1. Alderbrook Employment First Forum October 2018
State of Washington Developmental Disabilities Administration Employment & Day Services
Update on Employment Outcomes
Alderbrook Employment First Forum
October 2018

2. Track National developments
Addressing issue of the Number of Hours
Revisit Funding structures, protocols and rates
Sustain Each other
Sustain the Vision of All means All
Expand attention to Multicultural communities
Continue to investment in Transition from School to Work

3. Average Paid Hours Worked & Percent Working w/Support
Data source – DSHS DDA AWA system. Cost Benefit Analysis Report

4. Average Paid Hours Worked per Month by Acuity Level
Need to look at FY18 and remove the middle chart = line up with previous slide
Data source – DSHS DDA CARE system Cost Benefit Analysis Report

5. Clients’ Preferred Paid Work Hours
# of Hours Worked Weekly – electronically collected for the first time ever!
Data collection started in November 2017 – almost a full year of data for DDA to analyze for trends and patterns.

6. Washington HCBS VBP Driver Diagram – Funding structures
Aim
Primary Drivers
Secondary Drivers
Increase the average hours per week worked at least minimum wage for high acuity clients by 50% by 2021, while maintaining the current growth rate of high acuity clients working at least minimum wage
Stabilize and/or increase benefit planning resources and capabilities
Increase training opportunities for providers, case managers and benefit planners
Reduce benefit planner turnover
Provide on demand TA
Improve provider performance
Develop provider focused VBP (should there be county level VBP?)
Increase County flexibility in use of support hours
Better address client support needs (transportation, competing activities and family support) and client work goals
Address client support needs in the person-centered planning process
Better address client support needs in the person centered service planning process

7. Sustain Each Other
Collaboration and Partnership

8. High Acuity, Earning Minimum Wage or Better in an Integrated Setting
Vision – All Means All
High Acuity, Earning Minimum Wage or Better in an Integrated Setting

9. Prevocational Services Counts
R1 68, R2 103, R3 17 = 188
Data source – DSHS DDA CARE system, data pulled

10. Multicultural Communities

11. Transition