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Meaningful Lives

Meaningful Lives. Washington State Community of Practice. Over the Life Course. Shannon Manion, Debbie Roberts and Jamie Coonts. Ideas that Last. Living Meaningful Lives. Just like you Across the life span Making it last. Windows of Opportunities. Improving S upports.

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Meaningful Lives

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  1. Meaningful Lives Washington State Community of Practice Over the Life Course Shannon Manion, Debbie Roberts and Jamie Coonts Ideas that Last

  2. Living Meaningful Lives • Just like you • Across the life span • Making it last

  3. Windows of Opportunities Improving Supports

  4. Person Centered Practices and the DDA Assessment-Changing Practice DDA considered the release of the 2014 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) standards for person centered practices a natural extension of long held values that have guided how we approach supporting individuals with disabilities and an opportunity to better align our assessment and planning processes with the LifeCourseprinciples.

  5. Community of Practice Vision Community Supports a person might obtain Services for a person Family / Significant Persons Person

  6. LEGISLATIVE ACTION: HB 2746 • Directed the refinancing of Medicaid Personal Care using the 1915k Community First Choice Option. • Enhanced 6% federal match created savings for service system reinvestment.

  7. LEGISLATIVE ACTION: SB 6387 Investment in Developmental Disabilities Services • 4,000 more served by new Individual and Family Support waiver; and • 1,000 more served by Basic Plus waiver by June 2017.

  8. We’re Changing the conversation At every level…

  9. Planning: It’s about me • Person centered planning application • One pagers on person centered planning • Training DDA case resource mangers • Making the annual assessment more person centered

  10. Tools to help people • Adult Sibling Tool Kit (online) • Early Welcome Four Pager • Transition from School to Adulthood Four Pager • Living the Middle Years Four pager • Community Connections Guidebook • Local Community of Practice Workshops; Supporting Local Strategies

  11. The Power of Social Media • 123,613 People Reached on Facebook* • 6,754 average monthly Web site visits • Over 12,000 views of YouTube videos *Starting from a base of 625 followers

  12. Contact Information Shannon ManionShannon.manion@dshs.wa.gov Debbie Roberts Debbie.Roberts@dshs.wa.gov Jamie Coonts Jamie@arcsno.org

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