Stakeholders urge clearer implementation plan for master plan for developmental services
The master plan delivered 167 recommendations after a year of stakeholder work; self-advocates and LAO urged a concrete implementation roadmap, more frequent oversight and partnership-driven steering to avoid the plan becoming a document that "sits on a shelf."
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The Department of Developmental Services and a broad stakeholder panel presented the "master plan for developmental services," a document the department said was produced by monthly committee meetings, five work groups and more than 45 community engagement efforts. Director Pete Chervinko told the subcommittee the master plan contains 167 recommendations covering housing, transportation, education and other cross-system topics and that the department plans an annual implementation report to the legislature starting March 2026.
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