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Licensing and regulating foster homes, group homes, residential care facilities, day care facilities, child care facilities and preschools; Evaluating eligibility of applicants for disability-related benefits for certain federal and state programs, including Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability and Medi-Cal
The Social Services Block Grant, used to support a wide range of activities. As of 2010, the most highly supported of which were child care, foster care, and services for the disabled. [13] The grant is authorized by Title XX of the Social Security Act, and funding is allocated according to population.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a type of United States federal assistance provided by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to states in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for an estimated 3.3 million children and 120,000 elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults [1] in non-residential, day-care settings.
The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is Washington's social services department. The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two (OB-2) in Olympia , the state capital. [ 1 ] Annually, 2.2 million children, families, vulnerable adults and seniors come to the department for protection, comfort, food assistance, financial aid ...
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is the state department responsible for public health in California. It is a subdivision of the California Health and Human Services Agency . It enforces some of the laws in the California Health and Safety Codes , notably the licensing of some types of healthcare facilities.
In December 2013, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formally updated Appendix J to change the language used to describe developmental disabilities. [ 16 ] It is possible that, as facilities start to phase out or convert to other programs (such as waiver-type settings) for people with disabilities, the terms QMRP, QDDP, and QIDP may ...
Generally, involuntary care is involved in intermediate care facilities (ICFs) where a service demand has existed, and waiting lists occur for services for decades. Often these waiting lists will be for community services of other kinds including home and community-based Medicaid waiver services.
Services for the Blind (DSB) Social and Health Services (DSHS) Transportation (WSDOT) Veterans Affairs (DVA) Others include: Accountancy, State Board of (WBOA) Administrative Hearings, Office of (OAH) Actuary, Office of the State (OSA) African-American Affairs, Washington State Commission on (CAA) Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington ...