Community service grants are limited to available funding. To qualify for funding, a proposed project must be approved by the assistant secretary or designee and:
(1) Address one or more of the following topics:
- (a) Provider support and development;
- (b) Parent helping parent; or
- (c) Community resource development for inclusion of all.
(2) Meet most of the following goals:
- (a) Enable families to use generic resources which are integrated activities and/or resources community members typically have access to;
- (b) Reflect geographic, cultural and other local differences;
- (c) Support families in a variety of noncrisis-oriented ways;
- (d) Prioritize support for unserved families;
- (e) Address the diverse needs of Native Americans, communities of color and limited or non-English speaking groups;
- (f) Be family focused;
- (g) Increase inclusion of persons with developmental disabilities;
- (h) Benefit families who have children or adults eligible for services from DDD and who do not receive other DDD paid services; and
- (i) Promote community collaboration, joint funding, planning and decision making.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and 71A.12.161. WSR 18-14-002, § 388-832-0375, filed 6/20/18, effective 7/21/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.040, and 2007 c 283. WSR 08-16-121, § 388-832-0375, filed 8/5/08, effective 9/5/08.]