The Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) Community Protection program provides 24-hour-supervision of people with developmental disabilities who have committed crimes and served their prison time; exhibited inappropriate behaviors in public or are suspected of crimes but are determined to be incapable of participating in trials.
Their disabilities include mental retardation, autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.
There are approximately 380 people in the Community Protection program. They live in communities throughout Washington.
Learn more about the Community Protection Program:
Key program features:
- Around-the-clock supervision has kept the community safer
- There never have been any arrests or convictions for crimes against neighbors by people in Community Protection
- The program is voluntary; members are free to live wherever they chose if they leave it
The program offers:
- Trained employees of private, DSHS certified companies who stay in participants' homes and supervise them when they leave for work, school, social events and other events.
- Therapy
- Assistance in learning daily living skills such as cooking, banking and working
- Criteria which determines where clients can rent or own their homes. For example, participants with sexually inappropriate behaviors normally cannot live near schools, day care centers or playgrounds.
- Alarms on doors and windows to alert support people living with them of attempts to leave
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