HAWAII

Grant Information


Name of Grantee
State of Hawaii, Department of Health
Title of Grant
Hawaii Systems Change for Community Living: Community Personal Assistance Services and Supports
Type of Grant
Community–Integrated Personal Assistance Services and Supports
Amount of Grant
$725,000
Year Original Funding Received
2002

Contact Information


David Fray, Chief
Developmental Disabilities Division
1250 Punchbowl St., Room 463
Honolulu, HI 96813
808–586 5840
dffray@mail.health.state.hi.us

Subcontractor(s)

To be determined through state procurement practices.

Target Population(s)


The elderly and persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and neurotrauma.

Goals


  • Involve all stakeholder groups and maximize individual participation in a collaborative community and systems change process through an individual–majority Advisory Council.
  • Promote individualized planning to increase the involvement and control of individuals in planning and evaluating personal supports, relationships, and community connections.
  • Support brokering and coordination activities of individuals to help them make informed choices about how the personal assistance services and supports specified in their individualized plans will be delivered and managed.
  • Provide training, technical assistance, and information to stakeholders on the attitudes, skills, and knowledge they need to effectively participate in the development and implementation of project innovations.
  • Develop a Qualities of Life tool to enhance the ability of individuals to communicate their visions of a high quality of life, promote effective individualized person–centered planning, and improve quality assurance at the consumer and community levels.

Activities


  • Build community connections and improve quality of life measures for persons in the four targeted populations through alternatives to paid support services, increased utilization of community resources, and the building of relationships and natural support services through community development activities.
  • Connect resources of the service delivery system with existing targeted community resources to support marginalized persons in achieving quality lives.
  • Develop a Community–Based Resource Center that will provide a central location for the provision of training, community assessment and education, networking, and building of relationships for participants.
  • Provide community outreach to ensure that all staff and volunteers involved with the Community Pass Grant understand the tenets of self–determination.
  • Develop and organize leadership by individual service recipients and their families to collaboratively guide project implementation and to institute similar innovations in policies, procedures, and practices within each of four Department of Health (DOH) systems.
  • Develop a survey to measure quality of life improvements.

Abstract


The Hawaii Personal Assistance Services and Supports Grant (PASS) will pilot and demonstrate person–directed personal assistance by linking individuals with disabilities to Volunteer Personal Assistants in one targeted community on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The project will combine best practice methodologies for developing community connections, person–directed planning, community awareness, and the development of social equality. The interventions and methodologies will facilitate and build community connections, make available community resources, and develop a system of natural supports for 20 to 40 individuals participating in the project. Just as significantly, this project will develop a survey instrument that is normed to the general community population in the target area and stratified across two age groups (22 to 59 and 60+). Individual participants will take part in pre and post surveys that compare their qualities of life against the general population in the targeted community, both before and after participation in the demonstration project. The project will test the relationship between interventions in building community connections and the overall improvement in quality of life measures for persons in the four target populations.

 

 

 

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