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Ligas Family Advocate Program

Ligas Family Advocate Program. Helping Ligas Members learn about options!. Ligas Family Advocate Program.

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Ligas Family Advocate Program

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  1. Ligas Family Advocate Program Helping Ligas Members learn about options!

  2. Ligas Family Advocate Program • This program will initially focus on Ligas class members within the areas served by three Independent Service Coordination agencies: Community Service Options Inc., Developmental Disabilities Services Metro East and Suburban Access. • Our Advocates are working with the State of Illinois to ensure that information about all availableoptions for services reaches consumers and their families, according to the requirements of theConsent Decree. • Our advocates will work closely with a designated representative from within each of these agencies, sharing information with families. Two of these agencies serve the greater Chicago area and the third serves the St. Louis metropolitan area.

  3. Purpose • The Ligas Family Advocate Program has one purpose – to connect recipients of Ligas award letters seeking Home Based or CILA services and their families with family advocates who are knowledgeable about creative ways to utilize their Ligas funding to build successful lives in the community. • Ligas family advocates will work to provide information to award letter recipients and their families about options. A primary goal of the program is to connect families with other families so they can share their uniqueperspective as stakeholders in the system. • Our advocates will provide consistent information across the state early enough in the planning stage that award letter recipients and their families have a chance to consider choices that may be outside what is already familiar to them.

  4. What Information will be shared with Ligas Class Members and How? • Information about the Ligas Consent Decree and the rights of class members, and information about choices for living and receiving services • The history of and current parameters for Home-Based Support Services Program and CILA; information on Illinois’ Employment First legislation and resources for employment assistance; effective advocacy strategies and resources. • Potential questions for use in choosing a service provider; and person-centered planning and self-determination information/resources. • Information will be shared through in person meetings, out reach presentations, trainings, brochures and documentation.

  5. What We Hope To Accomplish? Collect data that identifies: Services needed but unavailable Observed trends Barriers to employment Barriers to successful development and implementation of an individual’s service plan Level of consumer/family satisfaction with the Home-Based Support Services Program or CILA as implemented Descriptions of successful strategies used to reach individuals/families The end result of this data collection will be the ability to provide program data summaries and recommendations to both the Ligas Court Monitor and the Illinois Department of Human Services that will ultimately result in systemic change.

  6. Information that will be shared with Ligas Class Members Knowledge is Power!

  7. Small or large?

  8. Apartment or House?

  9. In a city or small town?

  10. Lots of shops or a park?

  11. Who would you live with or near?

  12. What supports would you want?

  13. Right now,

  14. Ligas v. Hamos Picture from http://news.meddilll.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspz?d=106795

  15. Homes in the Community

  16. Home and Community Based Waiver

  17. Your rights

  18. You can make a choice to…

  19. Basic Needs and More…

  20. Supports and Services

  21. CILA as a Living Option Everyone who receives CILA services also day or employment services… • Employment • Day Program • Adult Day Care • In Home Support May receive other supports based on Service Plan and

  22. Home Based Supports as a Living Option Choose from a menu of services and supports Live with family, friends or independently • May choose day supports • May choose supports at home • May choose other supports to enhance success All based on personal needs and within budget 1 2 3 4 5 6

  23. Service Planning

  24. Residential Services

  25. Group Home

  26. Host Family Home

  27. Support and Supervision 24 hours a day 7 days a week

  28. Family Home

  29. Intermittent

  30. Licensed CILA Providers

  31. Home Based Services

  32. Menu of Services

  33. Employment and Day

  34. Support Services

  35. Decisions If you decide to… Then… • Choose options you are familiar with • Explore options outside of what you now know • Get more information • Take more time • You do • Talk with Family Advocates and other families • We refer you to the PAS agency

  36. Acknowledgement The Family Support Network/Arc Ligas Family Program would like acknowledge that to ensure that consistent information is shared across the State - some of the slides/information used in this PowerPoint was created by and is used with the permission of: CQL Outreach Project Cathy Yadamec, Project Manager 866.662.2225 or 217.718.4029 PO Box 53, Woosung, IL 61091-0053

  37. QUESTIONS?

  38. Contact Information: • Shirley A. Perez, Executive Director Family Support Network 708-331-7370 Shirley@FamilySupportNetwork.org www.familysupportnetwork.org

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