2001 Real Choice for Systems Change Grants
Karl Reer
Manager, System Development Unit
5039459738
Karl.V.Reer@state.or.us
Michael Hlebechuk
Grant Support Coordinator
2575 Bittern Street, NE
Salem, OR 973090740
5039450960
Michael.Hlebechuk@state.or.us
Subcontractor(s)
Oregon Technical Assistance CorporationPerson Centered Planning Pilot Projects
Oregon Health & Sciences University, Center For Self Determination, Pilot Brokerage Project and Consumer-Run Drop-In Center Survey.
Adults and children with disabilities, with a particular focus on persons with psychiatric disabilities for several initiatives (e.g., person-centered planning, development of a pilot brokerage, increasing residential capacity).
The Advancing Consumer Direction Through Enhanced Infrastructure grant is intended to refocus and reorient people with disabilities and the workforce towards the outcome of maximizing consumer self-determination. A grant coordinator and two housing staff will coordinate the efforts of four main workgroups composed of consumers, family representatives, stakeholders, and agency staff in implementing 24 specific goals identified in the grant. The grant will pilot a consumer-run brokerage in one Oregon County and assist in the development and strengthening of drop-in centers demonstrating new models of consumer-directed choice. Cross-disability and cross-discipline events and conferences conducted during the grant period will foster new partnerships and service integration. Many educational and training activities are planned to change service provider culture across the range of services to adopt consumer-directed approaches, to enhance the skills of the personal assistance workforce, and to increase the number of nurses trained to support persons with disabilities living in the community.