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Agency Recommendation Summaries

Department of Social and Health Services - Developmental Disabilities

  Average Annual FTEs Near General Fund State Other Funds Total Funds
  (Dollars in Thousands)
Current Budget 4,902.8 3,034,670 3,069,726 6,104,396
2025-27 Maintenance Level 4,738.0 3,048,004 3,121,457 6,169,461
Difference from 2025-27 Original (164.8) 13,334 51,731 65,065
% Change from 2025-27 Original (3.4%) 0.44% 1.7% 1.1%

2026 Policy Other Changes

Administrative Reduction 0.0 (338) 0 (338)
Dan Thompson Account Fund 0.0 0 2,000 2,000
Lake Burien Funding Adjustment 0.0 5,552 (5,410) 142
No-Paid Services Staff 12.4 5,886 4,531 10,417
SOLA Admin Reduction 0.0 (500) 0 (500)
SOLA Forecast 81.4 5,016 23,061 28,077
Transition to Community 0.0 (1,906) (1,651) (3,557)
2026 Policy Other Changes Total 93.8 13,710 22,531 36,241

2026 Policy Transfers Changes

Reimagine DSHS (2,356.8) (1,559,045) (1,610,423) (3,169,468)
2026 Policy Transfers Changes Total (2,356.8) (1,559,045) (1,610,423) (3,169,468)
Total Policy Changes (2,263.0) (1,545,335) (1,587,892) (3,133,227)
2026 Policy Level 2,475.0 1,502,669 1,533,565 3,036,234
Difference from 2025-27 Original (2,427.8) (1,532,001) (1,536,161) (3,068,162)
% Change from 2025-27 Original (49.5%) (50.5%) (50.0%) (50.3%)

Policy Changes

Administrative Reduction

Funding is reduced to reflect a reduction in administrative services. (General Fund - State)

Dan Thompson Account Fund

Increased expenditure authority is provided from the Dan Thompson Developmental Disabilities Community Services Account for approved community project grants to expand the availability of inclusive community activities and increase the quality of life for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Developmental Dis Comm Service Acct - State)

Lake Burien Funding Adjustment

Funding is provided to maintain operation of the Lake Burien Transitional Care Facility while the facility completes the final steps to obtain the Medicaid certification required to claim federal matching funds. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Local CRC Oregon, General Fund - State, other funds)

No-Paid Services Staff

Funding is provided to maintain current staffing levels to support clients actively seeking paid services. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)

Reimagine DSHS

Funds are transferred between programs to align appropriations with the new Department of Social and Health Services organizational structure. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Federal, General Fund - Local, other funds)

SOLA Admin Reduction

Savings are achieved by reducing funding for the State-Operated Living Alternative administrative supports. (General Fund - State)

SOLA Forecast

Funding is provided to maintain the current State-Operated Living Alternative (SOLA) bed capacity of 227 beds. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, General Fund - State, other funds)

Transition to Community

Savings are achieved by (1) reducing the expansion of State-Operated Living Alternative beds from nine to three and (2) eliminating additional community transition case management. These increases were funded in the 202527 biennial budget tied to a version of SB 5393 that proposed closing the Rainier State School by the end of the biennium. Chapter 410, Laws of 2025 does not include that closure timeline and these resources are no longer necessary. (General Fund - Cash, General Fund - Local CRC Oregon, General Fund - Medicaid Federal, other funds)