North Dakota: US Labor Department Conducting Wage Survey in ND (2017)
“The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting a statewide survey of wages paid to workers on heavy construction projects in North Dakota to establish prevailing wage rates required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA).
The agency is seeking data from employers and interested parties on wages paid to workers on all active heavy construction projects in North Dakota from June 1, 2016, through May 31, 2017. The survey is not limited to federal or federally funded construction projects.”
North Dakota Advancing Students Toward Education and Employment Program (ASTEP)
“ASTEP is an inclusive college program for students with intellectual and developmental (I/DD) disabilities. Located at Minot State University since 2010, ASTEP partners with MSU and Dakota College at Bottineau to provide the first program in North Dakota to support young adults with I/DD to attend college. Twenty students attended annually from all over the state as well as from neighboring states…
Who We Are
In an inclusive and supportive environment, ASTEP students attend college courses with students who don’t have disabilities, earn meaningful credentials, gain employment and learn independent living and social skills. ASTEP’s goal is to make the dream of college a reality for students with I/DD and create quality futures for these individuals to live and work in their communities.”
North Dakota DHHS Developmental Disabilities Provider Manual (2018, revised 2025)
“This manual functions as a primary reference document for DD licensed providers delivering services covered by North Dakota’s Department of Health and Human Services’ (“Department”) Developmental Disabilities Section (“DD Section”). The DD Section provides support and training to individuals and families in order to maximize community and family inclusion, independence, and self-sufficiency. The DD Section contracts with private, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations to provide an array of residential services, day services, and family support services.”
North Dakota Association of Community Providers (NDACP)
“Our Mission Statement:
Through collective and collaborative means, enhance, improve and advocate for positive change in the service delivery system for people with disabilities.
What is NDACP?
The North Dakota Association of Community Providers is a state-wide association whose membership provides a wide range of services for people with disabilities – Developmental, Intellectual, Mental Health, and Physical.”
North Dakota Developmental Disabilities Policy Manual
“The purpose of this manual is to establish policies and procedures for implementing the provisions of Federal and State Regulating Authority for Developmental Disabilities Services in the State of North Dakota.
Developmental Disabilities provides support and training to individuals and families in order to maximize community and family inclusion, independence, and self-sufficiency; to prevent institutionalization; and to enable institutionalized individuals to return to the community. To achieve this goal, Developmental Disabilities contracts with private, nonprofit and for-profit organizations to provide an array of residential services, day services, and family support services.“
“Waivers are agreements between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and a state’s Medicaid agency and serve specific groups of people.
Waivers specify:
• Number of participants to be served
• Eligibility criteria
• Available services, including any limits on services
• Procedures for the evaluation and re-evaluation of level of care
Waivers give eligible people options if their needs can be met in their homes, and if providing services in a home and community setting is cost neutral compared to institutional services.”
“Final approval is granted due to the state completing the following activities:
Conducted a comprehensive site-specific assessment and validation of all settings serving individuals receiving Medicaid-funded HCBS, and included in the STP the outcomes of these activities and proposed remediation strategies to rectify any issues uncovered through the site specific assessment and validation processes by the end of the transition period.
Outlined a detailed plan for identifying settings that are presumed to have institutional characteristics, including qualities that isolate HCBS beneficiaries, as well as the proposed process for evaluating these settings and preparing for submission to CMS for review under heightened scrutiny;
Developed a process for communicating with beneficiaries who are currently receiving services in settings that the state has determined cannot or will not come into compliance with the home and community-based settings criteria by March 17 ,2022; and
Established ongoing monitoring and quality assurance processes that will ensure all settings providing HCBS continue to remain fully compliant with the rule in the future.”
North Dakota DDHS Process to Obtain DDPM and DD Services (2023)
“In order to be eligible for supports and services from the ND Department of Human Services Developmental Disabilities Division (DD Division) a person must:
Be a resident of ND and meet Medicaid U.S. citizenship and alienage
Be eligible for ND Medicaid (Determined by the local County Social Service office)
Meet the criteria defined in law per North Dakota Administrative Code (NDAC) 75-04-06 https://www.legis.nd.gov/information/acdata/pdf/75-04-06.pdf
Meet the Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disability (ICF/IID) level of care.”
North Dakota HB 1406: an income tax credit for the employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness… (2019)
“AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax credit for the employment of individuals with developmental disability or severe mental illness; to amend and reenact section 57-38-01.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax credit for the employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness; and to provide an effective date.”
