TENTATIVE AGENDA

Select Committee on Developmental Programs

First Interstate Bank (Heritage Room)

222 South Gillette

Gillette, Wyoming

Monday, April 18, 2005

8:00 a.m.                     Call to order

                                    Approval of minutes from November 22, 2004 meeting

                                    Remarks from Chair Harvey – explanation of history and purpose of the Committee

8:15 a.m.                     Preschool Study (status report) -

                                                Dr. Linda Goetze, Early Intervention Research Institute, Utah State

                                                University

9:00 a.m.                     Questionsfor Dr. Goetze, Public Comment 

9:10 a.m.                     Kathleen Orton, Child Development Services of Wyoming (CDS)

9:20 a.m.                     Testimony from the Wyoming Department of Health officials covering the

                                    following topics: comments about the preschool study; adult home and

                                    community based waiver rules; role of Area Resource Specialists (ARS);

                                    overview of waiting lists, emergency cases, and budget levels; discussion of

                                    Advisory Committee to the Developmental Disabilities Division (DDD);

                                    update on other issues, e.g., expansion of DDD fiscal staff.

10:45 a.m.                   BREAK

11:00 a.m.                   Brenda Oswald, Executive Director, Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities – Explanation of community forums and other issues

11:20 a.m.                   Regional Service Providers

11:40 a.m.                   Public testimony

                                    Committee directives

                                    Discussion of next meeting

12:00 noon                  Adjourn