Oregon Developmental Disabilities Coalition

Mission:

To promote quality service and supports which respectfully further the rights, equality, justice, and inclusion for all Oregonians with developmental disabilities and their families.

Coalition sets recommendations for improving protective services

Submitted by Shelley Joyce on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 10:21am.

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The Oregon Developmental Disabilities Coalition believes the following recommendations will improve Protective Services for adults with developmental disabilities who are receiving or have received Medicaid or General Fund services from the Developmental Disabilities system, including:

Service Coordination /Case Management,
Support Services,
Foster Care,
In-Home Comprehensive Services,
Supported Living,
Comprehensive Services,
Employment & Alternatives to Employment Services.

We believe that every individual with developmental disabilities has a right to be safe and secure no matter where they live or work. It is the consensus of the DD Coalition that many of the problems within the system stem from our inability to attract and retain a
sufficient number of skilled staff. Strengthening the quality of the workforce through enhanced wages and benefits will pave the way for other changes and improvements that we have prioritized below.

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Non-crisis comprehensive services now being developed

Submitted by Shelley Joyce on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 11:40am.

The Office of Developmental Disabilities would like to take this opportunity to let you know about a program you may have an interest in.

The Staley Lawsuit Settlement Agreement, which created Support Service Brokerages, also created an opportunity for 300 adults with developmental disabilities living in Oregon to move out of their family homes into a 24-hour service called “comprehensive services”.

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Check out the Federal Scene

Submitted by Shelley Joyce on Tue, 06/12/2007 - 9:28am.

The Capitol Insider is now being posted to the DD Coalition Website on our Federal Issues page (found by clicking on "Federal Issues" in the blue section at the top). This weekly web news page is a collaborative effort between The Arc of the United States and United Cerebral Palsy and highlights legislative action of interest to the DD community.

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News Briefs

House votes to expand civil rights for people with disabilities

The House passed a major civil rights bill June 25 that expands protections for people with disabilities and overturns several Supreme Court decisions issued in the last decade. The bill would make it easier for workers to prove discrimination and supporters of the proposal said it would restore the broad protections that Congress meatn to establish when it passed the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990. The proposal now has to pass the Senate.

Read the rest of the New York Times article for more information.

SPD's Facility Compliance Website now online

Seniors and People with Disabilities Division’s Facility Compliance Website is now up and running. This website allows consumers to get basic information about substantiated complaint findings in nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, residential care facilities, and adult foster homes that serve seniors and people with physical disabilities. Click here to view the website.

Want to work and keep your benefits and your wages?

Are you currently losing your earnings to Residential Offsets? There have been important changes in the Employed Persons with Disabilities (EPD) Program, Oregon’s Medicaid buy-in program. The program will provide new opportunities to people with developmental disabilities to keep their earnings and not lose their Medicaid benefits. READ MORE

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