Developmental disabilities program for WA families to be cut, but not ended

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 615

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Washington state officials are keeping a longstanding program seen as vital to parents of children with developmental disabilities, but cutting its funding, ending weeks of unease about its future.

The state Department of Social and Health Services is trimming the Parent to Parent program by 10%, but won’t eliminate it as was feared this summer. Its budget for the next year is around $877,000.

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