
Issues for 2023:
(Each link is a one-page PDF.)
- True Caseload Forecasting of DDA Services
- Endless Wait Lists for People with IDD
- Housing for People with IDD: We are in Crisis!
- The Multicultural Village: A Community Housing Solution NEW!
- Medically Fragile Children Fall Through the Cracks!
- Supported Living—Serving People with DD in their Home Communities
- Support Adult Family Home Recommendations
- Provider Rate Increase for Employment
- Close Rainier State School
- Nothing About Us Without Us
- Parent Provider Inequity
- Parity of Placement: Safety Supervision Across Settings
- Transition Collaborative
- Schools Send Children Out-of-State
- Special Education Burden of Proof
- Prevent Inappropriate Hospitalization of Children and Adults with DD
- Invest in Quality community supports and services for children and adults with DD
- Reform the Community Protection Program
Charts and Data:
(Each link contains several pages in one PDF.)
- Budget Charts
- Eligibility
- Caseloads
- Client Residences
- No Paid Services Caseload
- Medicaid
- HCBS Waivers
- Waiver Utilization
- Request Lists – Courtesy Forecast
- Education
- Employment and Day Supports
- Community Residential
- Community Residential for the BIPOC Community NEW!
- Roads to Community Living (RCL)
- Residential Habilitation Centers (RHC)
- State Operated Living Alternatives (SOLA)
- Hospitalizations
(This link contains the pages listed below in one PDF.)
Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) Decision Package Chart ~ DDA Agency Level Detail ~ DDA Policy Level Decision Package Prioritization ~ DDA Policy and Maintenance Level Requests ~ Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Decision Package
2023 Agency Budget Proposals (Decision Packages) & Agency Request Legislation
(This link contains the pages listed below in one PDF.)
Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) ~ Department of Health (DOH) ~ Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) ~ Health Care Authority (HCA) ~ Office of Homeless Youth (OHY)
Reports to the Legislature:
(Each link sends you to the website the report is accessed from.)
- DDA Quality Assurance Report—Fiscal Year 2021 – June 2022
- (DSHS) Statewide Community Nursing Care Homes Predesign—May 2022/Addendum – August 2022
- SHB 1080: Housing Needs for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Washington State – December 2022
- ESSB 5819: No-Paid Services Client Caseload – December 2022 – NEW 1/4/23
- ESSB 5092: No Paid Services Client Caseload—December 2021
- ESSB 5092/ESSB 5268/ESSB 5693: Community Respite & Stabilization—October 2022
- ESSB 5693/ESSB 5268/ESSB 5693: Residential Habilitation Center Facility-Based Professionals – December 2022
- ESSB 5092: Transforming State-Operated Intermediate Care Facilities – Final Report – November 2021
- ESSB 5092/ESSB 5268/ESSB 5693: Housing Fund Priority Study Report—October 2022
- ESSB 5092/ESSB 5268/ESSB 5693: Employment & Day Rate Study—October 2022
- ESSB 5693/ESSB 5268: Best practices for co-occurring conditions—October 2022
- ESSB 5092/ESSB 5268/ESSB 5693: Guardianship Laws: Impacts and Recommendations—October 2022
- ESSB 5092/ESSB 5268/ESSB 5693: Increasing apprenticeships and other training opportunities for health care and direct care students to better serve the IDD community—October 2022
- ESSB 5092: Designing a Peer Mentor Program For Clients in State-Operated ICFs—November 2021
- ESSB 6168 – Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) and Katie Beckett waivers (HCA)
- 2SHB1061: Foster Youth Development Disability Services Eligibility Report—December 2021
- No Excuses (2017), No More Excuses (2018), No Excuse for Exclusion (2018), Chaotic and Dangerous (2019), Shut Them Down (2021)
- Lawsuit: G.G. et al. v Meneses et al. (Rainier School) -September 2022
- I Want to Go Home—September 2022
- No Way Out—June 2022
- The Case for Inclusion 2022
- Direct Care Workers in the United States—September 2022
- 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers—September 2022
- Developmental Disabilities Administration 2022 Caseload & Cost Report – NEW 12/14/22
- DD Ombuds Annual Report
- Office of the Education Ombuds Annual Report
- Washington State Rehabilitation Council Annual Report
- 43rd Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2021
(This link contains the pages listed below in one PDF.)
Pre-session Advocacy Day ~ Briefing of IDD Issues ~ Statewide Legislative Reception for People with IDD ~ Advocacy Day Schedule ~ The Arc of Washington State’s Action Center ~ “You Know Me…” Campaign ~ Make Your Voice Heard! ~ How to Testify in Committee
IDD 101 – Educate your legislators!
