Washington provider enrollment
What Washington requires before you can deliver home and community-based waiver services, in the order the state actually requires it. Every claim links to the official page it came from.
Provider rules change often — confirm fees and deadlines against the linked sources before you rely on them.
Washington asks you to read before you apply, and names exactly what. DDA's own guidance for potential supported living providers lists fourteen DDA policies to review — 4.02, 5.01, 5.08, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 6.02, 6.04, 6.07, 6.09, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14 and 6.19 — plus three more (15.03, 15.04, 15.05) if you intend to provide community protection services. On top of that you need familiarity with the supported living rules at chapters 388-101 and 388-101D WAC, and your staff are governed by chapter 388-829 WAC, which sets the minimum training including CPR, first aid, mandatory reporting, and training specific to each person's needs. You may deliver that training yourself or buy it from another supported living provider. Only after that reading does the mechanical part begin: apply for a business license, complete an application, and mail the complete packet to the Business Analysis and Application Unit. Request the application itself by email — DDA does not publish it as a download.
Certifies and contracts community residential service providers. Request the Certified Community Residential Service and Support initial application and instructions at ccrssapplicationsrequest@dshs.wa.gov.
Visit siteReceives the completed application packet. Mail: ALTSA BAAU, PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600; overnight: 4450 10th Ave SE (Blake West), Lacey, WA 98503.
Visit siteThe program contact for supported living questions.
360-764-9909Visit siteDDA directs potential supported living providers to review policies 4.02, 5.01, 5.08, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 6.02, 6.04, 6.07, 6.09, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14, and 6.19 — plus 15.03, 15.04, and 15.05 to provide community protection services.
SourceSupported living certification is governed by chapters 388-101 and 388-101D WAC, and supported living staff must follow chapter 388-829 WAC.
SourceDDA's step list begins with applying for a business license, then completing the application, then mailing the complete packet to BAAU.
SourceThe Certified Community Residential Service and Support initial application and instructions are requested by emailing ccrssapplicationsrequest@dshs.wa.gov.
SourceRead the DDA policies and the governing WACs, apply for a business license, request and complete the CCRSS initial application, and mail the complete packet to the Business Analysis and Application Unit.
Fourteen policies for supported living, and three more for community protection services. DDA presents this as the way to decide whether the work is right for you, not merely as background reading.
SourceThe first two govern supported living certification; the third governs your staff, including minimum training requirements.
SourceThe first of DDA's three mechanical steps once you have decided to pursue a supported living contract.
SourceEmail ccrssapplicationsrequest@dshs.wa.gov for the initial application and instructions.
SourceALTSA BAAU, PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600 by US mail, or 4450 10th Ave SE (Blake West), Lacey, WA 98503 for FedEx.
SourceSupported living offers instruction and support to people living in their own homes, in integrated settings, with support ranging from a few hours a month up to 24 hours a day. DDA contracts with private agencies and with State-Operated Living Alternatives to deliver it.
SourceA DDA case resource manager completes the Support Intensity Scale within the DDA Assessment, generating a residential support level from 1 to 6 that is described in the Person-Centered Service Plan.
SourceProviders intending to deliver community protection services must also review DDA policies 15.03, 15.04, and 15.05.
SourceMinimum training includes CPR, first aid, mandatory reporting, and training related to each person's individual needs. Providers may deliver this training themselves or purchase it from another supported living provider.
SourceStaff providing delegated nursing services must complete Nurse Delegation for Nursing Assistants and be a Nursing Assistant Registered, Nursing Assistant Certified, or Home Care Aide-Certified.
SourceFourteen policies, three WAC chapters, and a staff training program you either build or buy — all before an application exists. Washington treats that reading as the decision point.
SourceSupported living providers write person-centered plans for staff — individual instruction and support plans, individual financial plans, positive behavior support plans, and emergency and cross-systems crisis plans — reflecting the Person-Centered Service Plan the DDA case manager develops.
SourceResidential provider resources are maintained separately from the potential-provider materials and are what you will operate from once contracted.
SourceWashington does not publish these in a form we could verify, so we have not guessed at them. Ask directly — and if an answer here would help other providers, tell us and we will add it with its source.
Ask: DDA Community Residential Services, 360-764-9909
Ask: DDA Community Residential Services, 360-764-9909
Ask: DDA Community Residential Services, 360-764-9909
Ask: Washington Health Care Authority provider enrollment
DDA's own orientation document: the policies to read, the WACs, the application steps, and the mailing addresses.
Visit siteWhere to request the CCRSS initial application, and the materials current residential providers work from.
360-764-9909Visit siteDDA's provider hub.
Visit siteYou do not. Email ccrssapplicationsrequest@dshs.wa.gov to request the Certified Community Residential Service and Support initial application and instructions.
DDA names fourteen of its policies — 4.02, 5.01, 5.08, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 6.02, 6.04, 6.07, 6.09, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14 and 6.19 — plus 15.03, 15.04 and 15.05 for community protection services, and chapters 388-101, 388-101D, and 388-829 WAC.
Not necessarily. Chapter 388-829 WAC sets the minimum training — CPR, first aid, mandatory reporting, and training for each person's individual needs — and providers may deliver it themselves or purchase it from another supported living provider.
By the state, not by you. A DDA case resource manager completes the Support Intensity Scale within the DDA Assessment, producing a residential support level from 1 to 6 that is reflected in the Person-Centered Service Plan.
To the Management Services Division's Business Analysis and Application Unit — ALTSA BAAU, PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600, or 4450 10th Ave SE (Blake West), Lacey, WA 98503 for FedEx.
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