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NASMHPD/NADDDS Attorneys Meeting

NASMHPD/NADDDS Attorneys Meeting. November 12, 2013 Monoco Hotel. Olmstead/Community Living. Ongoing Resistance VOR Courts Monitoring the Progress Nursing Homes Children Young Adults. Employment. Expansion of Olmstead (Lane) Employment First Initiatives Congressional Oversight

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NASMHPD/NADDDS Attorneys Meeting

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  1. NASMHPD/NADDDS Attorneys Meeting November 12, 2013 Monoco Hotel

  2. Olmstead/Community Living • Ongoing Resistance • VOR • Courts • Monitoring the Progress • Nursing Homes • Children • Young Adults

  3. Employment • Expansion of Olmstead (Lane) • Employment First Initiatives • Congressional Oversight • Monitoring of Facilities • Untended Consequences

  4. Rhode Island Report • Result of DOJ Interim Settlement Agreement • Used a Series of Questionnaires with Visits to 7 Licensed DD Organizations • Interviewed 114 Individuals with Employment Supports • 49 individuals reported having had prior integrated work experience in community. • 9 of the 114 were currently working in integrated settings • those working in enclave settings typically made above minimum wage; and • 15 individuals reported having some knowledge of or contact with the VR agency.

  5. Guardianship • The Next Big Issue • ABA, ACLU, NDRN, CPR, Federal Agencies, Quality Trust (DC) • Guardianship Laws • Education Pressure • Supported Decision Making

  6. Representative Payees • NDRN and SSA • Current Project

  7. Rep Payee Program Stats 691 Payees Reviewed 597 (86%) Payees referred to SSA • 397 (57%) Payees had at least 1 major problem found • 200 (28%) Payees had at least 1 minor problem found • only 94 (13%) had no problems found 177 Referral made to 3rd Parties • 103 referrals made to the P&As • 74 referrals made to local, State or Federal agencies

  8. Transportation • Civil Rights • Lynchpin to Community Integration • DOT /DOJ collaboration • Amtrak

  9. Amtrak Report

  10. Private Providers • Juvenile Justice • Psychiatric Residential Facilities for Children • Residential (Res Care)

  11. The Iowa Juvenile Home Report Findings • Excessive Use of Restraint and Seclusion (47,000 hours of seclusion in one year) • Unsafe and deteriorating residences • Education issues

  12. Education • Seclusion and Restraint • School to Prison Pipeline • Sheltered Workshops/Guardianship

  13. Children in State Custody

  14. Power of the Network • Amtrak • SSA

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