What is Self-determination? · !The amount of money the regional center gives ... Frank D. Lanterman 74 San Gabriel/Pomona 102 ... Inland 244 Valley Mountain 95 Kern* 103 Westside

1/17/18%

1%

Information Meeting to Apply for California’s Self-Determination Program

Painting by Sydney Edmond Poet and artist with autism San Diego

A plain-language presentation created by the

Self-Determination Local Advisory Committee of

What is Self-determination?

! IT’S ABOUT CHOICE!

! You can CHOOSE to be in the Self-Determination Program.

! You can get LOTS of help!

What is Self-determination?

1/17/18%

2%

Families and self-advocates fought for the new law

Governor Brown signs Self-Determination Law October 9, 2013

How Does Self-Determination Work?

Person-Centered Planning

Independent Facilitator

Making Your Plan Work

Individual Budget

IPP Meeting Financial

Management Services

1/17/18%

3%


PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING



INDEPENDENT FACILITATOR

1/17/18%

4%

How can the Independent Facilitator help you?

!  Leads your person-centered planning process.

!  Finds people and providers to support you.

! Helps you develop your individual budget.

! Helps you at your IPP.

! Helps you manage your workers.

!  You can choose to hire an Independent Facilitator to help you with self-determination.

!  Paid for by your individual budget.

! Cannot be providing you other services.

!  You can choose to use your Service Coordinator as your Independent Facilitator.




MAKING YOUR PLAN

WORK

1/17/18%

5%

How do you make your plan work?

!  Find people and groups in the community.

!  They don’t need to work with your regional center.

!  Some things may not cost money.

! Hire people to help you. If you don’t like them, hire someone else!

!  Join a class or program. If you don’t like it, join something else!

Different things children can do with Self-Determination

Different things adults can do with Self-Determination

1/17/18%

6%





INDIVIDUAL BUDGET

! The amount of money the regional center gives you for your plan.

! The amount is the same as what the regional center actually spent on you over the last 12 months.

1/17/18%

7%

How can I change my budget?

CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES

!  Show that your life has changed so you need more money to meet your goals. Changes like: !  Leaving school

!  Losing a job

!  Getting very sick

!  Moving into your own place

UNMET NEEDS

!  Show that your needs were not being met in the regular regional center system.





Individual Budget IPP MEETING

What happens at your IPP meeting with Self-Determination?

!  Bring your Person-Centered Plan and your Individual Budget.

!  If you need more money in your budget, you need to show why. Your Independent Facilitator can help.

!  Regional center will support you to be as healthy and safe as possible, but YOU get to choose who helps you and how you live your life!

1/17/18%

8%





Individual Budget

IPP Meeting FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Financial Management Service (FMS)

!  Gets money from the regional center to pay for your workers and services.

!  Tells you how much you have spent every month.

!  Makes sure you don’t spend more than you have in your budget.

!  Checks backgrounds and qualifications of your workers.

!  Pays taxes for your workers.

Important Things to Know About Self- Determination

1/17/18%

9%


New Rules: Services Must Be in the Community

The new rules say people with disabilities should be part of their communities and not be separated.

Community means spending most of the time you are getting services around non-disabled people who are not paid to be with you.

By March 2022 for everyone.

Right away for self-determination.


New Rules: Services Must Be in the Community

Now In the Community

Home with many others Apartment with choice of roommate

Set meals and meal times Eat what you want, when you want

Sheltered workshop Job with same pay

Group day program You choose where you go

Separate camp Typical camp with help

Big Difference Regular Regional Center Services

Self-Determination

1/17/18%

10%

Major differences between traditional and self-determination programs:

Who decides what services and who provides them? Traditional: Self-Determination: Regional Center & IPP Team Consumers and/or their families

Who pays the bills? Traditional: Self-Determination: Regional Center Financial Management Service

Responsibilities of consumers and families: Traditional: Self-Determination: Participate in IPPs Trainings, planning, work with

FMS, supervise staff/agencies Who can help me? Traditional: Self-Determination: Service Coordinator S.C., Independent

Facilitator, FMS, Local Advisory Comm.

Major differences between traditional and self-determination program

Do service providers need to be vendored (authorized) by the regional center? Traditional: Self-Determination: Yes No, except for the FMS

Who monitors the quality of service providers? Traditional: Self-Determination: Regional Center Consumers and/or families

What kind of services can be provided? Traditional: Self-Determination: Subject to restrictions by Wide range of services including legislature and preferences of those that are restricted, such as regional centers social/recreation and camp.

When will Self-Determination Begin?

1.  Law says we need to get funding and approval from the federal government, called a “waiver.”

2.  California will send in the waiver application by end of January, 2018.

3.  Federal government will respond within 90 days. 4.  In the meantime…A LOT of planning and training to

be done!

1/17/18%

11%

The Phase-In Period

First 3 years: Only 2,500 consumers

After 3 years: Anyone who wants it!

DDS randomly picks BUT must be diverse: •  Disability •  Age •  Gender •  Race/ethnicity

Regional Center # of Participants Regional Center # of Participants

Alta California 175 North Los Angeles County 174

Central Valley 141 Orange County 155

East Bay 155 Redwood Coast* 55

Eastern Los Angeles* 114 San Andreas 126

Far Northern 62 San Diego* 194

Frank D. Lanterman 74 San Gabriel/Pomona 102

Golden Gate 74 South Central Los Angeles 107

Harbor 98 Tri-Counties* 114

Inland 244 Valley Mountain 95

Kern* 103 Westside 67

North Bay 71 TOTAL 2500

Number of Phase-In Participants Per Regional Center

*Number listed includes those currently in the Self-Determination Pilot Program

Want to sign up for the Self-Determination Program?

After attending today’s Information Meeting, if you are interested in being part of the phase-in period…

!  Submit your information on the card we will hand out

!  You will need your UCI# (Unique Client Identifier)

!  We will send the names to DDS (Department of Developmental Services). DDS will send you a confirmation letter saying you will be in the lottery.

!  If picked, you must attend an orientation

1/17/18%

12%

Want to learn more about the Self-Determination Program?

Questions?

Documents

What is Self-determination? · !The amount of money the regional center gives ... Frank D. Lanterman 74 San Gabriel/Pomona 102 ... Inland 244 Valley Mountain 95 Kern* 103 Westside