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The 2024 Legislative Notebook website is under construction.
You can find the Dec. 4, 2023, presentation here
You can find links to the issue papers and organizational priorities, below.

Civil Rights

Living in the community

Increase Options for Community Housing
Increase Provider Rates to Stabilize Supported Living
Also, Community Residential Services Association paper
Build Residential Capacity to Support People with Comple Needs
Provide Adequate Respite for Live-in Caregivers

Build housing for people with IDD

Ongoing Funding for IDD Housing & Support
$25 Million for IDD Housing in 2024
Also: ODMF’s Multicultural Village

supporting participants and families

Pay Parent Caregivers of Children with Disabilities
Digital Transformation of DDA Services
Safety and Support Supervision in the Family Home
Invest in Parent to Parent Network

Engaging in the community

Create an Adult Waiver Program Waiver Service
Fully Fund Capacity for Supported Employment and Community Inclusion Services
See also Community Employment Alliance paper
Accessible Transportation (Paratransit)

Focus on Education

Funding Fix for Early Supports
Remove the Cap on Special Education Funding
See also, paper from ODMF
Make Due Process in Special Education Fair
Explore FAPE with Adult Learners
Design, Resource & Enforce Inclusive Learning

Organization priorities

The Arc of Washington
Washington Statewide Parent Coalitions, 2024 Priorities
Open Doors for Multicultural Families
Pierce County DD Advisory Board
SAIL 2024 Legislative Agenda
Allies in Advocacy 2024 Priorities
People First Legislative Priorities
2023 DD Council Legislative Agenda
ACHS 2024 Priorities
OSPI Special Education Priorities
OSPI Supplemental Budget Reques
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