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Lifetime Connections

Lifetime Connections. Eboni Blake Lifetime Connections Coordinator . First In Families of NC. Statewide nonprofit organization Started by parents in 1996 Array of family support services and programs. FIFNC Programs . 13 Local Chapters Lifeline Project Time Banks

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Lifetime Connections

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  1. Lifetime Connections Eboni Blake Lifetime Connections Coordinator

  2. First In Families of NC • Statewide nonprofit organization • Started by parents in 1996 • Array of family support services and programs

  3. FIFNC Programs • 13 Local Chapters • Lifeline Project • Time Banks • Lifetime Connections • Future Planning

  4. Values and Philosophy • Formal services & supports do not keep people happy or safe • Customer leadership • Capacity and contribution • Rich community • Relationships

  5. Lifetime Connections • A membership based program of FIFNC since 2005 • People with any disability

  6. What will happen when I die?

  7. What is a good life?

  8. Lifetime Connections helps to answer these questions • Lifetime commitment • Family/Individual support • Future Planning Support • Personal Networks

  9. Future Planning Support

  10. Future Planning with Lifetime Connections • Helps Families put in place legal and informal documents and natural supports towards creating a secure and good life for their loved one • Home • Employment • Relationships • Making contributions • Ensuring choice • *Wills/Estates planning • Maintain Database of Professionals

  11. Future Planning with Lifetime Connections • Workshops with Professionals • One on One Consultation with LC Coordinator • Network Meetings • LC Socials • Lifetime Members resourcing with each other

  12. Future Planning Workshops • Wills and Estates • Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship • Special Needs Trusts • Supported Decision Making • 7 Steps to Peace of Mind • Letter of Intent • Lifetime Connections Socials • Other Topics from LC Members

  13. Personal Support Networks

  14. What is a Personal Support Network? Group of committed persons who: • Share interests with Focus Person • Desire to develop closer relationship • Help to realize dreams and achieve goals • Connect focus person to their community

  15. Who are the Network Members

  16. What does the Network Do? • Creates a bridge to the community • Provides a source of support, advocacy, and companionship, and practical help • Provides relief for family • Secure relationships are built outside the family • Responsibilities are shared among a larger group of people • Family members feel renewed hope and energy • Develop independent relationships for loved one • Increased Social Health • Increased Confidence in themselves • Greater involvement in their community • Goals are set and achieved

  17. Who can have a Personal Network? • What age? • What disability? • When to start?

  18. How does a Personal Network provide lifetime support? • The network meets on a regular basis and brainstorms creative ideas • Members of the network volunteer to carry out those ideas • A facilitator keeps the network going • The network is flexible and responsive throughout the life of the person • Achieves Short and Long Term Goals

  19. Building the Network

  20. Building the Network

  21. Building the Network: Mapping out the Network

  22. Building Network: Mapping out the Network • Facilitator spends time with Focus Person • Builds trust with Focus Person and Family • Establishes rapport with focus person • Facilitator Maps Out: • Focus Person’s Goals/Interests • Current Relationships • Family/Friends • Acquaintances • Past Relationships

  23. Network Meetings • Social activities • Gives Network Members chance to socialize with Focus Person and other Network Members • Engaging makes it more than work • In/formal Meeting Session • Brainstorm Goals/Ideas • Updates on progress • Contributions by Network Members • Set next Network Meeting

  24. Building the Network:Maturing for the Long Haul

  25. Lifetime Commitment :Backing up the Network

  26. What A Network Looks Like If… • Person has lots of different relationships and active in community • Q. What can the Network Do? • Strengthens Past/Existing Relationships with Focus Person • Connects the different persons together to build a network of support • Persons can find new ways to contribute

  27. Relatives Neighbors Community Activities

  28. Goals Community Interests

  29. What A Network Looks Like if… • Person has few relationships and not active in community • Q. What can the Network Do? • Helps Rebuild Past/Existing Relationships with Focus Person • Connects person to community through interests/goals • Builds new relationships

  30. School

  31. Neighbors Relatives Community Activities Friends Peers

  32. Goals Community Interests

  33. Lifetime Connections • Eboni Blake, Lifetime Connections Coordinator • 919-251-8368 • eblake@fifnc.org • First In Families of NC • Betsy MacMichael, State Direct • betsym@fifnc.org www.fifnc.org

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