Developmental Disabilities Advocates’ 2012 Notebook
A summary of policy and budget issues for 2012
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2012 Issue Papers
Policy Issues (pdf):
- Kimmie’s Law (Endangered Persons Alert)
- Rights for People Moving from Institutions
- Provide Timely Access to Healthcare for Vulnerable Adults
- Access to Classrooms
Budget Issues (pdf):
- Medicaid Services
- HCBS Waiver Eligibility
- Individual and Family Services
- DDD Family Support Safety Net
- Self Advocacy Programs
- Supported Employment Services (UPDATED 1-3-12)
- Office of the Education Ombudsman
- Housing Trust Fund DD Set-aside
- Safety Net for People with DD
- Community Residential: A Better Way to Acheive Savings
- Supported Living: A Cost Effective Model
- Office of Public Guardianship
- Toxic-Free Kids Act
2012 Charts
Section 1 (pdf):
- DDD Biennial Base Funding
- Caseload Growth
- Caseload Growth with Annual Appropriation
- DD Unmet Need by County
- Where do People Live
- Where People Live—Type of Residence by Region
- State/Federal Daily Cost Per Placement Type
- RHC Client Count by Month
- HCBS Waiver Capacity
- HCBS Waiver Clients & Transition Students by Region
- HCBS Waiver Costs and Open Requests
Section 2 (pdf):
- Individual and Family Services & Medicaid Personal Care
- Medicaid Personal Care & State Supplementary Payment
- Medicaid Personal Care Caseload
- Client Counts Approved for Services/Programs and Waivers
- Effect of Proposed Eligibility Changes
- Community Residential Options for Adults
- Community Capacity for Adults
- Community Residential Options for Children
- Licensed Staffed Residential Programs for Children
- Parent Providers SAVE state $$$
- Housing Trust Fund—DD Set-Aside
Section 3 (pdf):
- Documented Incidents of Abuse, Neglect and Death
- Deaths in RHCs and Community Settings
- Cost Comparisons: Services for People with Developmental Disabilities
- History of Declining Number of Residents living in RHCs
- Roads to Community Living
- Completed & In-progress Closures of I/DD State Operated 16+ Person Institutions in the U.S. 1970-2012
Report Summaries (pdf):
- Family and Individual Needs for Disability Supports (FINDS)
- Assessment Findings for Persons with Developmental
- Disabilities Served in RHCs and Community Settings
- Real Choices: Person Centered Planning Implementation
- Grant Final Report
- The System of Supports for People with Developmental
- Disabilities Briefing Report
- Assuring a Quality System of Health, Safety and Habilitation
- Residential Habilitation Center (RHC) Consolidation
- The Family Mentor Project
- RHC Consolidation—Guiding Principles of Choice
- RHC Consolidation—Quality Assurance for People Moving from Residential Habilitation Centers
- RHC Consolidation—Frequently Asked Questions
2012 Advocacy Days/2012 Legislative Reception (pdf)
2012 Legislator Contacts (pdf)