Youth Families participate in intellectual disability, mental health, and substance abuse groups and OCFS workgroups, including QIC Maine Alliance of Family Organizations formed as alliance of family organizations to strengthen family voice Increased focus on youth participation including through Youth Move organization Funded family support information and referral, youth self-help/peer support, and crisis stabilization since 2005 Released peer support RFP to support improvements in health, home, purpose, and community for participants Help people General Moving toward participant-direction option Choice is constrained by service unavailability, control and particularly provider staffing and housing in urban areas deliver the Need for continued focus on individual voice, choice, services and and control supports they Aging/Physical Strong tradition and history of self-direction programs Additional support for individuals using LTSS services need Disabilities for individuals who are elderly or have physical with a participant directed model to make self-direction disabilities a feasible option Portability across funded programs or providers allows individuals to move onto and off self-direction ORC participants participate in selecting and hiring their direct care workers Intellectual Use person-centered planning to support individual Provide more autonomy to these participants and Disabilities/ choice families, and increase choice through self-direction Autism Supporting Individual Success intended to make the Concerns around Supports Intensity Scale budget cap system more person-centered and provide more for individuals with complex needs individual choice Added assistive technology to Section 21 and 29 waivers Mental Mental health and substance abuse disorder services Health/ have choice Substance
Youth Families participate in intellectual disability, mental health, and substance abuse groups and OCFS workgroups, including QIC Maine Alliance of Family Organizations formed as alliance of family organizations to strengthen family voice Increased focus on youth participation including through Youth Move organization Funded family support information and referral, youth self-help/peer support, and crisis stabilization since 2005 Released peer support RFP to support improvements in health, home, purpose, and community for participants Help people control and deliver the services and supports they need General Moving toward participant-direction option Choice is constrained by service unavailability, particularly provider staffing and housing in urban areas Need for continued focus on individual voice, choice, and control Aging/Physical Disabilities Strong tradition and history of self-direction programs for individuals who are elderly or have physical disabilities Portability across funded programs or providers allows individuals to move onto and off self-direction ORC participants participate in selecting and hiring their direct care workers Additional support for individuals using LTSS services with a participant directed model to make self-direction a feasible option Intellectual Disabilities/ Autism Use person-centered planning to support individual choice Supporting Individual Success intended to make the system more person-centered and provide more individual choice Added assistive technology to Section 21 and 29 waivers Provide more autonomy to these participants and families, and increase choice through self-direction Concerns around Supports Intensity Scale budget cap for individuals with complex needs Mental Health/ Substance Mental health and substance abuse disorder services have choice