County gains $31,000 in disabilities budget

The state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities has added $31,000 to the county developmental services department’s $490,000 budget to pay for the addition of eight new clients which moved to Whitman County recently.

Department Director Tim Myers said part of the funding amendment goes to pay for three new clients that came on during the last months of the funding year for 2009 to 2010. The other portion of the funds pays for five clients who moved to the county during the department’s 2010-11 budget year.

The county’s developmental services office provides service to about 60 clients, all over the age of 21, who qualify for the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities funding. Myers said clients receive help for job training along with other services.