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Agency Recommendation Summaries

Washington State Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss

  Average Annual FTEs Near General Fund State Other Funds Total Funds
  (Dollars in Thousands)
Current Budget 160.0 38,519 4,871 43,390
2025-27 Maintenance Level 160.0 39,304 4,871 44,175
Difference from 2025-27 Original 0.0 785 0 785
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.0% 2.0% 0.0% 1.8%

2026 Policy Other Changes

Administrative Reduction 0.0 (26) 0 (26)
2026 Policy Other Changes Total 0.0 (26) 0 (26)

2026 Policy Comp Changes

WPEA General Government 0.0 410 5 415
2026 Policy Comp Changes Total 0.0 410 5 415

2026 Policy Central Services Changes

DES Central Services 0.0 (3) 0 (3)
GOV Central Services 0.0 6 0 6
Legal Services 0.0 2 0 2
OFM Central Services 0.0 269 0 269
Self-Insurance Liability Premium 0.0 5 0 5
WTS Central Services 0.0 (2) 0 (2)
2026 Policy Central Services Changes Total 0.0 277 0 277
Total Policy Changes 0.0 661 5 666
2026 Policy Level 160.0 39,965 4,876 44,841
Difference from 2025-27 Original 0.0 1,446 5 1,451
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.0% 3.8% 0.10% 3.3%

Policy Changes

Administrative Reduction

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

DES Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services for Capitol Campus costs; real estate, risk management, and small agency services; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; enterprise applications, and other items. (General Fund - State)

GOV Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of the Governor for the Office of Equity. (General Fund - State)

Legal Services

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Office of the Attorney General. Funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive, as legal services expenditures are based on consumption. (General Fund - State)

OFM Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services. (General Fund - State)

Self-Insurance Liability Premium

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's share of actuarially projected costs of the self-insurance liability premium. (General Fund - State)

WPEA General Government

Funding is provided for a collective bargaining agreement with the Washington Public Employees Association on behalf of general government employees, which includes a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2025, and of 2 percent effective July 1, 2026; provision of a starting wage of $18 per hour and addressing of compression and inversion, effective July 1, 2025; retroactive wildfire rest and recouperation leave, effective July 1, 2025; a prescribed fire premium, effective July 1, 2025; targeted job classification increases, effective July 1, 2025; annual lump sum payments for employees of CDHR and WSSSB, for the current biennium only; and increased paid bereavement leave. (General Fund - Local, General Fund - Private/Local, General Fund - State)

WTS Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Washington Technology Solutions for the Office of Cybersecurity, the state network, enterprise services, small agency IT services, enterprise architecture and data management, Microsoft 365 licenses, and other items. (General Fund - State)