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Consumer-Directed Budgets and Supports
Contains products that show how people with disabilities and their families are using individual budgets and other supports to be in charge of the services they receive.
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Managed by: Dennis Harkins of A Simpler Way, Madison, Wisconsin
Product Categories
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online) (26 Products)
Electronic Media (14 Products)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects (23 Products)
Other (2 Products)
People Who Can Help (5 Products)
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online)
 | A Review of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Program in Indiana
This report summarizes findings of a case study of Indiana's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services progam. | | A Review of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Program in New Jersey
This report summarizes findings of a case study of New Jersey's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services progam. | | A Review of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Program in six states
This report summarizes findings of case studies of the states of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services progam in the states of Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, New Jersey, Vermont, and Wyoming. | | Costs and Outcomes of Community Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities
This book presents information about costs and outcomes of services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The main focus is on community services in the USA, but there are also contributions from the UK and Australia. | | Costs and Outcomes of Community Services for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This brief brought together available research on the costs and outcomes of community services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | | Developing Individual Budgets and Reimbursement Levels Using the Supports Intensity Scale
This report describes recent progress in moving state developmental disability systems using HCBS waivers toward greater efficiency and equity. | | Filthy Lucre, Creating Better Value in Long Term Supports
A paper that discusses issues of rate-setting and person-centered budgeting in support of self-determination | | Forging a Partnership: Dane County, Wisconsin
An overview of systems change occurring in Dane County, Wisconsin designed to promote self-determination. | | Foundations for Freedom: International Perspectives on Self-Determination and Individualized Funding
A report from a historic conference that was entitled "International Perspectives on Self-Determination and Individualized Funding." | | Guaranteeing the Promise of Freedom: Creative Individual Budgeting
This is a workbook with tools to help people with disabilities create individual budget plans. | | Having It Your Way: Understanding State Individual Budgeting Practices: NASDDS Individual Budgeting Study
This report summarizes the results of a study of state individual budget development practices conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS). | | Hiring and Managing Personal Assistants
This book teaches self-advocates how to hire and manage the DSPs who assist them at home and at work. | | I'm Not a Case and I Don't Want to be Managed - Supporting Self-Determination
An article that describes the redefinition of case management in self-determination to support brokerage | | Impact: Feature Issue on Consumer-Controlled Budgets and Persons with Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about how individuals with disabilities can lead more independent lives by having control over their own services and supports. | | Implementation of Consumer-Directed Services for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities
A summary of results from a study on the status of consumer-directed services across the United States. The study was conducted in 2006 and 2007. | | Independent Evaluation of the Monadnock Self-Determination Project
A report on the independent evaluation of the Monadnock Self-Determination Project in New Hampshire. The evaluation reports improved outcomes and reduced costs. The entire report is available on the internet. | | Living Your Own Life With People You Can Count On
A booklet that describes the role of consumer support teams in supporting self-determination. | | Managing My Money Banking and Budgeting Basics
This book teaches people with disabilities the basics of managing their money. | | Person-Centered Supports -- How Do States Make Them Work?
This is a summary of an evaluation of person-centered practices in four leading states. | | S. 1298 - Medicaid Community-based Attendant Services and Supports Act (MiCASSA) Reintroduced
Announcement concerning the re-introduction of the systems change legislative initiative known as MiCASSA.
| | Shifting Power and Control: Training Tools for the Self-Determination Journey
Training activities for self-determination, systems change, community inclusion, community participation, person-centered planning | | Supporting the Promise of Freedom: The New Broker
A guide for support brokers that is one of a series developed by the Center for Self-Determination. | | The Right People for the Job (direct support tool)
This brief gives the basic information on how to recruit, assess, and select DSPs. | | The Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation Self Determination Initiative: Final Impact Assessment Report
Executive summary of the Human Services Research Institute's evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Self Determination initiative. | | The Support Broker Manual - A Resource Guide
A Support Broker Manual is a 230 page guide developed for people who serve as Support Brokers for people with disabilities. | | Wyoming DOORS Individualized Budgeted Amount
A description of Wyoming's method of assigning individualized budgeted amounts for people with developmental disabilities who participate in waiver programs. |
Electronic Media (Videos, CDs, T.V., Radio, Websites, etc.)
| "Show Me the Money": Flexible Funding for Job Success
This website is intended to help people use flexible funding to find and keep the jobs they want. Flexible funding is one part of self-determination. | | Consumer-Directed Model Training Manual and Personal Care Attendant Handbook
A Consumer-Directed training manual and Personal Care Attendant handbook developed by the Arkansas IndependentChoices program. | | DVD-Based training from the Bethesda Institute
These DVDs cover the basics in supporting people who have intellectual disabilities. | | Guaranteeing the Promise of Freedom: Creative Individual Budgeting
This is a workbook with tools to help people with disabilities create individual budget plans. | | Impact: Feature Issue on Consumer-Controlled Budgets and Persons with Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about how individuals with disabilities can lead more independent lives by having control over their own services and supports. | | In Search of Everyday Life: Self-Determination
A video featuring the stories of 3 people with significant disabilities who now practice self-determination. Issues of control, money and support systems are addressed in this look at the lives of Carolyn, Cindy and Richard. Tom Nerney narrates. | | It's Not Just a Job! Exploring a career as a Personal Assistant
This ten minute video tells people about being Personal Assistants. It shows personal assistants, their employers with disabilities and family members. They talk about the relationship between PA and employers and why being a PA is a rewarding career. | | Labor Force Expansion Through Retention Of Related Caregivers
This study explore the experiences of related caregivers (friends of family of the client) and sought to understand which related caregivers might represent potential home care workers in the future. | | Managing My Money Banking and Budgeting Basics
This book teaches people with disabilities the basics of managing their money. | | My Life, My Choice
A DVD about seven adults with disabilities who have taken their futures into their own hands. They live in Windsor, Ontario (Canada) and are tired of relying on a limited number of programs and services to direct their lives.
