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Welcome!Ligas Family Advocates - Update A Program of
April 22, 2015
Slide2Ligas v.
Hamos
2
Picture from http://news.meddilll.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspz?d=106795
In
2005, Stanley
Ligas
and David
Cicarelli
and 7 other people filed a class action lawsuit,
now you
may have some other options.
Slide3Homes in the Community3
Six years later, in 2011, the state of Illinois and the people in the lawsuit reached an agreement called a Consent Decree. This Consent Decree supported Mr. Ligas’ desire to move. He and Mr. Cicarelli now share a home in the community.
Slide4Your Rights:
4
Slide5You can make a choice to…
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Established January 1, 2014
Slide7Ligas Family Advocate Program
7
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.
Slide88This 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
Suburban Access.
Ligas Family Advocate Program Focus
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.
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Missy Toni Kimberly ShirleyLFA’S
Slide10Basic Needs and More…10
Services
can include supports to keep in touch with family, have opportunities for hobbies and exercise, and help you buy and do things you enjoy.
Slide11Home and Community Based Waiver
11
Slide1212What Information was shared with Ligas Class Members and How?
Information
will be shared in face-to-face meetings, at trainings, atoutreach events and presentations, and through brochures
and
other
informational documents.
Information
about the Ligas Consent
Decree and the
rights of class
members
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
Person-centered planning and self-determination information/resources
Slide13Supports and Services
13
Slide14Residential Services- CILA Options:
14
Slide15Home Based Services15
Now let’s take a closer look at the Home Based Services option. With this option you manage your own services with the help of your family and friends.
Slide1616The Ligas
website is up and running. Ligas Program Director, Shirley Perez co-hosted a CQL video with Cathy Ficker-Terrill about options for
Ligas class members and potential class members.
The
Ligas
Family Advocates will be using this video as a tool to share consistence information across the state of Illinois. The video can be viewed at:
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=75298
.
Ligas
Video
Slide1717What We
Have AccomplishedCollected
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
positive systemic
change.
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Initial
Ligas
Outreach
Slide1919
Initial
Ligas
Outreach
Slide2020Failure to understand the process to receive
servicesLack of/Inconsistency in Communication
Status after pre-admission screening
Money verses
Services
Transportation
BARRIERS
Slide2121Employment Opportunities are limited or do not exist
Health Concerns
Services with Non-Disabled peers
Not
understanding the various Waiver Programs/Role of a Service Facilitator
Information Overload
BARRIERS
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BARRIERS
Personal Support Worker vs. Employment CoachPre-Admission Screening Meetings
Paperwork
Problems surrounding SSI and Medicaid
Slide23January 1, 2015Ligas Family Advocate Program solidified our partner contract with the State of Illinois/Department of Developmental
Disabilities.This allowed us to begin contacting the five hundred plus state-wide Ligas
class members and their families who have received award letters but are still awaiting services.
The
ISC agencies have reported that these individuals are not in service as of 12/1/14.
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Slide2424Ligas
Outreach -What’s Next?
Letters Mailed In Pilot Area:
CSO
=
21
DDSME =
32
Suburban Access =
60
Total = 113
Slide2525Ligas
Outreach -What’s Next?Letters
Mailed Outside
Pilot Area:
Access
Services =
38
Champaign County (CCRPC) =
8
Central Illinois =
31
CAU =
132
CSO/RIM =
3
DayOne
Network =
47
Great
River =
3
Livingston County = 2
Slide2626Ligas
Outreach -What’s Next?Letters
Mailed Outside
Pilot
Area:
Options
& Advocacy = 20
PACT = 65
Prairieland Service = 6
Service
Inc
= 80
Southern Illinois = 7
West Central = 2
Western Illinois =
4
Total =
448
Beginning in May 2015 – Know your options events will be held though out the state to connect the 561
Ligas
class members and families with other families and share information about options!
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QUESTIONS?
Slide28AcknowledgementThe Family Support Network/Arc Ligas
Family Advocate Program would like to acknowledge that many of the slides/information used in this PowerPoint were created by and are 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
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Department of Human ServicesDivision of Developmental Disabilities319 E. Madison Street, Suite 3M
Springfield, IL 62701-1305Phone: (217) 785-6171Email: Troy.Markert@illinois.gov
Or
You may contact the federal Court Monitor for the
Ligas
Consent Decree:
Mr. Tony Records
Phone:
301-529-9510
Email: traconsult@mindspring.com
Ligas Contacts
Slide3030Equip for Equality provides self-advocacy assistance, legal services, education, public policy advocacy, and abuse investigations. The offices are located at:
20 N. Michigan, Ste. 300Chicago, IL 60602(800) 537-2632
1 West Old Capitol Plaza, Ste. 816Springfield, IL 62701(800) 758-0464
Guardianship and Advocacy Commission is a state agency consisting of three divisions: Legal Advocacy Services, Human Rights Authority and the Office of the State Guardian.
160 N. LaSalle Street, Suite S500
Chicago, IL
60601
(312) 793-5900
521 Stratton Building
401 S. Spring Street
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 785-1540
Ligas Contacts
Slide3131Ligas Contacts