2003 Research and Demonstration Grants — Community-Integrated Personal Assistance Services and Supports

OREGON

Grant Information

Name of Grantee
Oregon Health & Science University
Title of Grant
Oregon CPASS Project
Type of Grant
Community-Integrated Personal Assistance Services and Supports
Amount of Grant
$585,007
Year Original Funding Received
2003

Contact Information

Laurie Powers, Co-Investigator
503–232–9154, ext 104
powersl@ohsu.edu

Jo-Ann Sowers, Co-Investigator
503–232–9154, ext 123
sowersj@ohsu.edu

Rollin Shelton, Project Manager
OHSU Center on Self-Determination
Office of Consumer/Survivor Technical Assistance
3608 Powell Boulevard
Portland, OR 97202
503–232–9154, ext 153
sheltonr@ohsu.edu


Subcontractor(s)

None.

Target Population(s)

Persons with psychiatric disabilities.

Goals

Activities

Abstract

In Oregon, only about 300 persons currently use the consumer-directed PCS Program, which funds up to 20 hours per month of personal assistance for eligible individuals in the mental health system. For many individuals with psychiatric disabilities, achieving increasing levels of community inclusion, independence, and self-sufficiency requires having access to quality, consumer-directed personal assistance services.

The Oregon CPASS Project will improve community-integrated services by promoting mental health consumer access to and successful utilization of the PCS Program. The project will be implemented collaboratively by the Office of Consumer/ Survivor Technical Assistance (OCTA) at the Oregon Health & Science University Center on Self-Determination, in partnership with the State Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services, consumer/survivor and family leaders and organizations, centers for independent living, and regional and county mental health programs.