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Residential Services (DDD)

What the program covers: Residential services include a variety of living alternatives for eligible persons who share the home with other clients or live by themselves. Options include programs such as Supported Living (SL), Companion Home (CH), and Alternative Living (AL) services. It may also include facility-based services offered through Group Homes (GH), Adult Family Homes (AFH), and Adult Residential Care (ARC) licensed as boarding homes. Resources are limited; some options may not be available for all clients.

Supported Living Services - DDD contracts with individuals and agencies to provide these services and supports. Entities who offer this service are certified by ADSA. These services offer instruction and supports to persons who live in their own homes in the community. Services and supports are based on the client's individual instruction and support needs as documented in their service plan. Supports may vary from a few hours per month up to 24 hours of one on one support per day. Clients pay for their own rent, food, and other personal expenses. DDD pays for residential services provided to clients under department contract at the contracted rate.

DDD also offers certified supported living services directly through the "State Operated Living Alternative" (SOLA) program. State employees operate the SOLA residential services.

See Chapter 388-101 WAC for additional information about this program.

Group Homes - Provide residential services and supports in a licensed setting. Group Homes may be licensed as a boarding home or an adult family home. The provider owns or leases the facility. Clients residing in such facilities participate towards the room and board expenses. All group homes offer 24-hour instruction, support and supervision.

See Chapter 388-101 WAC for additional information about this program.

Companion Homes - Provide residential services and supports in an adult foster care model to no more that one adult who is a client of the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD). The services are offered in a regular family residence approved by DDD to ensure client health, safety and well-being. DDD reimburses the provider for the support service. Companion homes provide twenty-four (24) hour available supervision. The client directly pays the provider for room and board costs from his/her personal resources. The provider is required to negotiate a separate agreement with the client to address this cost.

See Chapter 388-825 WAC for additional information about this program.

Alternative Living Services - Provides instructional services for clients living in their own homes. DDD contracts with independent contractors to offer these services. Clients may receive up to 40 hours of AL services per month. Typical areas of instruction include money management, essential shopping, meal planning and accessing community resources. If clients have assessed personal care needs, additional hours may be authorized under the personal care program.

See Chapter 388-825 WAC for additional information about this program.

Adult Family Home (AFH) - See Chapter 388-76 WAC for additional information about this program.

Adult Residential Care (ARC) - See Chapter 388-78A WAC for additional information about this program.

Who is eligible: DDD eligibility requires that a person meet all of the following conditions as defined in WAC 388-823:

A developmental disability is defined in RCW 71A.10.020(3) and must meet all of the following requirements. The developmental disability must currently:

Be attributable to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or another neurological or other condition found by DDD to be closely related to mental retardation or requiring treatment similar to that required for individuals with mental retardation;
Originate prior to age eighteen;
Be expected to continue indefinitely; and
Result in substantial limitations to an individual's adaptive functioning.

DDD eligibility may be time limited and subject to review. Contact your nearest DDD office for an intake appointment. The case manager will assist you in obtaining documentation needed to determine whether you are eligible for services from DDD.

All DDD clients (per chapter 388-825 WAC) age eighteen and older are eligible for a residential option. However, DDD must offer SL/GH/CH and AL options to clients on the Core waiver.

Income and Resource Limits: None. Clients must pay for their own rent, food and other personal living expenses if they are in the SL or AL program. For all other residential options, they pay the service provider for their room and board costs.

Program Requirements: The DDD case manager will do a needs assessment and develop a service plan. Services provided are based on the individual's needs.

Other Requirements: None.

How to apply/get services:
DSHS Division of Developmental Disabilities
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ddd/eligible.shtml

Find a local office:
DSHS Division of Developmental Disabilities
Statewide Contacts: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/ddd/contacts.shtml

Modified: July 25, 2006
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