Individual Providers: A Guide To Employing Individual Providers Under Participant Direction

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Article Publication Date: 
3/7/2006
Summary: 
This monograph discusses program design considerations to assist as states move toward greater individuality and flexibility in the provision of services and supports. The paper outlines topics to consider when expanding opportunities for participants to choose and direct individual who provide assistance, including the risks/benefits arrangements, provider qualifications, training, person-centered planning, the case manager role, and safeguards to prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Article Author: 
Rowe, June; Smith, Gary; Bradley, Valerie; Martin, David; Crisp, Suzanne
Types/Tools: 
Programs/Initiatives: 
Person Centered Planning
Safeguards; individual provider

Contact

June Rowe - Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)
jrowe@hsri.org
617-876-0426
Suzanne Crisp - Medstat
Suzanne.crisp@thomson.com
Phone: 
281-913-8370

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50888