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Department of Health and Social Services Division of Developmental Disabilities Services

Department of Health and Social Services Division of Developmental Disabilities Services. Joint Finance Committee Hearing Fiscal Year 2014 Jane J. Gallivan Division Director February 21, 2013. Vision

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Department of Health and Social Services Division of Developmental Disabilities Services

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  1. Department of Health and Social ServicesDivision of Developmental Disabilities Services Joint Finance Committee Hearing Fiscal Year 2014 Jane J. Gallivan Division Director February 21, 2013

  2. Vision Valuing persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, honoring abilities, respecting choice, achieving possibilities..... working together to support healthy, safe and fulfilling lives

  3. Disability Conditions Served by DDDS • Intellectual Disabilities • Autism • Prader Willi Syndrome • Asperger’s Disorder

  4. Age Distribution ofDDDS Consumers

  5. DDDS Population by Service Settings 70% Living at Home

  6. Growth in Residential Program Placements by Type

  7. Governor’s Employment First Initiative Employment as a primary goal of day services

  8. Best Practices • DDDS Collaborations with other agencies • DSHA (SRAP) • DSAMH (DOJ settlement) • DMMA (Medicaid HCBS waiver) • DSAAPD (Assisted Living) • DLTCRP (improved facility oversight) • DVR/DOE (Work First initiative)

  9. Quality Improvement

  10. Efficiencies • Identified 94.6 DDDS FTE positions over the last 5 years for elimination (75.6) or transfer to other state agencies (19.0) • Redeployed 67 FTE positions for purposes such as increasing case managers to support community clients • Realigned professional staff across regions

  11. Efficiencies (cont’d) • Redeployed 4.0 staff to provide increased information & assistance to families about day service options. • Established the College of Direct Support as the primary source of basic training for DDDS and contract-agency staff and continued collaboration with DelTech on direct support workforce development. • Continued development of performance measures for continuous quality improvement.

  12. FY 14 Governor’s Recommended Budget • $472.9 Annualize FY 13 Special School Grads • $1,396.5FY 14 Special School Grads • $2,520.0Annualize FY 13 Community Placements • $2,422.5FY 14 Community Placements

  13. Conclusion

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