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The Protection and Advocacy office for Oregon

The Protection and Advocacy office for Oregon. Disability Rights Oregon Logo. In the Beginning…. LAWYERS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. DRO is a Non-Profit Law Firm designated as Oregon’s Protection & Advocacy office. (P&A).

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The Protection and Advocacy office for Oregon

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  1. The Protection and Advocacy office for Oregon Disability Rights Oregon Logo

  2. In the Beginning…

  3. LAWYERS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DRO is a Non-Profit Law Firm designated as Oregon’s Protection & Advocacy office. (P&A). Each state and territory has a P&A funded by the Federal Government.

  4. DRO MISSION • To promote and defend • the rights of • individuals with disabilities.

  5. DRO VISION • Disability Rights Oregon has a vision of a society in which persons with disabilities have equality of opportunity, full participation and the ability to exercise meaningful choice.

  6. DRO SERVICES • Advocacy for Oregonians with disabilities who have legal issues related to their disability. • 9 attorneys, 3 intake specialists, 2 advocates, 4 benefits planners, lobbyist and support staff. • Available statewide to more than 600,000 Oregonians with disabilities at no cost to them.

  7. SPECIAL POWERS • Access to records of: • Clients with their consent • Those incapable of providing consent

  8. SPECIAL POWERS • Access to facilities and residents • To investigate complaints or probable cause to believe that abuse, neglect or rights violation occurred • Monitoring

  9. CASES DRO TAKES • Cases are accepted from about 3200 requests per year based upon: • Priority legal issue • Risk of long-term harm • Positive changes for the community • Services to minority, rural and other underserved communities

  10. CASES DRO DOES NOT • No reasonable likelihood of success based on the facts and the law • Lack expertise or resources DRO lacks • No criminal cases • No family law matters

  11. STRATEGIES • Information and Referral • Advice & Self-Help Materials • Individual representation • Investigation of complaints of abuse or neglect • Monitoring of facilities • Legal representation that will enforce or change the law to further program goals • Policy advocacy to further program goals • Training and Outreach

  12. PRIOITIES

  13. STOPPING ABUSE & NEGLECT • Investigating deaths • Seclusion & Restraint • Abuse & Neglect

  14. ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY • Public Places • Housing • Decision making • Voting.

  15. ACCESSING ADEQUATE HEALTCARE • Insurance • Assistive Technology • Discrimination

  16. ACCESS TO COMMUNITY SUPPORTS • Eligibility • Olmstead (Integration)

  17. ACCESS TO FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN • Staying in school. • Seclusion/Restraint • Mainstreaming

  18. SAFETY AND RIGHTS IN INSTITUTIONS • Care & treatment • Safety & Rights • Due Process

  19. SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENCE THROUGH EMPLOYMENT • Job training and supports. • Discrimination

  20. FEDERAL FUNDING • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PAIDD, 1975) • Vocational Rehabilitation (CAP, 1984) • Mental Illness (PAIMI, 1986) • Other disabilities (PAIR, 1993) • Assistive Technology (PAAT, 1994) • Employment (PABSS, 2000) • Benefits Planning (WIPA, 2000) • Brain Injury (PATBI, 2003) • Voting (PAVA, 2003)

  21. TBI PROGRAM • The Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996 (PL 104-166) directs Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund the 57 P&A programs to provide advocacy support to individuals with TBI and their families.    • The first P&A grants were issued in 2003. • DRO receives $50,000 per year.

  22. 2012 INDIVIDUAL CASE TYPES(12 CASES, 65 I&R)

  23. SYSTEMIC GOALS FOR 2013 • Promote a comprehensive, integrated case management program for individuals with TBI • Monitor and participate in the transformation of the Oregon Health Plan to an integrated, outcome based approach to ensure the needs of individuals with TBI will be met. • Monitor rulemaking for health care and services to ensure the rights and needs of individuals with TBI area addressed. • Work to develop a plan, in conjunction with our partners, to address the needs of veterans with TBI.

  24. OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS, CHOICE

  25. Thanks • Bob Joondeph, JD • Executive Director • Disability Rights Oregon • 610 SW Broadway • Portland, OR 97205 • (503) 243-2081 • www.droregon.org

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