Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council Five- Year ...

1 Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council Five- Year State plan 2017 -2021 Kristen E. Columbus, Chairperson Vendella M. Collins, Executive Director Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council 320 S. Walnut Lansing, MI 48913 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement of Values .. 4 Section I: Council Identification .. 6 Section II: Designated State Agency .. 8 Section III: Comprehensive Review and Analysis .. 9 Introduction .. 9 PART A: State Information .. 11 PART B: Portrait of the State Services .. 11 Michigan Department of Career Development .. 14 Client Assistance Program .. 14 Michigan Department of Civil Rights .. 15 Michigan Civil Rights 15 Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

2 17 Adult Community Placement .. 17 Adult Foster Care Licensing .. 19 Adult Protective Services .. 22 Autism Applied Behavior Analysis Services .. 23 Child Development and Care .. 24 Children s Special Health Care Services .. 27 Children s Waiver Program .. 28 Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program .. 33 Federal Mental Health Block Grant .. 34 Homes for the Aged Program .. 36 Independent Living 38 Nursing Home Licensing and Certification .. 39 Office of Recipient Rights .. 41 Services for Children and Adults with I/DD and Their Families .. 44 Supported Employment .. 47 State Disability Assistance .. 51 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I.

3 53 Michigan Department of Education .. 55 Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) .. 55 EARLY ON .. 57 Career and Technical Education .. 59 2 Michigan Interagency Coordinating 61 Special Education Preschool Incentive Grants .. 63 Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs .. 65 Barrier Free Design .. 65 Bureau of Services for Blind Persons .. 66 Michigan Department of Natural Resources .. 71 Department Of Natural Resources - Access Michigan s Outdoors .. 71 Michigan Department of Transportation .. 74 Job Access and Reverse Commute .. 74 New Freedom Program .. 75 Public Transportation Systems .. 76 Federal Programs .. 78 Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act of 78 Social Security Disability Insurance 80 Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits Medicare.

4 81 Supplemental Security Income .. 83 Head Start Act .. 85 Public Entities .. 86 Centers for Independent Living .. 86 Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc.. 88 Wayne State University, Developmental Disabilities Institute .. 89 PART C: Analysis of State Issues and Challenges .. 90 PART D: Rationale for Goal Selection .. 103 PART E: Collaboration .. 105 Section IV: 5-Year Goals .. 110 Goal 1: Employment .. 110 Expanded Employment Opportunities for Young Adults .. 110 Employment First in Michigan .. 111 Goal 2: Transitions across the Lifespan .. 113 Training for Transition Staff .. 113 Transition to Community-Based Living .. 114 Building Bridges to Family Support.

5 115 Family Empowerment 116 Goal 3: Leadership Development .. 117 3 Leaders in Policy Advocacy .. 117 Basic and Intermediate Leadership Development .. 119 Leadership, Engagement and Advocacy Development .. 120 Leadership Development Opportunities .. 122 Youth Engaged in Learning and Leading .. 123 Goal 4: Public Policy and 124 Grassroots Advocacy and Organizing .. 124 Public Policy Advocacy Development .. 125 Evaluation of the DD Council s New plan Direction .. 126 Goal 5: 127 Self-Advocacy in Michigan .. 127 Training and Support for Self-Advocacy .. 128 Disability Leadership Corps .. 129 Community Services Consultant.

6 130 Regional 131 Goal 6: Self-Determination.. 132 Self-Determination in Michigan .. 132 Expand and Enhance Peer Mentor Program .. 133 Advance Self-Determination .. 134 Supported Decision Making in Michigan .. 135 Goal 7: Community Inclusion and Education .. 136 Michigan Disability Housing Workgroup .. 136 Statewide Community Inclusion Campaign .. 137 Information Accessibility .. 138 Michigan DD Council Empowerment Fund .. 139 Diversity Outreach .. 140 Section V: Evaluation plan .. 141 Section VI: Projected Council Budget .. 143 Section VII: Assurances .. 144 Section VIII: Public Input and Review .. 147 4 Statement of Values Mission The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council s mission is to support people with Developmental Disabilities to achieve life dreams.

7 Vision The Council s vision is that all citizens of Michigan have the opportunities and supports to achieve their life hopes and choices. The Overarching Principle People with Disabilities are supported across their lifespan to live self-determined and self-directed lives in a diverse and inclusive community. Values The Council s core values are: Including People with High and Complex Support Needs in all Activities. This population is the Council s core constituency. Developing supports that help them to live self-directed inclusive lives automatically demonstrates that other people with Disabilities can live self-determined lives in inclusive communities.

8 Including this population requires an on-going commitment to continuing to learn to provide better supports and accommodations for them. Self-Direction and Self-Determination. The Council advocates for systems and communities that support people with Developmental Disabilities to live the lives they choose, living where they prefer with the people they decide to live with, doing what they choose, and receiving services the way they choose to have them delivered. Consumers Voice at the Policy Table. P eople with Developmental Disabilities and their families must be able to participate in the design of the services and supports they need. They must also be able to make their voices heard as citizens across the landscape of policy development.

9 Support of this value also requires ongoing commitment to improving supports and accommodations to allow full access to the policy table, especially for those with high and complex needs. Economic Justice and Addressing Poverty. A very high proportion of people with Disabilities live in poverty, and a high proportion of people living in poverty have Disabilities . Improving the lives of people with Developmental Disabilities requires attention to economic justice and poverty. This attention adds an important perspective on the issues of people with Developmental Disabilities and opens opportunities for building partnerships with other poverty advocacy groups.

10 5 Community Inclusion. The Council works for people with Developmental Disabilities to exercise their right to full community inclusion, including inclusion in social and civic life, in the world of work, in access to community living, and in access to community programs and services. Rights of People with Developmental Disabilities . The Council s ongoing tasks include helping people learn to understand their rights and exercise them. In addition the Council campaigns for accountability when governments and others ignore the rights of people with Developmental Disabilities , lose track of them or violate them. Implementation of the Statement of Values Taken together, the Mission, the Vision, the Overarching Principle and the Values serve as criteria to which all of the Council s activities must conform.