW 12/9/2020
- Accessible Zoom Guide NEW 12/10/2020
Legislator Resources:
