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Reporting Instrument
OMB Control Number: 1820-0606 Expiration Date: July 31, 2011
United States Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative ServicesRehabilitation Services Administration
Section 704 annual performance report For Centers for Independent Living Program (Title VII, Chapter 1, Part C of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended)
Part II
INSTRUMENT
Fiscal Year: 2009Grant #: H132A980806-08Name of Center: Southern Indiana Center for Independent Living SICIL State: Indiana Counties Served: Federal Funded; Bartholomew, Brown, Crawford, Jackson, Lawrence (I, Monroe, Orange, Owen, Washington, And State Funded; Clark, Dubois, Floyd, Greene, Harrison, Jennings, Madison, Martin, Morgan, Perry, Ripley, Scott SUBPART I – ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
Section A – Sources and Amounts of Funds and ResourcesSection 725(c) (8) (D) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.50(i) (4) Item 1 - All Federal Funds Received
Item 2 - Other Government Funds
Item 3 - Private Resources
Item 4 - Total Income
Item 5 - Pass Through Funds
Item 6 - Net Operating Resources
SubPart II – Number and Types of Individuals with significant disabilities receiving servicesSection 725(c) (8) (B) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.50(i) (2)
Section A – Number of Consumers Served During the Reporting Year
Section B – Number of CSRs Closed by September 30 of the Reporting Year
Section C – Number of CSRs Active on September 30 of the Reporting Year
Indicate the number of CSRs active on September 30 of the reporting year.
Section D – IL Plans and Waivers
Section E – Age
Section F – Sex
Section G – Race and Ethnicity
This section reflects a new OMB directive. Please refer to the Instructions before completing.
Section H – Disability
Section I – Individuals Served by County during the Reporting YearSection 704(m)(4)(D) of the Act
List each county within the CIL’s service area, as indicated in the CIL’s application for Part C funds and the approved SPIL. Add additional rows as necessary. For each county, indicate how many individuals residing in that county were served by the CIL during the reporting year.
SubPart III – Individual Services and AchievementsSections 13 and 725(c) (8)(C) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.50(i)(3); Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) Performance Measures
Subpart III contains new data requests. Please refer to the Instructions before completing.
Section A – Individual Services
Section B – Increased Independence and Community Integration
Item 1 – Goals Related to Increased Independence in a Significant Life Area
Item 2 – Improved Access to Transportation, Health Care Services, and Assistive Technology
(A) Table
In column one, indicate the number of consumers who required access to previously unavailable transportation, health care services, or assistive technology during the reporting year. Of the consumers listed in column one, indicate in column two, the number of consumers who, as a result of the provision of IL services (including the four core services), achieved access to previously unavailable transportation, health care services, or assistive technology during the reporting year. In column three, list the number of consumers whose access to transportation, health care services or assistive technology is still in progress at the end of the reporting year.
Note: For most IL services, a consumer’s access to previously unavailable transportation, health care and assistive technology is documented through his or her CSR. In some instances, consumers may achieve outcome solely through information and referral (I&R) services. To document these instances as successful outcomes, providers are not required to create CSRs for these consumers, but must be able to report that follow-up contacts with these consumers showed access to previously unavailable transportation, health care and assistive technology.
(B) I&R Information
To inform RSA how many service providers engage in I&R follow-up contacts regarding access to transportation, health care services or assistive technology, please indicate the following:
The service provider did X / did not engage in follow-up contacts with I & R recipients To document access gained to previously unavailable transportation, health care or assistive technology.
Section C – Additional Information Concerning Individual Services or Achievements
Please provide any additional description or explanation concerning individual services or achievements reported in subpart III, including outstanding success stories and/or major obstacles encountered. 1. The center expanded 'In-Home Care' services into 33 Southern Indiana Counties. The center now has In-Home Care offices in Mitchell, New Albany and Versailles which provide services for 204 different individuals. Each In-Home Care consumer is referred to the independent living (IL) program with a follow up visit to each consumer by an IL staff member. In areas serviced by other Independent Living centers, consumers are referred to those centers for IL services. The IL staff reviews the needs of the consumer to see if any IL services are required and then develop a plan for services if needed. The IL staff looks for items that are not in the "Plan of Life" developed by the case manger. The IL staff has provided resources for lawn care services, building of ramps, construction of sidewalks, roof repairs, other home modifications and anything which would province for consumer safety in the home. Thus providing a major savings for the state by keeping consumers out of institutional care. In 2007-08 the center saved tax payers more than $5.5 million dollars with these services.2. Funds developed by the 'In-Home Care' services have made it possible for the center to provide technical assistance and funding for an additional independent living provider located in Versailles which services seven counties with IL services. 3. Working in conjunction with the 'ARC of Indiana' and the Lawrence County courts, the center began a pilot project called the 'Lawrence County Guardianship Services Program'. A center staff member found an eighteen year old individual with a disability and homeless, sleeping under a city bridge. Lack of proper follow-up and transitional services had allowed the consumer to be over sighted by the system. The center was able to procure the consumer living quarters and eventually job placement. The center has several institutional providers seeking services for many of their consumers which would be available through a trained guardianship program. It is expected this program will address and provide solutions to many of these problems. Section 725(b) and section 725(c)(8)(A) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.63
Section A – Compliance Indicator 1: Philosophy
Item 1 - Consumer Control 34 CFR 366.63(a)(1); 34 CFR 366.50(i)(5) and (6)
(A) Board Member Composition
Enter requested governing board information in the table below:
(B) Staff Composition
Enter requested staff information in the table below:
Item 2 - Self-Help and Self-Advocacy 34 CFR 366.63(a) (2)
Briefly describe how the CIL has promoted self-help and self-advocacy among individuals with significant disabilities during the reporting year.
1. The center has provided names of consumers from each county to the Governors Planning Council for their training on Partners In Policy Making. This is an eight month training course for consumers in self-help and self-advocacy. Consumers completing the course, join County Coordinators in each county to promote self-help and self-advocacy. 2. The center has support groups in each county required to provide training to the consumers on several different subjects dealing with disabilities, self-help and self-advocacy is part of that training. 3. The center has volunteers with disabilities involved in providing mailings, folding brochures, and general office duties. Consumers attend rallies at the state house to advocate on legislation effecting individuals with disabilities. 4. The center attends NCIL in Washington DC and sponsors individuals with disabilities to be involved in the march to Capitol Hill and discussing legislation with members of Congress.
Item 3 - Peer Relationships and Peer Role Models 34 CFR 366.63(a) (3)
Briefly describe how, during the reporting year, the CIL has promoted the development of peer relationships and peer role models among individuals with significant disabilities.
The County Coordinators are responsible for maintaining a list of individuals willing to provide peer support. The consumer if requesting peer support is matched to an individual with the same disability or similar to serve as a "peer role model". This, along with support group meetings, is working well in the communities.
Item 4 - Equal Access 34 CFR 366.63(a) (4)
(A) Briefly describe how, during the reporting year, the CIL has ensured equal access of individuals with significant disabilities, including communication and physical access, to the center's services, programs, activities, resources, and facilities, whether publicly or privately funded. Equal access, for the purposes of this indicator, means that the same access is provided to any individual with a significant disability regardless of the individual’s type of significant disability.
The CIL has ensured equal access of individuals with significant disabilities, providing a TTY. Consumers with internet access can use the video relay program for deaf individuals. Services, programs, activities, resources, and facility accommodations, whether public or private are held in accessible environments when available. Equal access is an issue the CIL has spent numerous hours advocating for in the community.
'Travel Training' is provided to individuals in Monroe County in order to be able to travel independently using public transportation systems. The County Outreach Coordinators work with local officials and boards on accessibility in their communities, such as; fairgrounds, parks, and other public sites.
(B) Briefly describe how, during the reporting year, the CIL has advocated for and conducted activities that promote the equal access to all services, programs, activities, resources, and facilities in society, whether public or private, and regardless of funding source, for individuals with significant disabilities. Equal access, for the purposes of this indicator, means that the same access provided to individuals without disabilities is provided in the center’s service area to individuals with significant disabilities.
The Center has worked with County Outreach Coordinators (COC) to survey local county fairgrounds for accessibility. The surveys showed lack of accessible parking, restrooms, grandstands, transportation and exhibit buildings. The outcome at this time is; more accessible parking, accessible bathrooms and grandstands have been completed. COC's are continuing to work with fair boards on additional concerns. The Center has worked with state park officials with accessibility issues from parking to accessibility of drink fountains. One State Park built a ramp to provide better access to the Inn and an accessible bathroom in the park village.
Independent Living Councils were started by the Center in each county to advocate for equal access to all services, programs, activities, resources and facilities in each county. Businesses which have requested the center do surveys on accessibility, are acknowledged in the community as providing equal access.
Wheeling-in the-Fish is held every year for individuals with disabilities at Patoka Lake. This event is sponsored by SICIL, Bass Anglers, and the DNR. The day includes accessible fishing, boating, food, and games. This year 206 individuals attended the event.
Item 5 – Alternative Formats 34 CFR 366.63(a) (4)
Briefly describe how, during the reporting year, the CIL has ensured the availability in alternative formats of all of its written policies and materials and IL services, as appropriate.
Alternative formats of written policies and materials and IL services are available on request.
Section B – Compliance Indicator 2: Provision of Services on a Cross-Disability Basis Section 725(b) (2) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.63(b)
Briefly describe how, during the reporting year, the CIL has ensured that IL services are provided to eligible individuals with a diversity of significant disabilities and individuals who are members of populations that are unserved or underserved, without restrictions based on the particular type or types of significant disability and in a manner that is neither targeted nor limited to a particular type of significant disability.
The CIL serves disabilities of all types, ages, and individuals who are members of the population being unserved or underserved. The CIL neither targets nor limits it services to a particular type or level of significant disability.
Section C – Compliance Indicator 3: Independent Living Goals Section 725(b) (3) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.63 (c)
Item 1 – Consumer Information
Briefly describe how, during the reporting year, the CIL has ensured that consumers have the opportunity to develop and achieve their goals (either with or without an ILP) and that the consumer has the opportunity to express satisfaction with the center and such consumer satisfaction results are evaluated by the center.
The center has ensured consumers have the opportunity to develop and achieve their goals with the help of the COC in their county. All consumers have an IL plan, even if they chose to waive it. The COC is in place to make sure the consumer is staying on track and pointing them in a positive direction. There are times goals need to be reviewed and revised if not being achieved. When the consumer file is closed, a satisfaction survey is sent to the consumer and returned by mail. Returned surveys then go to the Board of Directors for evaluation.
Item 2 – Consumer Service Record Requirements
Briefly describe how, during the reporting year, the CIL ensured that each consumer’s CSR contains all of the required information.
This information is taken off the Intake form and the ILP and entered into the Q90 program. Periodic reports are run to check the status of consumers. The Q90 program is reviewed by the IL Director and Administrative Assistant on monthly bases.
Section D – Compliance Indicator 4: Community Options and Community Capacity Section 725(b)(4) and (6) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.63(d)
This section contains new data requests. Please refer to the Instructions before completing.
Item 1 – Community Activities Table
In the table below, summarize the community activities involving the CIL’s staff and board members during the reporting year. For each activity, identify the primary disability issue(s) addressed as well as the type of activity conducted. Describe the primary objective(s) and outcome(s) for each activity. Add more rows as necessary.
Item 2 – Description of Community Activities
For the community activities mentioned above, provide additional details such as the role of the CIL staff board members and/or consumers, names of any partner organizations and further descriptions of the specific activities, services and benefits.
1. The Center and the Board of Directors sponsor a day of fishing at Patoka Lake. Two of the other sponsors are the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Base Anglers’ Club. 2. The center partners with the 'In Source Program' in providing training for parents of children with disabilities and when attending IEP's at local schools. This provides a basis for the school and special education that the two programs are working jointly together to insure the disabled child is receiving the best possible education. 3. The Governors Planning Council and the center partner every year to provide activities to third graders for Disability Awareness Month. The COC's plan Disability Awareness Programs in each of their counties. Some of the programs include coloring contests, essays, obstacle courses, and short stories. 4. The Disability Councils in each county are continually working on projects which promote community accessibility.
Section E – Compliance Indicator 5: IL Core Services and Other IL ServicesSection 725(b) (5) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.63(e)
In addition to the data provided in Subpart III, describe how information and referral services and the other IL core and other IL services are provided to those who request such services in formats accessible to the individual requesting the services. Describe any innovative practices (not mentioned elsewhere in this report) to enhance the availability and effectiveness of IL services.
The Center has an interpreter on staff to provide for the hearing impaired and one staff member who is deaf. Video relay is used to communicate with deaf individuals. The visually impaired can be assisted by vision impaired staff members. Materials for both these disabilities can be made available via computers.
Section F – Compliance Indicator 6: IL Resource Development Activities Section 725(b) (7); 34 CFR 366.63(f)
Briefly describe the CIL’s resource development activities conducted during the reporting year to expand funding from sources other than chapter 1of title VII of the Act.
1. The Center expanded In-Home Care services by 58%.
2. Started one new project: Adult Guardianship Services Program with state funds. This is an IL services.
3. Reviewed the spending each month in order to save funds and reduce cost.
4. Worked with the DSU to develop funds not in the General Assembly's budget.
SUBPART V – ANNUAL PROGRAM AND FINANCIAL PLANNING OBJECTIVES Section 725(c) (4) of the Act
Section A – Work Plan for the Reporting Year
Item 1 – Achievements
Discuss the work plan’s proposed goals and objectives and the progress made in achieving them during the reporting year.
The work plans proposed goals and objectives all centered on the four core services. 1. Information/Referral; anyone involved in the center as a consumer started as an I/R. 2. Advocacy - The center advocates for the consumer and systems change. Maintaining a working relationship with the state house and representatives is very important for individual and systems change. 3. IL Skills Training - provided through In-Home Services and other providers. 4. Peer Support - accomplished through support groups and individuals with similar disabilities.
The work plan is very adaptable in all 6 counties.
Item 2 – Challenges
Describe any substantial challenges or problems encountered by the CIL, and the resolutions/attempted resolutions.
1. With unemployment at an all time high, there are more consumers looking for jobs with health care. The high rate of unemployment makes finding jobs for persons with disabilities difficult. The Center has become more active as an Employer Network (EN) and the Ticket-to-Work Program. The Center has hired several consumers for the In-Home Care project; however the Center still can't afford to purchase health care insurance for the staff. There are several reasons for this, the major factor being persons with disabilities are hard to insure at an affordable rate combined with the continual increase in cost which goes up each year by more than 10%.
2. The growth of the Center into seven more counties with IL services and expansion of In-Home Care services into 33 counties has become a challenge for staff to keep open lines of communications and provide support of the required assistance needed to maintain a consumers’ needs come first focus. The Center has been required to develop more training for the Board of Directors and the staff in order to keep up with the expansion of services.
Item 3 – Comparison with Prior Reporting Year34 CFR 366.50(i) (7)
As appropriate, compare the CIL’s activities in the reporting year with its activities in prior years, e.g., recent trends.
Due to limited funding in the first six months of the reporting year the Center was forced to operate primarily in a reaction mode to problems which rose. With fewer staff and limited resources to meet the goals in the Center's Plan. After the Center obtained additional state funds, they were able to be more pro-active, addressing new problems and providing more services to the community and consumers.
The expanding of Home Care into 33 counties assisted the Center to serve more consumers in under severed areas.
Section B – Work Plan for the Year Following the Reporting Year
Item 1 – Annual Work Plan
List the CIL’s annual work plan goals, objectives and action steps planned for the year following the reporting year.
Section B “Work Plan for the Year Following the Reporting Year
Item 1 “Annual Work Plan (October 1, 2009 September 30, 20109)
(A) Advocacy Efforts
(1) Community actions, rallies, rights testing, and related activities.
Goal 1: The Center will promote independence of persons with significant disabilities by promoting Self-help and Self-advocacy skills in all interactions with consumers through including consumer participation in advocacy efforts. (Section 725 (b) of the Act: 34 CRF 366.63 (a) (2) (Standard 1 and Indicator 2).
Activity 1: To maintain an active role with consumers in the National Council for Independent Living (NCIL).
Activity 2: Develop with consumers and staff a working relationship with elected members of the US Congress and the Indiana General Assembly.
Activity 3: Continue working with the Indiana State ADA Steering Committee for implementation of ADA in Indiana.
Activity 4: Provide all written policies and materials and IL services in alternative formats upon request (34 CFR 366.63 (a) (5) (Standard 1 and Indicator 1).
Objective 1.1: Develop an independent living council in each of the eight counties consisting of consumers with different types of significant disabilities, parents of consumers, local elected officials, community leaders, and others who have a vested interest and would advocate for individuals with significant disabilities.
Activity 1: Maintain a resource manual for each county that can be used by staff and consumers. This manual will require monthly up-dated information by the COC.
Activity 2: Work with resource providers and elected officials to help them understand the independent living philosophy and the mission of SICIL.
Objective 1.2: Shall provide IL services to individuals with a range of significant disabilities. (Section 725 of the ACT, 34 CFR 366.63 (b) (1) (2) (Standard 2 and Indicator 2).
Activity 1: Maintain a list of consumers that could provide peer support in each county. This will be developed and maintained by the COC.
Activity 2: Develop support groups in each counties to provide advocacy, peer support, skills training and information/referrals; the IL core services.
Activity 3: Develop peer relationship and peer role models with equal access to all services, programs, activities, resources, and facilities, whether publicly or privately funded, without regard to the type of significant disability of the individual (Section 725 (b) of the ACT, 34 CRF 366.63 (a) (3) (4) (Standard 1 and Indicator 1).
(2) Technical assistance and related activities:
Objective 1.3: Provide technical assistance to the community on making services, programs, activities, resources, and facilities in society accessible to individuals with significant disabilities (Section 725 (b) of the ACT, 34 CFR 366.63 (d) (Indicator 4 and Standard 5).
Activity 1: Each COC will provide technical assistance training programs to three community based organizations or agencies that assist persons with disabilities.
Activity 2: Each COC will provide one technical assistance training program on ADA (Title I) to the businesses and employers with the purpose of improving job accommodation and access to job placement.
Activity 3: The COC will provide eight technical assistance programs for parents of children who have significant disabilities to increase inclusion opportunities for young children with significant disabilities.
(3) Collaboration, including communication, coordination, and cooperation with other agencies and groups
Objective 1.4: Collaboration with service providers, other agencies, and organizations that could assist in improving the options available for individuals with significant disabilities in providing services, programs, activities, resources, and facilities in the center services area (Section 725) of the ACT, 34 CFR 366.63 (d) (5) (Indicator 5 and Standard 6).
Activity 1: Each COC will work with elected members of the Indiana General Assembly to introduce and support bills that will provide greater independence and access for persons with disabilities.
Activity 2: Maintain an active participation with state organization, local boards/councils.
Activity 3: Maintain regular meetings between Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) regional staff and the center in order to refer consumers to counselors and have consumers referred to the center from VR.
(4) Education campaigns
Activity 1: Each COC will work with providers in each county to identify children at a young age which have special needs for education. The COC will work with parents of consumers and consumers, with training and providing peer support to insure that each child receives those services needed for an education.
Activity 2: Each COC will assist in the development of the student IEP upon request.
Activity 3: Each COC will attend school board meetings to advocate for the needs of students with disabilities and system change.
Activity: Each COC will refer all students with disabilities to the VR counselor in their county and follow up with a meeting of the student and the counselor.
(5) Legal Action
Activity 1: The center will review all complaints from consumers, staff or others that deal with issues about disabilities. The center staff will judge each complaint to see what action is needed to address the problem.
Activity 2: The center will attempt to bring all parties together in order to use negotiation and arbitration to address the problem. If no solution can be found, the center will encourage the person that filed the complaint to take legal action. The center will assist with the required paper work and other resources to insure the consumer receives the best services before going into court. The COC will provide a follow up report at each stage of the legal action to the center staff.
(B) Outreach Efforts
Goal 2: Aggressive outreach to members of populations of individuals with significant disabilities that are un-served or underserved by programs under Title VII of the ACT (Section 725) of the ACT: 34 CFR 366.63 (d) (4).
Activity 1: The Center will hire and train COC, one for each county to identify consumers with significant disabilities, including minorities, who are un-served or under-served. (Standard 6 and Indicator 4)
Activity 2: Each COC will work with consumers in their support groups and the independent living council in each county to identify new consumers and their needs.
Activity 3: Will provide homemaker activities that are essential to the consumer home care needs to prevent or postpone institutionalization. The Center will assist the older adult or person with disabilities to remain in a clean, safe, healthy home environment.
Activity 4: Each COC will develop an IL Plan for each consumer in the Home Care Program.
(C) Community and Individual IL services
Goal 3: The Center will promote the increase availability and improve quality of community-based programs that serve individuals with significant disabilities and promote the removal of any existing architectural, attitudinal, communication, environmental or other type of barrier that prevents the full integration of these individuals into society, Section 725 (b) of the Act; 34 CFR 366.63 (d) (Standard 4 and Indicator 4).
Objective 3.1: The Center will provide the four core independent living services to eligible consumers who have a significant disability (Section 725) of the ACT, 34 CFR 366.63)(Standard 2 and Indicator 2) .
Activity 1: The Center will maintain Consumer Record Service (CSR) for each consumer and assist all consumers to facilitate and develop an IL goals selected by the individual.
Activity 2: Each consumer will be notified of their right to develop or waive the development of an IL plan. Each IL plan will be reviewed by the COC and the active consumer each month, 34 CFR 366.63 (c).
Objective 3.2: The Center will provide other independent living services to eligible consumers that have a significant disability (Standard 5).
Activity 1: The Center will maintain a list of accessible housing in each county served by the center.
Activity 2: The Center will maintain a list of transportation providers in each county and coordinate services for consumers with significant disabilities.
Activity 3: The Center will evaluate each recreation facility in each county for accessibility and maintain a list of those that are accessible and to what degree they are accessible.
(D) Individual Served by County
Goal 4: The Center will provide IL service for consumers in eight counties, six with federal funds and two with state funds in Southern Indiana.
Activity 1: The Center will use the report of A Formula Funding Allocation for Indiana Centers for Independent Living developed by the Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University Kelley School of Business May, 2009.
Activity 2: The total estimated number of consumers that could be served by the Center in the service area with the four core services is:
Activity 3: The number of estimated consumers that could be served with the four core services in each county: Bartholomew: 4,256, Brown: 4,876, Crawford: 1,058, Jackson: 3,495, Lawrence: 3,466, Monroe: 4,649, Orange: 1,640, Washington: 2,054, for a total of 25,494 consumers. These numbers are provided by the Indiana Council on Independent Living (ICOIL) developed by the Kelly School of Business of Indiana University.
Activity 4: The anticipated number of consumers that will be served with the four core services in each county. The Center will develop or have developed a Consumer Service Record (CSR) for this number of consumers: Bartholomew: 42, Brown: 48, Crawford: 10, Jackson: 34, Lawrence: 34, Monroe: 46, Orange: 16, Washington: 20, for a total of: 250 consumers with CSR.
(E) Consumer satisfaction appraisal
Goal 5: The Center will provide opportunities for consumers to express their satisfaction with the center services and policies in facilitating their achievement of IL goals and provide any results to the Board of Directors and the appropriate SILC. (Section 725 (b) of the Act); 34 CFR 366.63 (c) (Indicator 3).
Activity 1: Each consumer will be provided with an appeals/complaint procedure form at the time the independent living certification is signed and a satisfaction request 60 days after completing goals.
Activity 2: The Center will place an evaluation in the center newsletter to be completed by the consumers or others on an anonymous basis. To be completed each January.
Activity 3: Within 60 days after a consumer reaches their IL goals they will be provided a survey from the COC to anonymously express satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the effectiveness of the Center services and policies in facilitating the consumers IL goals. This will be mailed to center office.
Activity 4: The Center will summarize the consumer evaluation forms and report to the Board of Directors in March with recommendations for the reallocation of resources, development of new resources, and correction of consumer identified deficiencies as needed.
(G) Resource Development Plan
Goal 6: The Center will conduct resource development activities to obtain funding from sources other than Chapter 1 of Title VII of the ACT. 34 CFR 366.66 (f) (Standard 7 and Indicator 5).
Objective 6.1: To increase the current funding from organizations, consumers, members and the general public for FY 10. (Sec 704 (m) (3) of the ACT, 34 CFR 364.35).
Activity 1: The Center staff and members of the board will review current spending to evaluate their spending practices and adjust resources to get more services for the money.
Activity 3: The Center will develop two new resources for the Center to provide a greater amount of services to an increased number of consumers.
Activity 4: The Center will expand the In-Home Care services to other parts of the state in order to serve more consumers.
(H) Training Plan
Goal 7: The Center will conduct the required training to meet the mission for the center (Section 725 (c) of the ACT; 34 CFR 366. 50).
Objective 7.1: Provide training for the board of directors and Center staff.
Activity 1: Conduct training to all new employees and board members within thirty days of joining the Center IL on the philosophy, ADA, the REHAB ACT, IDEA, the Center working plan, personal power and moving people out of nursing home facilities.
Activity 2: The Center will conduct two retreats during the year for BOD members.
Activity 3: The Center will conduct monthly training meetings for the directors of each program.
Activity 4: The Center will conduct monthly training meetings for the IL staff.
Item 2 – SPIL Consistency
Explain how these work plan goals, objectives and action steps are consistent with the approved SPIL. 1. The Center's Independent Living Plan will address the 13 independent living services set forth in the Three Year State Plan (2008-2010). 2. The Center will work with the state council for full implementation of the Three year State Plan. 3. The Center will have staff members work on committees of the state council to better understand the SPIL. 4. The Center will use the SPIL to develop the next year's plan for the Center.
SUBPART VI - TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NEEDS Section 721(b) (3) of the Act.
SUBPART VII – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Section 704(m) (4)(D) of the Act
Section A – Other Accomplishments, Activities and Challenges
Describe any additional significant accomplishments, activities and/or challenges not included elsewhere in the report, e.g., brief summaries of innovative practices, improved service delivery to consumers, etc.
Most of the significant accomplishments have been addressed in the report.
Section B – Additional Information
Provide additional information, comments, explanations or suggestions not included elsewhere in the report.
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