Project Description:
Indiana Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) is contracting with the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC) for consultation, training and technical assistance, project coordination, and evaluation for this project. The contractor will provide support to DDRS to engage and empower self-advocates, families, and other key stakeholders to build the capacity of innovative community supports while renovating and enhancing the current system for monitoring safety, health, and well-being of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) receiving Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), thus promoting independence, community integration, and access to quality paid and non-paid community supports and services.
Objectives of this project include:
1. Collaborate with and empower self-advocates, families, and key stakeholders throughout this project, ensuring full involvement in the development of practices, policies, and procedures to elevate HCBS;
2. Develop and implement an improved process for analyzing data from HCBS providers to influence practices, policies, and procedures for increasing quality of and access to services that improve positive outcomes for individuals with I/DD;
3. Develop and test toolkits for providers, individuals, and their families to improve monitoring of safety, health, and well-being of individuals with I/DD as well as reduce risk factors for abuse, neglect, and exploitation;
4. Identify, develop, and implement an innovative approach to build the capacity of community supports for individuals with I/DD, bolstering paid and non-paid community services and supports.
Outcomes of this project will include:
1. Development and implementation of an innovative and integrated community monitoring system for monitoring the health, safety, and well-being that promotes self-determination for independence and autonomy of individuals with I/DD;
2. Increased capacity and competency of workforce serving individuals with I/DD by expanding person-centered planning principles through the Charting the LifeCourse Framework;
3. Collaboration between DDRS, self-advocates, families, and stakeholders to improve waiver services and leadership opportunities.
4. The development of materials and resources, including short videos for self-advocates, and families that help them understand
a. how to navigate the system to achieve their good life;
b. expectations for the service delivery system, including the roles and responsibilities of providers and case managers; and
c. how to advocate for themselves and strategies for safety, including when and how to report concerns.
