An agency may request to contract with Skagit County as a qualified provider at any time, but certain criteria must be demonstrated in order to assure the agency can best serve the local community. The criteria for consideration include:
- Existing contract with Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) for employment services.
- Positive employment outcomes and documentation that the agency meets DVR’s reporting. requirements for clients served in Skagit County.
- Physical office location in Skagit County.
- Staff assigned to Skagit clients, specifically.
- Statement that addresses how the agency would fill an unmet need in the community related to employment services.
Providers looking to contract with Skagit County must also have at least one local DDA client interested in being served by that agency for long-term employment supports. Since funding is awarded for each individual participant based on his/her unique support needs as documented on the DDA Assessment, each qualified provider receives a contract that includes a funding amount that reflects the number of clients that provider serves and the support needs of the individual clients. All participants are referred by DDA and each qualified provider has the opportunity to bill for a DDA client for whom they have a current DDA County Service Authorization.
To maintain qualified provider status, each provider must successfully complete a monitoring session every two years. All corrective actions on the monitoring report must be completed prior to renewal of each annual contract.
Interested agencies must request a meeting with the Developmental Disabilities Program Coordinator to review the above requirements, discuss services and needs specific to Skagit County, review the Skagit County Qualified Provider Agreement Contract, and ask questions. If the agency meets the above requirements and would like to obtain a Qualified Provider Agreement Contract the Program Coordinator will make an appointment to visit the agency and conduct an initial monitoring session to determine if the agency meets the requirements.
