The vast majority of funding in mental health systems goes to day programs, states’ such as day treatment and psycho-social rehab programs. According to the most recent SAMHSA data (2012), only 1.7% of people receiving mental health services are receiving evidence-based supported employment services. Slide Forty-Nine - Employment is Critical to Meeting Our System Goals Supporting people with disabilities to work in integrated employment in the community is critical to: Helping people with disabilities access the greater community; Facilitating relationships with people without disabilities; Building new skills and self-esteem; Recovery for people with mental illnesses; Helping bring people with disabilities out of poverty; and Providing meaningful ways for people with disabilities to spend their days. Slide Fifty - Using the HCBS Rule To Further Olmstead Compliance in States’ Employment and Day Service Systems Slide Fifty-One - Title II of the ADA Prohibits discrimination by public entities in services, programs and activities Integration regulation requires administration of services, programs and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate Most integrated setting is one that enables people with disabilities to interact with people without disabilities to the fullest extent possible Slide Fifty-Two - Olmstead v. L.C.: Unjustified Segregation is Discrimination S. Ct. held that ADA prohibits unjustified segregation of PWD and that public entities are required to provide community-based services when: Such services are appropriate;
The vast majority of funding in states’ mental health systems goes to day programs, such as day treatment and psycho-social rehab programs. According to the most recent SAMHSA data (2012), only 1.7% of people receiving mental health services are receiving evidence-based supported employment services. Slide Forty-Nine - Employment is Critical to Meeting Our System Goals Supporting people with disabilities to work in integrated employment in the community is critical to: Helping people with disabilities access the greater community; Facilitating relationships with people without disabilities; Building new skills and self-esteem; Recovery for people with mental illnesses; Helping bring people with disabilities out of poverty; and Providing meaningful ways for people with disabilities to spend their days. Slide Fifty - Using the HCBS Rule To Further Olmstead Compliance in States’ Employment and Day Service Systems Slide Fifty-One - Title II of the ADA Prohibits discrimination by public entities in services, programs and activities Integration regulation requires administration of services, programs and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate Most integrated setting is one that enables people with disabilities to interact with people without disabilities to the fullest extent possible Slide Fifty-Two - Olmstead v. L.C.: Unjustified Segregation is Discrimination S. Ct. held that ADA prohibits unjustified segregation of PWD and that public entities are required to provide community-based services when: Such services are appropriate;