(This link contains the pages listed below in one PDF.)
Grassroots Advocacy, Community Values ~ True Caseload Forecasting for DDA Services ~ Core Waiver Utilization ~ Endless Wait Lists for People with IDD ~ Waiver Courtesy Forecast ~ Housing for People with IDD—We Are in Crisis! ~ DDA Biennial Base Funding ~ DDA Clients and State Budget Allotment ~ DD Services—How they are funded & where they are found ~ DDA HCBS Funded Waiver Capacity ~ TEFRA/Katie Beckett Waiver ~ DDA Clients on Paid & No Paid Caseloads (By County) ~ DDA Children and Adults by Residence Type ~ DDA Employment/Day Services (By County) ~ History and Use of Residential Habilitation Centers (RHC) ~ Residential Client Numbers and Costs ~ Schools Send Children Out-of-State! (3 pages)
2023 Legislators & State Officials
(This link contains the pages listed below in one PDF.)
Legislature ADA Coordinators ~ Washington State Executive Offices ~ Congressional Members ~ Washington State Senate by District ~ Washington State House of Representatives by District ~ 2023 Leadership Roles Defined ~ 2022 Senate Leadership ~ 2022 House Leadership ~ Testifying in a Virtual Committee Meeting ~ Committee Sign In – Remote Testimony ~ How to Create and Send a Message to a Legislator ~ 2023-24 Senate Standing Committees/Issue Areas ~ 2023-24 House Standing Committees/Issue Areas (This section will be updated in January 2023)
Legislative Priorities of Community Organizations:
(Each link contains the organizations Priorities in one PDF.)
- Allies in Advocacy
- Association of County Human Services
- Community Employment Alliance (CEA)
- Community Homes
- Community Residential Services Association (CRSA)
- Disability Rights Washington (DRW)
- Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
- King County Developmental Disabilities
- Open Doors for Multicultural Families NEW!
- Pierce County Developmental Disabilities
- Self Advocates in Leadership (SAIL)
- The Arc of Washington State 2023 Public Policy Agenda
- Washington State Parent Coalitions
Fact Sheets for DDA Programs & Services:
(The links below contain the pages listed under them in one PDF.)
Guide to Eligibility, Supports & Services ~ DDA Eligibility & Services Guide ~ Road Map to Services & Supports ~ How to call the Social Security Administration ~ Request for Exception to Policy ~ Continuum of Care for Children Ages 0-18 ~ Community First Choice ~ Child Developmental Services ~ No-Paid Services Caseload ~ State Supplemental Payment (SSP)
Home & Community Based Waiver Services ~ Children’s Intensive In-home Behavior Supports Waiver ~ Individual & Family Services Waiver ~ Basic Plus Waiver ~ Core Waiver ~ Community Protection Waiver ~ Peer Mentoring ~ Specialized Habilitation
A Guide to Residential Service Levels of Support ~ Supported Living Services ~ Adult Family Homes ~ Adult Family Homes Meaningful Day ~ Group Homes ~ Group Training Homes ~ Companion Homes ~ Adult Residential Care ~ Alternative Living Services ~Advanced Home Care Aide Specialist
Residential Habilitation Centers (RHC):
Pre-admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) ~ Residential Habilitation Centers ~ Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF) ~ Residential Habilitation Centers ~ Nursing Facilities ~ Roads to Community Living ~ Adult Training Programs at Rainier School ~ Roads to Community Living Employment Initiative ~ Statewide Investigation Unit ~ Peer Mentoring ~ Family Mentor Project
Employment Support Services ~ Employment & Day Programs ~ Community Inclusion ~ What does a Community Guide & Engagement Provider do? ~ Community Engagement ~ Community Engagement & Community Guide ~Assistive Technology
Enhanced Respite Services ~ Overnight Planned Respite Services ~ What does a Community Guide & Engagement Provider do? ~ Community Engagement ~ Community Engagement & Community Guide
Positive Behavior Supports for Children ~ Positive Behavior Supports for Adults ~ Enhanced Case Management Program (ECMP) ~ Medically Intensive Children’s Program ~ Nursing Services ~ Stabilization, Assessment & Intervention Facility (SAIF) ~ Voluntary Placement Services (VPS)
Resources (Spanish available for some documents):
- Acronyms in the Developmental Disabilities World
- 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
- Accessible Zoom Guide