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Department of Disability and Aging briefs committee on wait lists, foster supports, farmers partnership and rate increases
Summary
The Department of Disability and Aging told the Finance committee it seeks recurring and one-time funds to expand supports for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in foster care, increase therapy and meal rates, address wait lists, and formalize a farmers-to-senior-centers partnership.
The Department of Disability and Aging (DDA) presented its budget package to the Finance, Ways and Means Committee, outlining proposals to expand supports for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), raise therapy and meal rates, and reduce long wait lists.
Commissioner Brad Turner and Deputy Commissioner Andy Kidd described a line item that would fund a DCSDDA partnership to expand support services and care coordination for children in Department of Children—s Services custody with IDD. Kidd said the appropriation would allow the department to serve roughly 1,600 children; Turner said "a total of almost a thousand kids have been served so far." Committee members pressed for details on enrollment, spending and capacity; DDA staff said about 795 children were currently…
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