How do we increase health, safety, independence and well-being of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in our community? Over the next five years, the Living Well grant plans to develop and test approaches to improve home and community-based services for people with developmental disabilities.
How it Works
- A Consortium is created that includes a variety of perspectives including individuals living in diverse settings, families, employment experts, advocates, service providers, teachers, etc. The Consortium drives the project and decides what to focus on and what strategies to use.
- Pilot sites are selected in five communities to implement a set of intervention strategies and awareness building activities. A minimum of 20 individuals with disabilities will receive services.
- A coaching team will provide training and technical assistance on topics such as self-advocacy, supported decision-making, personal futures planning, community-based services and competitive integrated-employment.
- A policy team will implement the policy recommendations from the Consortium and put them into action
Project Goals
Project Goals
- To improve coordination of consortium partners on community capacity building and community monitoring as evidenced by shared goals, resources, and measurement
- To increase the perceived capacity among all five stakeholder groups to self- assess, monitor, report, reduce and/or remediate situations and environments for health, safety and quality of life
- To increase the number of communities, organizations, and systems implementing recommended policies and practices
- To increase the number of communities, organizations, and systems implementing a comprehensive community monitoring system
- To increase the health, safety, independence, and well-being of people with I/DD as measured by CQL’s 21 quality of life indicators measurement tool between baseline and follow-up measures
Collaborators
- Waisman University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
- Disability Rights Wisconsin
- WI Department of Health Services Division of Long-Term Supports and Services
- Managed Care Organizations
- IRIS Consultant Agencies
- Service providers
- Self-advocates
- Families
Other Resources
- Grantor: Administration for Community Living
- Other Recipients:
- The Curators of the University of Missouri on behalf of Missouri-Kansas City
- Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
- The Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education—Alaska
- The Regents of the University of Idaho
Sally.Flaschberger@wisconsin.gov
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