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Clallam County DDA shares February service metrics, RFP timeline and new videos
Summary
Clallam County's Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) staff and the county DDAC reviewed February 2025 service metrics for supported employment and community inclusion, announced an upcoming RFP cycle with contracts starting January 2026, and shared short videos to publicize waiver services.
Clallam County Developmental Disabilities Administration staff reported service data for February 2025, announced a request-for-proposal schedule for county-funded services and shared new informational videos on supported employment and community inclusion.
The committee heard that community inclusion had 83 participants in February with 1,244 authorized hours and 814.5 billed hours, while supported employment had 102 participants with 1,353 authorized hours and 1,021.5 billed hours. Staff reported 62 individuals working and 68 who have jobs; February gross wages were $38,167.61. Year-to-date wages from July 2024 through February 2025 were $359,934.31 compared with $608,992.81 for July 2023–June 2024.
The figures matter because the county will use information from the DDA’s biennial community plan to set priorities for a competitive request-for-proposal process this fall and winter. Contracts awarded through that RFP are scheduled to begin in January 2026 and run through December 2027.
“There's going to be some reconstruction of DSHS, as a whole,” said Karina Robinson, supervisor in Port Angeles, describing state-level changes under consideration. Robinson told the committee that, so far, “there isn't any talk about any of the programs that are being accessed right now going away,” but that more details may be available at a future meeting.
County staff also previewed two short DDA videos—one on supported employment and one on community inclusion—and asked DDAC members and partner organizations to share them through agency websites and social media. The videos explain intake and discovery, job preparation and on-the-job supports for people who use waiver services and emphasize participant choice.
Committee members noted continued demand for transition services: staff said 15 participants were currently in the transition program and that 43 people were receiving both community inclusion and supported employment services simultaneously. Presenters said additional case manager hires and outreach were improving the county’s ability to do intake and start services.
The DDAC meeting packet and online agenda include links to the videos and to the DSHS DDA waiver information page, which staff suggested for families seeking details about waiver services.
As an academic-style wrap-up, staff said the RFP and contract timeline gives providers and families lead time to prepare for new awards and that the committee’s subcommittee will help translate community-plan priorities into funding criteria for that process.
