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County Best Practices

This web page can host local, county and state work that is topical. Contribute to the page and keep an eye on the work in progress in Washington State for the integration of people with developmental disabilities. Share your best practices. Report on the progress of the Community Markers project in your area. Share work incentives that are effective and jobs secured in the public sector. Report the use of Individual Budgets.

How to contribute documents to this page.

Informing Families, Building Trust (Flyer in Word) (Flyer in PDF)

Links to county developmental disabilities websites

 

Best Practices Documents

  Title County/State
Administrative References
  Account Code Crosswalk Headquarters
  Budgeting and Accounting Reporting System (BARS) Headquarters
  County Guidelines Headquarters
  Criteria for Evaluation Headquarters
  FY10 Spending Plan Headquarters
  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Headquarters
  Person to Person Service Guidelines Headquarters
  Policies Headquarters
  Reimbursable Source of Funds Definitions Headquarters
  Service Information Forms Headquarters
  Washington Protection and Advocacy (WPAS) Access Agreement Headquarters
ADSA Web Access “AWA”  or Case Management Information System “CMIS”
  AWA Billing Instructions 2009 – 2011 (8/15/09) Headquarters
  AWA Data Dictionary Headquarters
  AWA User Training Manual Headquarters
  AWA User Change Control – Sept 2009 Headquarters
  CMIS System Overview Presentation Headquarters
  Employment Outcomes Instructions & Job Type Codes Headquarters
  Employment Outcomes & Planned Rates User Training Headquarters
  GSE sample – billing file – Sept 2009 Headquarters
  PVS sample – billing file – Sept 2009 Headquarters
Employment
  A Guide to the Working Age Adult Policy and Pathway to Employment Services (Jefferson County Public Health DD Program, 2008) Jefferson
  Executive Summary, A Guide to the Working Age Adult Policy and Pathway to Employment Services (Jefferson County Public Health DD Program, 2008) Jefferson
  House Human Services Committee Work Session: Working Age Adult Policy (06-30-2008)  
  Working Age Adults with DD: Presentation by Linda Rolfe, Denise Rothleutner, & Mary Strehlow (OSPI Collaboration Conference, 3-29-07)  
  A Guide: My Pathway to Employment Planning Services – Clallam County (7/06) Clallam
  Client Flow Chart (01/2006) - this chart is intended to help guide clients to appropriate county services. Yakima
  Ellensburg Employment Conference 2005 - Final Report  
  Hire Ability Day www.hireabilityday.org Spokane
  Working-Age Adults Policy 4.11 Central Office
  Person-Centered Employment Plan Development Grays Harbor
  Supported Employment Micro-Enterprise Manual Clallam
  Supported Employment Resources:  A Categorized Bibliography - May 2006  
  County Guidelines Central Office
  Letter from Linda Rolfe on Expand Employment 2005-07 Central Office
  Notes from the County Summit (10/20/2005)     Central Office
  Department of Labor and Industries Prevailing Wages     Central Office
Projects
  2010-11 Housing Strategic Plan (1/20/2009) Headquarters
  Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Central Office
  Coalition for Inclusive Communities Background Paper (11/07)
  -  Building Inclusive & Welcoming Communities - May 2008 Update
Snohomish
Transition
  Transition Planning Guide - this guide is distributed to schools, students and families each year. Benton/Franklin
  Social Security Benefits Analysis & Planning: Presentation by Emily Hart (OSPI Collaboration Conference, 3-29-07) Pierce
  Transition Services: Presentation by Linda Rolfe, Denise Rothleutner, & Mary Strehlow (OSPI Collaboration Conference, 3-29-07)  
  WA State Division of Developmental Disabilities Jobs by 21 Partnership Project Report for FY2008 (12/1/2008)  

 

County Developmental Disabilities Websites

Not all counties have websites devoted to services for those with developmental disabilities. Those we are aware of are listed below. If you know of a site we do not have listed please contact the DDD webmaster.

 

Clallam
Clark
Cowlitz
Island
King
Kitsap
Kittitas
Lincoln

Mason
Pacific
Pierce
Skagit
Skamania
Snohomish
Spokane
Stevens
Thurston
Whatcom
Yakima

 

County Coordinators Contact List (02/2009)

 




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