Project Description:
The Wisconsin Living Well project, led by WI Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD), will partner with Waisman University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD); Disability Rights Wisconsin, the Protection and Advocacy organization (P&A); WI Division of Long-Term Supports and Services (LTSS); self-advocacy, family and direct support provider networks; managed care and self-direction agencies and others to implement a 5-year systems change approach composed of two inter-related, evidence-based elements aimed at individuals, families, providers, and communities and delivered as a strategy package: (1) capacity building to increase health/safety and improve quality of life, and (2) a comprehensive monitoring effort. The overall goal is to increase health, safety, independence and well-being of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) living in the community. The objectives are to: 1) implement an intervention package in 5 pilot communities; 2) provide coaching to pilots to ensure full implementation and fidelity; 3) create policy and practice recommendations; 4) develop a statewide peer leadership network to maximize independence and conduct health/safety monitoring; 5) determine a sustainable model of capacity building and community monitoring to benefit individuals with I/DD living in the community. Anticipated outcomes include improved coordination among partners, increased capacity of stakeholders to self-assess and monitor health/safety, increased implementation of evidence-based practices and community monitoring, and increased health, safety, and well-being of people with disabilities. Products: two toolkits, one on HCBS quality improvement and the other on self-monitoring and assessment for individuals, families and direct supports; a blueprint for an HCBS service model based on findings; issue and policy briefs, research articles; interactive website; and permanent peer leadership network.