| | Support, Service, and Satisfaction: Resolving Problems with Home Health, Personal Care and/or Homemaker Service Agencies
Brochure developed by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. Explains what you can do if you are unhappy with your home care services, or if your rights are violated. | | The Guide: NASDDDS Handbook on Inclusive Meetings and Presentations
This Handbook provides guidelines to help assure that self advocates can participate in meeting discussions and contribute in meaningful ways by expressing their own points of view. | | The National Resource Center on Supported Living and Choice
A website that provides information on research papers and articles related to supported living, inclusion, disability studies, disability rights, and advocacy, and links to other major disability websites. | | www.rewardingwork.org
People with disabilities, elders and families connect with PCAs at
www.rewardingwork.org. This web-based service helps individuals maintain
choice and control in hiring, and is available in five states. Each
state tailors information to suit its needs. |
Organizations, Programs, and Projects
| "Show Me the Money": Flexible Funding for Job Success
This website is intended to help people use flexible funding to find and keep the jobs they want. Flexible funding is one part of self-determination. | | Acumen Fiscal Agent, LLC
This agency helps persons with disabilities and their families use individual budgets to obtain the supports they want and need.
| | Cash & Counseling
A program intended to allow individuals have more choices and take control of the community support services that they receive. It is currently available in 15 states in the U.S. | | Center for Self-Determination
The Center for Self-Determination is a nationwide alliance of people with disabilities, family members and trainers and consultants who work together to promote self-determination for people with disabilities. | | Community Guide Certificate Training Program, University of Georgia
A program which teaches participants the basic roles and responsibilities of being a Community Guide. A community guide is a person that works with an individual with a disability to help with the process of self-directing services and supports. | | Federated Human Service Cooperative
This group helps people with disabilities and their families set-up local provider organizations. They have a helpful website and an online newsletter. | | Financial Management Services/ Fiscal Employer Agent
A company which helps people and their families who have a self-determination budget. | | Having It Your Way: Understanding State Individual Budgeting Practices: NASDDS Individual Budgeting Study
This report summarizes the results of a study of state individual budget development practices conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS). | | IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct)
This program allows individuals to use public funds to create their own support and service plans. | | Kentucky Consumer Directed Option
A program that allows Kentucky Medicaid waiver members to choose who provides their non-medical waiver services. Members can direct all or some of their waiver services. | | Monadnock Developmental Services
A pioneering agency in supporting self-determination | | National Participant Network
A membership group of people who are self-directing their services. | | National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
A research center that helps state and local government agencies to develop and improve their participant-directed options. | | Neighbours Inc. Consulting and Training Services
Neighbours Inc. is an innovative non-profit organization created specifically to support people with disabilities and their families in choosing and designing a life for themselves within their local towns and neighborhoods. | | 'O Wau Ke Alaka'i' - "I am the leader"
A self-determination program in Hawaii. | | Public Partnerships, LLC Intermediary Service Organization
PPL's Intermediary Service Organization provides financial management services to persons with developmental disabilities who utilize individual budgets. | | Tennessee Microboard Association
A statewide (Tennessee) initiative developing Microboards and conducting related person-centered planning, training and consultation. | | Texas Microboard Collaboration
This program is making it easier for families and others in Texas to start microboards. | | The Guide: NASDDDS Handbook on Inclusive Meetings and Presentations
This Handbook provides guidelines to help assure that self advocates can participate in meeting discussions and contribute in meaningful ways by expressing their own points of view. | | The Star Raft
A method of bringing people together to provide person-centered support. | | The Vermont Self-Determination Project
The Vermont Self-Determination Project makes it possible for individuals, with the support of persons they choose, to take control over their own lives as they envision it. | | This is My Life: Arizona's Response to Consumer Control, Choice, and Responsibility
A program that provides peer mentors to persons with developmental disabilities in Arizona. | | Vela Microboard Association
A Microboard is formed when a small group of committed family and friends join together with a person with challenges to create a non-profit society. This group addresses the person's planning and support needs in an empowering and customized fashion. |
Other
People Who Can Help
| David Wetherow
Facilitation and training in PATH, person-centered planning, self-determination and community living.
| | Patti Scott
I am the CEO and co-founder of Neighbours, Inc, an innovative organization providing self-directed supports to people in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I regularly provide training and consultation on all aspects of organizational change (moving to self... | | Ric Crowley
MACROW provides consultation in system change technical asistance and training based on the principles of self-determination at the local, conty and state levels.Quality assurance and individual outcomes are priority areas. | | Ruthie Beckwith
Ruthie-Marie Beckwith, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Tennessee Microboards Association, Inc. a statewide non-governmental organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities self-manage their services and supports. Prior to developing ... | | Tom Nerney
Together with 17 other Center for Self-Determination Resource Guides we provide training and technical assistance on all aspects of self-determination including: developing highly personal individual budgets and plans; crafting Medicaid waivers that pr... |
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