HOUSE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Department of Disabilities and Special Needs

• Full and Subcommittee Reports
Subcommittee Study
Full Committee Study


• Oversight Reports and Studies
Restructuring and Seven-Year Plan Report
State Inspector General Review of Allegation of Improper Application and Accounting of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) by Service Providers under contract with the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN)
State Inspector General Review of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Allegations Involving SC Mentor, a Private Provider for the South Carolina Department of Disabilties and Special Needs (DDSN)
2016 Annual Restructuring Report
2017 - ARR Guidelines (June 20, 2016)
Completion of the 2015-16 Accountability Report, by the deadline stated in the report, fulfills the requirement to complete a Restructuring Report this year for the House Legislative Oversight Committee. The House Legislative Oversight Committee has worked with the South Carolina Department of Administration to integrate and combine many aspects of the Annual Restructuring Report into the Annual Accountability Report.
2015-16 Agency Accountability Report
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report.
2016-17 Agency Accountability Report
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report. Since that time the Agency Accountability Report also satisfies the agency’s requirement for an Annual Restructuring Report.
2017-18 Agency Accountability Report
2018-19 Agency Accountability Report
2019-20 Agency Accountability Report
2020-21 Agency Accountability Report
2021-22 Agency Accountability Report
2022-23 Agency Accountability Report
Program Evaluation Report Extension Request (March 17, 2017)
Program Evaluation Report (May 1, 2017)
Revised Organizational Units (September 19, 2017)
Agency Legislative Recommendations (October 8, 2017)
Annual Requests for Information (RFI)
2019 Completed RFI (October 2, 2019)
2020 Completed RFI (November 8, 2020)
• Public Survey & Public Input via LOC webpage
Press Release announcing Public Survey (February 9, 2017)
Results from the 2017 Survey of the Department of Disabilties and Special Needs; State Election Commission; Human Affairs Commission; and John de la Howe School (February 9, 2017 - March 13, 2017)
Public Input about DDSN received via Committee webpage (March 2, 2017)
Public Input about DDSN received via Committee webpage (March 3, 2017)
Public Input about DDSN received via Committee webpage (April 15, 2017)
Public Input about DDSN received via Committee webpage (April 29, 2018)
• Correspondence
Letter from Oversight Committee to the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (January 17, 2017)
The Oversight Committee notifies the agency it has been selected for study.
Statewide Media Release Inviting the Public to Provide Testimony About Six Agencies Under Study (February 16, 2017)
Letter from Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee to the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (October 2, 2017)
This letter contains questions asked during, and immediately after, the September 18, 2017 Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting. It includes questions about local board governance, DDSN organizational structure, services, finances, turnover rates, and provider oversight.

Letter from Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee to the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (October 20, 2017)
This letter contains questions asked during, and immediately after, the October 10, 2017 Healthcare and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting. It includes questions about local board governance, DDSN organizational structure, finances, and post-secondary transition.
Letter from Oversight Committee to House Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee (December 13, 2018)
While the House Legislative Oversight Committee approved its study of the agency on November 2, 2018, the study include a recommendation that the full committee “formally communicate to the House Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee that the Commission on Disabilities and Special Needs has reviewed some regulations and determined they should be amended.
Letter from Oversight Committee to the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (April 24, 2019)
When the House Legislative Oversight Committee approved its study of the agency on November 2, 2018, the Committee recommended the DDSN State Director provide a progress report on changes implemented as the result of the Oversight process and the agency’s internal improvement process.
Letter from the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs to the Oversight Committee (May 16, 2017)
This letter is in response to the Committee’s November 2, 2018, recommendation that the DDSN State Director provide a progress report on changes implemented as the result of the Oversight process and the agency’s internal improvement process.
Structure/Employees

• State Human Resources Data
The documents below are provided by the Division of State Human Resources based on information the agency inputs into the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS). The aggregated data about agency employees includes, but is not limited to, (1) Number of authorized, filled and vacant positions; (2) Education level; (3) Race by Generation; (4) Gender by Generation; (5) Number of full time equivalent employees by funding source; (6) Number of Service and TERI employees at the agency; (7) Number of employees eligible to retire in five years; (8) Number of Trial and Probationary employees by generation; (9) Average salary by payband; (10) Number of certified public manager graduates at the agency; etc.

State HR Dashboard - DDSN (September 6, 2017)
• Organization Charts
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2015-2016
2017-2018
• Other Information about Structure/Employees

Mission, Goals & Strategic Plan

Finances & Performance

Other Materials