Email Notices
Informing Families, Building Trust sends e-mails to list-serve subscribers and advocacy organizations about changes that may affect a family with an individual with developmental disabilities. If you are not already subscribed, you can join the Informing Families ListServe.

Notices that have been sent are listed from newest to oldest:

• The Children's Intensive In-Home Behavior Support Waiver (CIIBS) has been approved by the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services which means program enrollment can begin.
  This flyer details how families with children with intensive behavioral needs are determined eligible for the program, what the program provides and when the program starts.
  Read about the CIIBS Program in PDF format (smaller file)
  Read about the CIIBS Program in Word (larger file - 5 MB - but easier to cut and paste into newsletters, etc.)
• The Planned Action Notice has just been released. This DVD provides more information about the Division of Developmental Disabilities' Planned Action Notice. A limited number of videos are available and can be requested using our DVD Request form. Or, you can view the DVD on line.
  View PAN video using Flash (Fastest): Small screen| Large Screen
  View Pan videoUsing Window Media Player (You will need to wait a few minutes for the video to load before it plays): Small screen | Large screen
• House Bill 2078 is a bill which addresses the issues of people with developmental disabilities who are in correctional factilities or are in jails). Olympia Insider's newest Podcast details more about this bill and why its passage is so important. (Flyer in PDF-3/18/09) (Go directly to the Podcast)
• If you receive Employment/Day Services paid for by state-only dollars, you may be offered the choice to enroll in a Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCBS) waiver program. Our flyer tells more about why this is occuring and what you need to know if you are contacted (or want) to transfer onto a waiver. (Flyer in Word-3/9/2009) (Flyer in PDF)
• In these challenging times, you or someone you know may need some extra help. We've developed a one page flyer that has some possible resources for other help you or your family may be eligible for. (Flyer in PDF -2/19/2009) (Flyer in Word)
• Olympia Insider start its third season of podcasts to help inform individuals and families about legislative issues and changes that are important to the DD community. (Bulletin about the Podcasts - 1/12/2009) (Direct Link to Olympia Insider)
• Changes in DDD's Nurse Delegation: Details nurse delegation of insulin injections under the Nurse Delegation Law enacted last spring. (Bulletin about the change- 12/08/08) (More information about what nurse delegation is)
• Childrens Intensive In-Home Behavior Support Program (Previously called: Intensive Behavior Supports Services) Bulletin: Informing Families Building Trust has created a podcast detailing more about this upcoming program. (View the bulletin- 9/23/08) (Go directly to the podcast).
• Intensive Behavior Supports Services Bulletin (9/15/2008) - This bulletin explains a new program DDD has created to support families who are struggling to support their child at home due to the intensity of their child's behavioral challenges.
• Planned Action Notice Podcast Bulletin (5/29/08) - This bulletin tells you how to view the Planned Action Notice Podcast, a video which explains what a Planned Action Notice is and what you need to do when you get one.
• Individual and Family Services Program Bulletin (5/28/08)  - This bulletin provides information about this program and what services can be covered through the program.
• Planned Action Notices Bulletin (3/19/08) - This bulletin discusses Planned Action Notices; specifically, what they are and what families need to do when they receive them.
• Collection of Family Income Information Bulletin (6/04/07) - This bulletin discusses when and how families may be asked about family income during the new DDD Assessment process.
• DDD Assessment Tool Bulleting(4/21/07) - DDD case managers will begin using the new assessment tool starting June 1, 2007.
• DDD Assessment Tool Bulletin (4/21/07) - Bulletin about new assessment tool in an easier reading format.
• DDD Assessment Tool Bulletin (10/02/06) - DDD's new assessment tool will start being used March 27, 2007.
• DDD Assessment Tool Bulletin(10/02/06) - Bulletin about DDD's assessment tool in a more graphic format.
• Family Support Pilot Bulletin (10/26/05) - Division Launches Family Support Pilot Program
• Mini-Assessment Bulletin (10/05/05) - What to Expect from the New DDD Mini-Assessment
• Informing Families Building Trust Overview (9/15/05) - Informing Families, Building Trust Provides Information to Families

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