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Developmental Disabilities Council - Feb. 23, 2026

Developmental Disabilities Council - Feb. 23, 2026

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Agenda

FACILITATOR: Sara Lambert
NOTE TAKER: Malika Renard

  • Bruce Bruns (indiv/family), term ends 9/30/27
  • Lyrra Fox (indiv/family), term ends 9/30/27
  • Christina Goff (indiv/family), term ends 9/30/27
  • Colleen Johnston (indiv/family), term ends 5/1/27
  • Sara Lambert (provider), term ends 1/1/27
  • Lisa Ledson (indiv/family member), term ends 12/1/27
  • John Merrick (advocate), term ends 6/30/26
  • Sara Szwarc (indiv/family), term ends 5/1/27
  • Ann Wilkinson (provider), term ends 9/30/27
  • Amy Butler (CDDP employee)
  • Kim Cota (CDDP employee)
  • Stacie Mullins (CDDP employee)
  • Malika Renard (CDDP employee)
  • Tracy Garrel (Social Services Division Director)
  • Catherine West (Guest, CDDP employee)
TimeAgenda
4:30 – 5:15 pm

***Reminder-council meeting will start recording***

  • Call to order, establish quorum (4 members present).
  • Approval of January 26, 2026 minutes.
  • Program Updates – Stacie Mullins or Kim Cota
  • QA Department Updates – Amy Butler
  • DD Advisory Council Membership/Recruitment Update – Amy Butler
  • Short Session Advocacy Update – Sara L.
5:15 -5:40pm
  • Abuse Data Letter Update – Sara S./Sara L.
  • Annual Agenda Planning – Sara Lambert
5:40 -5:45pm
  • Point Click Care Update – Kim Cota
5:45 – 6 pm

Open floor (Council) 

Public comment (Public)

Next Meeting

March 23, 2026, 04:30pm-06:00pm 

Next agenda topics: Annual agenda planning/Recruitment

Minutes

FACILITATOR: Sara Lambert
NOTE TAKER: Malika Renard

  • P Bruce Bruns (indiv/family), term ends 9/30/27
  • A Lyrra Fox (indiv/family), term ends 9/30/27
  • P Christina Goff (indiv/family), term ends 9/30/27
  • P Colleen Johnston (indiv/family), term ends 5/1/27
  • P Sara Lambert (provider), term ends 1/1/27
  • P Lisa Ledson (indiv/family member), term ends 12/1/27
  • P John Merrick (advocate), term ends 6/30/26
  • P Sara Szwarc (indiv/family), term ends 5/1/27
  • P Ann Wilkinson (provider), term ends 9/30/27
  • G McKenzie Roller
  • G Mrs. Roller
  • P Amy Butler (CDDP employee)
  • P Kim Cota (CDDP employee)
  • P Stacie Mullins (CDDP employee)
  • P Malika Renard (CDDP employee)
  • P Tracy Garrel (Social Services Division Director)
  • G Catherine West (Guest, CDDP employee)

Key
P - Present
A - Absent
G - Guest

Time

Minutes
4:30 – 5:15 pm

Call to order.

January 2026 minutes approved (1 abstain).

Stacie gives updates on proposed rule changes, etc. 

Rule Advisory Committee website link: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/Pages/session.aspx 

State is developing a new workload model, so some designated service coordinators are tracking all their work which will be submitted to that project. This will aid in determining future program funding.

The new Case Management System is still in development at the State. No current ETA.

QA just had its Children with Extraordinary Needs (CEN) audit and has submitted requested documentation to the state, who will be reviewing this in coming weeks. Going forward, QA will oversee CEN data tracking, previously held by Children’s team supervisors.

Internally, QA has completed its first Adult In-Home file review. Results will be shared with In-Home supervisors and program managers in coming weeks. QA file reviewers have now moved forward with reviewing Adult Residential files. John notes he is interested in seeing results and comparison of data in the future regarding SACU, In-Home and autism levels differences between teams and even between counties if able.

QA is also taking over serious incident Centralized Abuse Management (CAM) system entries from service coordinators, which ties into the Point Click Care (PCC) notifications previously described in this meeting (January 2026). The data is tracked by the state with the goal of identifying trends. Included in this month’s meeting minute attachments are the state’s serious incident definitions.

We will be opening up recruitment very soon. Please think about if you want to participate in the recruitment process. An estimated time commitment might be about an hour per month until done. The Chair and Co-Chair roles will be opening up as well, please keep that in mind.

The DD Council wanted to take a position on the state budget legislation. We wrote a letter which was sent in February to the Social Services Director and H3S Director. It has been forwarded to PGA (Public & Government Affairs). Stacie attended the budget meeting and presented the letter on behalf of the DD Council. The County lobbyist is present at legislation and will be forwarding this topic there. John notes he considers it important to let the lobbyist know how many people are on the DD Council and in what role/capacity.

More updates may follow. Please also remember you can always advocate as private citizens as well. You have a voice! Kudos to the DD Council for its efforts and wins on this important topic!

5:15 -

5:40 pm

 

Sara S. still has this letter on her to-do list and would appreciate any input on expediting the letter process. The DD Council is very motivated to get this letter out to the appropriate parties. Sara L. will share a related recorded Zoom presentation to Sara S.

Please keep the following in mind for next meeting:

  • Task team & Reporting headed by Ann W. regarding flyers, presentations, resources, etc.
  • Chris has brought up the Help Me Home program and would be interested in potentially developing that to be used in Clackamas County with the help of the Sherriff’s office. This program is being used by Washington County successfully. John asks whether this program would unintentionally or intentionally target our DD community members by police in any way.
  • This topic is tabled by the DD Council via motion majority votes until next meeting.

5:40 -

5:45 pm

 

  • Kim states this needs clarification in terms of how to explain what PCC is to community members and knowing they can opt out and how. Updates to come.

5:45 – 6 pm

 

  • No open floor comments.
  • Guest McKenzie Roller introduces herself and why she took interest in attending our meeting today. Welcome!
    McKenzie asks if we share resources or collaborate with community centers especially regarding Medicaid. Stacie responds that while Social Services does, the DD program does not yet but would love to become involved.
  • Amy reminds the DD Council that the 3rd Annual Resource Fair will be in June this year. DD Council members are encouraged to get involved!
  • One resource presented today is:

Free Repair Fair Events

If anyone has questions Colleen’s county email is cjohnston@clackamas.us

Next MeetingMeeting adjourned a few minutes early after motions.